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An Open-Green Space Effective Planning Model for Sustainable Urban Conservation: A Case Study for Konya Urban Conservation Area, Turkey

Ekoloji, 2008
This paper attempts to define the spatial and functional principles of an urban planning model that will make an effective and efficiency the uses of open-green space for sustainable conservation and development of the cultural heritage in the conservation areas in the city of Konya as the one of the historic cities in the metropolitanization process ...
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Greening and Cooling Urban Areas: The Open Space System Contribution for Energy Saving and Climate Change Adaptation

Given the urgency in addressing the climate change acceleration, the international community emphasises the relevance to promote both mitigation adaptation measures to achieving climate neutrality by setting binding targets for member countries in terms of emission reductions.
Gerardo Carpentieri, Carmela Gargiulo, Floriana Zucaro, Tonia Stiuso   +3 more
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The Evaluation of Plant Materials Used in Urban Open-Green Areas; Aksaray City Case

2011
Plants in the urban setting play an important role in improving urban life. In order to attain the main purpose it is necessary to carry out the plantation activities in the frame of the principles and knowledge of planning, designing, maintaining, tending and related professional disciplines and persons.
ÖNDER, Serpil, AKBULUT, Çapan Dede
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The Socioeconomic Welfare of Urban Green Areas and Parks; A Literature Review of Available Evidence

Sustainability, 2021
Antonios Kolimenakis, Alexandra D Solomou, Nikolaos Proutsos   +2 more
exaly  

Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas

Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022
Federica Marando, Mehdi P Heris, Grazia Zulian   +2 more
exaly  

Go greener, feel better? The positive effects of biodiversity on the well-being of individuals visiting urban and peri-urban green areas

Landscape and Urban Planning, 2015
Giuseppe Carrus, Massimiliano Scopelliti, Raffaele Lafortezza   +2 more
exaly  

Green Window Views – Assessing Visible Urban Green Spaces in Residential Areas to Promote Environmental Justice in Open Space Planning

Urban green spaces are key to sustainable urban development, yet climate change, urban densification, and rising land and rental prices increasingly restrict access and reinforce social inequities. Sustainable Development Goal 11.7 calls for universal, inclusive access to green spaces, with environmental justice providing the normative framework.
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Study of green areas and urban heat island in a tropical city

Habitat International, 2005
Nyuk Hien Wong
exaly  

Determination of the ecological integrity of Urban open green areas by connection analysis: An example of Usak City, Turkey

In recent years, rapid population growth and urbanization that have grown in parallel with industrialization have caused cities to develop on natural areas. This development has brought about changes in natural areas and ecological cycle. In this study, the effects of the development of Usak urban area on natural and urban open green spaces in the ...
Koçan, Nurhan, Koçan, Nurhan
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SAUS: A tool for preserving urban green areas from air pollution

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 2019
Ligia T Silva, Fernando Fonseca
exaly