What personal and environmental factors determine frequency of urban greenspace use? [PDF]
, 2014 For many people, urban greenspaces are the only places where they encounter the natural world. This is concerning as there is growing evidence demonstrating that human well-being is enhanced by exposure to nature.
Irvine, Katherine N. +20 more
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Urban residents value multi-functional urban greenspaces
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022 Urban greenspaces are multifunctional spaces, providing services to people and biodiversity. With space in urban areas being limited creation and maintenance of urban greenspaces relies on understanding the preferences of urban residents for their characteristics.
Roberts, Michaela +2 more
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Land-cover effects on soil organic carbon stocks in a European city [PDF]
, 2014 Soil is the vital foundation of terrestrial ecosystems storing water, nutrients, and almost three-quarters of the organic carbon stocks of the Earth's biomes.
Edmondson, J.L +9 more
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B.Y.O. Bees: Managing wild bee biodiversity in urban greenspaces.
PLoS ONE, 2023 As cities become more populated and the density of urban development increases, local biodiversity is threatened. Urban greenspaces have the capacity to preserve pollinator biodiversity, but the quality of support they provide depends on greenspace ...
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Urban Adolescence: The Role of Neighbourhood Greenspace in Mental Well-Being
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Mental health and well-being in adolescence are associated with many short- and long-term outcomes. The evidence suggests that greenspace may play a role in adolescents' mental well-being, but we do not know much about the specifics of this link. In this
Marie A. E. Mueller, Eirini Flouri
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Exploring the user experience, quality, and provision of urban greenspace: A mixed-method approach [PDF]
Urban greenspace plays a crucial role in city design, offering residents various benefits for their health and wellbeing. With increasing urbanisation and human population growth, urban greenspace is becoming an even more significant resource.
Creed, C., Carvalho, J.
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Population-level linkages between urban greenspace and health inequality : the case for using multiple indicators of neighbourhood greenspace [PDF]
, 2020 Exposure to greenspace in urban environments is associated with a range of improved health and well-being outcomes. There is a need to understand which aspects of greenspace influence which components of health.
Mears, M. +3 more
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Applied SciencesUrban greenspace exposure associates with improved health outcomes, particularly chronic disease mitigation. Based on the need to characterize spatial heterogeneity in the health benefits of urban greenspaces, this study quantified the association ...
Liwen Fan, Wei Chen
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Informal urban greenspace: A typology and trilingual systematic review of its role for urban residents and trends in the literature [PDF]
, 2014 Urban greenspace is vital in fulfilling people's nature needs. Informal urban greenspace (IGS) such as vacant lots, street or railway verges and riverbanks is an often-overlooked part of the natural urban landscape. We lack a formal definition of IGS and
Byrne, Jason A. +3 more
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Vegetation type and age matter : How to optimize the provision of ecosystem services in urban parks
, 2021 As cities grow, urban greenspace assumes a more central role in the provision of ecosystem services (ESS). Many ecosystem services depend on the interactions of soil-plant systems, with the quantity and quality of services affected by plant type and age.
Francini, Gaia +9 more
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