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Urban park settings and crime: Influencing community perceptions of safety and park use

open access: yes, 2008
The aim of the research was to explore whether criminal events and the physical arrangement of park settings influence the community’s perception of safety, and ultimately their usage of urban parks.
Boulton, Chris
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Druzhba Park of Culture and Leisure (Elista): The Shaping of Public Spaces in Urban Environment

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
Introduction. The article analyzes the formation of urban spaces as public places. Considerable attention is paid to the role of Druzhba Park of Culture and Leisure (Elista) in the city’s space.
Altana M. Lidzhieva
doaj   +1 more source

Whose Park? The forty-year fight for Folkets Park under Copenhagen’s evolving urban managerialism

open access: yes, 2018
This paper interrogates the evolution of struggles over a park in Copenhagen, Denmark. This evolution is situated between local residents’ efforts to obtain socio-environmental justice, and attempts to manage the space by municipal authorities for ...
Rutt, Rebecca Leigh   +3 more
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Perceived Quality of Urban Wetland Parks: A Second-Order Factor Structure Equation Modeling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Wetland in the urban or peri-urban areas has been recognized as an important component of urban ecosystems and provides ecological and environmental services.
Shaobo Liu   +19 more
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Plant functional type affects nitrogen dynamics in urban park soils similarly to boreal forest soils [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Purpose Although plant functional type can modulate soils and their processes in natural, nitrogen (N)-limited ecosystems, little is known about their ability to influence soil N dynamics in urban ecosystems that have high excess N input. We investigated
Lu, Changyi   +2 more
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Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban park soundscapes and their perceived restorativeness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Individual sounds and soundscapes can influence individuals, their place evaluations and potentially their psychological restoration. As urban park soundscapes can vary greatly, ranging from quiet, serene oases to noisy city spaces, it is important to ...
Payne, Sarah R., Payne, Sarah R
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The Impact of Park Green Space Areas on Urban Vitality: A Case Study of 35 Large and Medium-Sized Cities in China

open access: yesLand
Urban park green spaces not only significantly enhance urban environmental quality, but also increase social interactions, making them a crucial factor in urban vitality, particularly in densely populated and ecologically stressed metropolitan areas ...
Guancen Wu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differentiation of Vegetation Community Characteristics by Altitude within Urban Parks and Their Service Functions in a Semi-Arid Mountain Valley: A Case Study of Lanzhou City

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022
As the primary component of urban green space, parks play an important role in improving local environments and quality of life for city inhabitants. To date, much research on urban park plant community characteristics has been conducted worldwide, but ...
Xianglong Tang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mycophenolate Mofetil Treatment Reduces the Risk of Treatment Escalation Due to Vascular Complications in Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Emulation of a Target Trial From the Italian Rheumatology Society SPRING Registry

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) is relatively uncommon because of the lower fibrotic burden and the predominance of vascular complications. In vitro observations and clinical data from transplanted patients suggest a protective effect of MMF on endothelial function.
Enrico De Lorenzis   +77 more
wiley   +1 more source

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