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Multi-Temporal Land Surface Temperature and Vegetation Greenness in Urban Green Spaces of Puebla, Mexico

Land, 2021
The urban heat island (UHI) effect is a global problem that is likely to grow as a result of urban population expansion. Multiple studies conclude that green spaces and waterbodies can reduce urban heat islands.
Filoteo Gomez-Martinez, Kirsten M. de Beurs, Jennifer Koch, Jeffrey Widener   +3 more
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Assessing the health risk impacts of urban green spaces on air pollution - Evidence from 31 China's provinces

Ecological Indicators
Urban green spaces have long been cherished as the “lungs of the city”, it can not only improve air quality and enhance residents' health. The impact of urban green spaces on air pollution and residents' health has attracted great attention.
Jianru Fu, Haifeng Fu, Chaoping Zhu, Ying Sun, Honghao Cao   +4 more
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Investigating the Changes in Urban Green-Space Patterns with Urban Land-Use Changes: A Case Study in Hangzhou, China

Remote Sensing, 2022
Urban green space (e.g., parks, farmland, gardens, etc.) design in different urban functional regions (e.g., residential land, commercial land, etc.) depends on different planning purposes.
Jiadi Yin, Ping Fu, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Zhichao Li, Jinwei Dong   +4 more
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Analysis of Anthropogenic Disturbances of Green Spaces along an Urban–Rural Gradient of the City of Bujumbura (Burundi)

Land, 2023
Bujumbura city has diversified but unevenly distributed green spaces. The typology and anthropogenic disturbances of these green spaces are still unknown.
Henri Kabanyegeye, Yannick Useni Sikuzani, Kouagou Raoul Sambieni, Didier Mbarushimana, Tatien Masharabu, Jan Bogaert   +5 more
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Developing an Approach for Assessing Urban Blue-Green Spaces Towards Sustainable Urban Growth Through Retrospective Cyber Metrics Analysis of Operational Estimations Approaches

Journal of Landscape Ecology, 2021
Urban blue-green spaces provide us abundant social, environmental, and economic benefits, but the disparities often exist in their distribution and accessibility.
Sunita, Kumar Deepak, Shekhar Sulochana
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Smart urban management of green space

Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 2023
This paper aims to explore the concept and applications of smart urban green spaces within the context of sustainable cities. It emphasizes the importance of urban green spaces in providing ecological, social, and economic benefits, such as carbon ...
Alaa Ababneh
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Ecological Analysis of Key Factors Influencing in Tabriz Green Space Planning Using Environmental Scanning and Structural Analysis [PDF]

نشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2017
The development of green space due to increasing population and urban constructions and human necessary need to green spaces is vital for balance in social, physical, spiritual and also cities ecology. This article with structural view intends to analyze
Rasoul Gorbani, Razieh Teymouri
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GIS-based multi‐criteria analysis for sustainable urban green spaces planning in emerging towns of Ethiopia: the case of Sululta town

Environmental Systems Research, 2021
Background Urban green spaces are important components, contributing in different ways to the quality of human well-being. In the planning and management of urban centres, attention to the appropriate site selection of urban green spaces with regard to ...
Eshetu Gelan
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Urban Green Spaces in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, urban green spaces were considered less prone to contagion, and thus people adopted them as alternative sites for improving mental health. The One Health concept advocated by health organizations worldwide supports the idea
Romero Gomes Pereira da Silva, Cláudia Lins Lima, Sterling D. Quinn, Aneta Afelt, Anne-Elisabeth Laques, Carlos Hiroo Saito   +5 more
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Effects of Urban Green Space's Physical Features on the Usability of Investment Housing Projects in Erbil City

Journal of Studies in Science and Engineering, 2023
In the quest to improve urban quality of life, creating functional and visually appealing urban green spaces plays a pivotal role. This study investigates the influence of five key physical characteristics—availability, maintenance, facilities ...
Siham Musheer Kareem, Hardi K. Abdullah
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