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Analysis Options for Urban Green Spaces Based on Unified Urban Masks: Selected Results for European Cities

, 2023
At a time of rising urbanisation and climate change, urban green spaces (UGSs) are an essential element to help adapt to extreme weather events. Especially in urban core areas, heat and drought are regarded as human stress factors.
Ulrich Schumacher
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Green space, urbanity, and health: how strong is the relation? [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2006
Study objectives: To investigate the strength of the relation between the amount of green space in people’s living environment and their perceived general health. This relation is analysed for different age and socioeconomic groups.
Maas, J., Verheij, R.A., Groenewegen, P.P., de Vries, S., Spreeuwenberg, P.   +4 more
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Editorial: Urban green spaces and human health. [PDF]

Front Public Health
C918-3B10-A36E | Diogo Guedes ...
Li Y, Liu H, Vidal DG, Akpınar A, Li D.
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The association between green space and cause-specific mortality in urban New Zealand: an ecological analysis of green space utility [PDF]

, 2010
<b>Background:</b> There is mounting international evidence that exposure to green environments is associated with health benefits, including lower mortality rates.
Mitchell Richard, Jamie Pearce, Mitchell, R., Day, P., Elizabeth Richardson, Kingham Simon, Richardson, E., Pearce, J.; id_orcid, Pearce Jamie, Richard Mitchell, Day Peter, Mitchell, R.J., Kingham, S., Simon Kingham, Richardson Elizabeth, Richardson, E.A., Peter Day, Pearce, J.   +17 more
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Green space management & residents’ benefits [PDF]

, 2010
Management of green spaces in rental multi-family housing areas is discussed in a Swedish context and the benefits of maintenance for residents examined in this thesis.
Lindgren, Therese
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Assessing the Distribution of Urban Green Spaces and its Anisotropic Cooling Distance on Urban Heat Island Pattern in Baotou, China

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2016
An essential part of urban natural systems, urban green spaces play a crucial role in mitigating the urban heat island effect (UHI). The UHI effect refers to the phenomenon where the temperature within a city is higher than that of the surrounding rural ...
Tongliga Bao, Xueming Li, Jing Zhang, Yingjia Zhang, Shenzhen Tian   +4 more
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Accommodating green spaces in cities: Perceptions and attitudes in slums

, 2021
The growing assumption in urban studies literature is that residents of slum communities struggle to find space to live but not a place to recreate and enjoy green space.
Zuneidu, Mohammed Asura, Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful, Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael Odei, Asibey, Michael Osei   +3 more
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Utilizing regression model to characterize the impact of urban green space features on the subjective well-being of older adults

Heliyon
Based on the background of rapid global ageing, research exploring urban green spaces and the subjective well-being of urban residents has become one of the key research interests.
Tianrong Xu, Ainoriza Mohd Aini, Nikmatul Adha Nordin   +2 more
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Morbidity is related to a green living environment [PDF]

, 2009
Background: As a result of increasing urbanisation, people face the prospect of living in environments with few green spaces. There is increasing evidence for a positive relation between green space in people's living environment and self-reported ...
Vries, S., de, de Vries, S.T., Schellevis, F.G., Vries, S. de, R A Verheij, de Vries, S., Verheij, R.A., Vries, S.T. de, Groenewegen, P.P., J Maas, P P Groenewegen, Spreeuwenberg, P., Maas, J., P Spreeuwenberg, Verheij, R., S de Vries, F G Schellevis   +16 more
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Avian biodiversity in the urban green spaces of Paris: higher bird species richness in larger parks and park centers

Avian Conservation and Ecology
Diverse anthropogenic threats drive bird population declines, especially for species living in urban areas. Through studies of avian species richness in urban green spaces, i.e., the parks, gardens, and cemeteries of modern cities, we gain a deeper ...
Daniel J. Mennill, Stephanie M. Gamboa, Emily M. Bolger, Madison I. Bygrove, Micaela Carlini, Katie A. Cesca, Hannah L. Drew, Natalie A. Emerick, Adam Gaisinsky, Reese M. Miller, Linda Nguyen, Liam D. O'Leary, Sona Regonda, Danielle N. Robinson, Emily Tessier, Stephanie M. Doucet   +15 more
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