Quantification of the openness of urban external space through urban section [PDF]
Geo-spatial Information Science, 2020 For the urban built environment, the shape characteristics of the external space are of decisive significance. However, what is commonly referred to as open space is more of a definition of social attributes.
Ziyu Tong +4 more
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Restorative urban open space: Exploring the spatial configuration of human emotional fulfilment in urban open space [PDF]
Landscape Research, 2005 The capacity of outdoor settings to benefit human well being is well established by research. Examples of restorative settings can be found throughout history and are still applied today in health-care facilities, as healing or restorative gardens for the sick, but their wider significance in the urban public realm remains insufficiently explored.
Thwaites, K., Helleur, E., Simkins, I.M.
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SPATIAL EQUITY OF CITY PUBLIC OPEN SPACES BASED ON G2SFCA: A CASE STUDY OF WUHAN, CHINA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022 Urban public open spaces refer to open space between architectural structures in a city or urban agglomeration that is open for urban residents to conduct public exchanges and hold various activities, and their spatial distribution characteristics are ...
J. Dong +8 more
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Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Agriculture and Environment, 2021 While urban green infrastructure has a great importance with regard to the urban climate, human welfare and well-being due to the positive impact of ecosystem services, it also offers opportunities to practice democracy.
Keresztes-Sipos Andrea +3 more
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Development of Green Open Space Policy in The Order to Realize A Sustainable City in Malang
Publik, 2021 The current massive industrial development in urban areas that is not balanced with reforestation practices will have an impact on the environment such as air pollution, hot environmental conditions, flooding, and the lack of adequate Green Open Space ...
Switsa Cellindita +2 more
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Regional assessment of urban impacts on landcover and open space finds a smart urban growth policy performs little better than business as usual. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Assessment of landscape change is critical for attainment of regional sustainability goals. Urban growth assessments are needed because over half the global population now lives in cities, which impact biodiversity, ecosystem structure and ecological ...
James H Thorne +2 more
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Evaluation of Open and Green Space Systems in the Context of Urban Livability
Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2023 Urban that has overgrown in recent years have affected human lifestyle and ecological balance in a negative way. Open and green spaces decreased. With this, unhealthy urban conditions occur. Therefore, urban is becoming more unlivable.
Özne Hızlı +1 more
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The legal street: a scarcity approach to urban open space in mobility transitions
Urban Transformations, 2021 An urban mobility transition requires a transition in space allocation, since most mobility modes are dependent on urban open space for circulation and the storage of vehicles. Despite increasing attention to space and spatiality in transitions research,
Brett J. M. Petzer +2 more
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Optimizing the spatial configurations of an urban open space: syntactic analysis of the restored Hatirjheel wetland, Dhaka [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Architectura, 2021 Due to rapid urbanization, urban open spaces are becoming increasingly significant, both in the inhabitants’ daily and societal lives. This significance is even more applicable for the densely populated city of Dhaka, which has historically overseen ...
Md Arifur Rahman
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Do urban open spaces provide refugia for frogs in urban environments?
PLoS ONE, 2021 Urbanization is among the largest threats to wildlife populations through factors such as fragmentation, isolation, and habitat destruction. Urban open spaces, such as parks and golf courses, have the potential to provide wildlife with suitable habitat ...
David Hutto, Kyle Barrett
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