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Urban Agriculture & Regional Food SystemsUrban agriculture is fundamental to attaining sustainable development goals in rapidly growing and expanding urban areas. Urban open spaces such as parks, balconies, community gardens, vacant lots, and rooftops can create a breeding ground for urban ...
Tiegsti Hadush, Tarik Gebrekiros
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The use of landscape units as a methodology tool for the open space system analysis
Pós: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da FAUUSP, 2016 This paper presents a study on the urban form, landscape and open spaces of Patos de Minas, an average city of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Searching to understand the configuration of the Open Spaces System by applying the methodology of Landscape Units.
Nayara Cristina Rosa Amorim +1 more
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ANALYZING LONG-TERM AVAILABILITY OF URBAN GREEN SPACE BY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IN MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA, USING OPEN DATA AND TOOLS [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 The availability of green spaces is an important issue for urban populations worldwide, given the benefits that the green spaces provide for health, well-being, and quality of life.
J. E. Patiño
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Climate change affects the urban population’s health and quality of life. Urban green spaces (UGS) underpin several essential ecosystem services, amongst them climate regulation.
Veronika Murtinová +2 more
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Greenery and Urban Form vs. Health of Residents: Evaluation of Modernist Housing in Lodz and Gdansk
Urban Planning, 2022 Urban forms can have numerous direct and indirect effects on the health of residents. This article focuses on the relationship between health and urban form, in particular the role of green open spaces. The goal is to identify criteria for evaluating the
Małgorzata Hanzl, Magdalena Rembeza
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Environmental Impacts of Green Open Space in Urban Indonesia: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis
Asian Development ReviewThis study investigates the impact of green open spaces in reducing the probability of flooding and open waste burning in urban areas in Indonesia’s three largest metropolitan cities: Surabaya, Jakarta, and Medan.
ILMIAWAN AUWALIN +2 more
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Elements that influence living quality in open urban space [PDF]
Urbani Izziv, 2007 The number of people living in cities in Slovenia is increasing. There fore, the city spreads, urban space is created mostly by different buildings with minimum of open space, usually designed for parking spaces.
Petra Krajner
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Megaron, 2017 The quality of life of people in urban areas is a result of interaction of humans with the urban environment. Many studies show that open public spaces and the activities conducted in these areas are important urban environment factors that contribute to
Gökçe Uzgören +1 more
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NOSTALGIA FOR A PAST: BEIRUT’S SHARED OPEN SPACES
On the W@terfront, 2015 Beirut’s urban fabric is a palimpsest reflecting different historical periods with their natural growths, deformations and happenings. Traces of urban open spaces including streets and some squares persist and feed collective memories in this city. Other
Christine Mady
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Energy Efficiency Design Guide for Optimal Urban Features of Open Spaces in Residential Complexes
ARCHive-SR, 2019 The energy consumption in buildings and especially residential buildings is immensely affected by the design of urban open spaces around these buildings.
Ruwaa Bahgat +2 more
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