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Temporal changes in greenspace in a highly urbanized region [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2011 The majority of the world's population now lives in towns and cities, and urban areas are expanding faster than any other land-use type. In response to this phenomenon, two opposing arguments have emerged: whether cities should ‘sprawl’ into the wider countryside, or ‘densify’ through the development of existing urban greenspace.
Dallimer, Martin +5 more
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Public Greenspace and Life Satisfaction in Urban Australia [PDF]
Urban Studies, 2013 This paper examines the influence of public greenspace on the life satisfaction of residents of Australia’s capital cities. A positive relationship is found between the percentage of public greenspace in a resident’s local area and their self-reported life satisfaction, on average corresponding to an implicit willingness-to-pay of $1172 in annual ...
Ambrey, Christopher +1 more
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BuildingsUrban greenspace is an effective strategy to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect. While its cooling effects are well-established, uncertainties remain regarding the combined impact of internal and external landscape patterns, particularly the ...
Lujia Tang +3 more
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Under pressure: Factors shaping urban greenspace provision in a mid-sized city. [PDF]
Cities, 2020 Urban greenspaces provide diverse ecosystem functions, services and benefits to residents. Much commentary has been offered to date about citizens' demands for more urban greenspace.
Boulton C +3 more
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Remote SensingManaging the amount of greenspace (i.e., increasing or decreasing greenspace coverage) and optimizing greenspace configuration (i.e., increasing or decreasing greenspace fragmentation) are cost-effective approaches to cooling the environment. The spatial
Weiye Wang +3 more
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Urban foraging in Brazilian public greenspaces
Ambio, 2023 Abstract Urban foraging, i.e., the gathering of wild edible plants, plays a key role in nature connection within cities. Its integration in planning could contribute to the conservation of urban biodiversity. However, we have little understanding of the interactions between the motivations for and barriers to foraging, and the role of
Solène Guenat +2 more
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Capturing the Sounds of an Urban Greenspace [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018 Abstract. Acoustic data can be a source of important information about events and the environment in modern cities. To date, much of the focus has been on monitoring noise pollution, but the urban soundscape contains a rich variety of signals about both human and natural phenomena. We describe the CitySounds project, which has installed enclosed sensor
Klein, Ewan +6 more
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The Association of Exposure to Urban Greenspace and Depression in Women. [PDF]
J Urban HealthExposure to greenspace has been linked to reductions in depression symptoms; however, limited research has examined how this association impacts individual components of depression, such as depressed affect, somatic complaints, social interactions, and positive affect.
Taheri E +13 more
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Greenspace, urbanity and health: relationships in England [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2007 Objectives: To determine the association between the percentage of greenspace in an area and the standardised rate of self-reported “not good” health, and to explore whether this association holds for areas exhibiting different combinations of urbanity and income deprivation.
Richard, Mitchell, Frank, Popham
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Associations between greenspace and mental health prescription rates in urban areas [PDF]
, 2021 Urban greenspace is often associated with improved mental health, particularly in urban areas, with studies typically carried out at town or city scales.
Roberts, Michaela +8 more
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