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“Enticing” but Not Necessarily a “Space Designed for Me”: Experiences of Urban Park Use by Older Adults with Disability

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Urban parks are spaces that can enhance older adults’ physical, social and psychological wellbeing. As the prevalence of older adults with disability increases, it is important that urban parks are accessible to this population so that they too might ...
M. Perry, Lucy Cotes, Benjamin Horton, Rebecca Kunac, Isaac Snell, B. Taylor, Abbey Wright, H. Devan   +7 more
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Variability in concentrations of potentially toxic elements in urban parks from six European cities [PDF]

, 2006
Use of a harmonised sampling regime has allowed comparison of concentrations of copper, chromium, nickel, lead and zinc in six urban parks located in different European cities differing markedly in their climate and industrial history.
Ajmone-Marsanb, F., Biasioli, M., Davidson, Christine, Diaz-Barrientos, Encarnation, Duarte, A.C., Grcman, H., Hossack, I., Hursthouse, A S, Kralj, T., Ljung, K., Madrid, L., Otabbong, E., Reinoso, R., Rodrigues, S., Ruiz-Cortes, E., Urquhart, Graham John   +15 more
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Urban imperviousness effects on summer surface temperatures nearby residential buildings in different urban zones of Parma [PDF]

, 2017
Rapid and unplanned urban growth is responsible for the continuous conversion of green or generally natural spaces into artificial surfaces. The high degree of imperviousness modifies the urban microclimate and no studies have quantified its influence on
Congedo, Luca, Crisci, Alfonso, Georgiadis, Teodoro, Morabito, Marco, Munafò, Michele, Orlandini, Simone, Rota, Patrizia, Zazzi, Michele   +7 more
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Druzhba Park of Culture and Leisure (Elista): The Shaping of Public Spaces in Urban Environment

Oriental 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
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Peoples’ use of, and concerns about, green space networks: A case study of Birchwood, Warrington New Town, UK [PDF]

, 2010
Cultural services provided by green space networks and in particular leisure and recreational opportunities are central to the quality of life of those living in urban areas. However, the literature concerned with green space networks has mainly focussed
Ajzen, Bandura, Bengston, Bickerstaff, Bolund, Communities and Local Government, Dunnett, Flyvbjerg, Frischenbruder, GreenSpace, James, Jim, Jorgensen, Jorgensen, Jorgensen, Kaplan, King, Konijnendijk, Konstantinos Tzoulas, Kühn, Li, Maas, Matsuoka, McDonald, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Mulder, Nassauer, Nassauer, O'Reilly, Office for National Statistics, Opdam, Ordnance Survey, Philip James, Robson, Sandström, Sandström, Sasidharan, Schrijnen, Scott, Smith, Snape, Stewart, Todorovic, Tzoulas, Ulrich, Ulrich, Vuorisalo, Walmsley, Walmsley, Ward-Thompson, Weber, Özguner   +51 more
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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

ISPRS 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, Tianfeng Wei, Yueming He, Kun He   +3 more
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More than nature: Linkages between well-being and greenspace influenced by a combination of elements of nature and non-nature in a New York City urban park

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021
This study examines the association between the elements of an urban greenspace and users’ subjective well-being (SWB). In addition to the urgency of addressing climate change, co-benefits such as health and well-being are stimulating increasing ...
M. Maurer, Lisa Zaval, B. Orlove, Valeria Moraga, P. Culligan   +4 more
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From ‘the people’ to ‘the citizen’ : the emergence of the Edwardian municipal park in Manchester, 1902 - 1912 [PDF]

This paper argues that the Edwardian municipal park represents a significant transition from the highly regulated and formal space of the Victorian park.
Bailey, Beaven, Cannadine, CAROLE O'REILLY, Conway, Cunningham, Fraser, Fraser, Gunn, Gurney, Harris, Hennock, Lambert, Latimer, Lomax, Lowenthal, Lowerson, McCrone, Meacham, Meller, Nicholls, Offer, Pettigrew, Prendergast, Prince, Redford, Rodrick, Rosenzweig, Rotenberg, Ruff, Searle, Service, Stedman, Sullivan, Taylor, Turner, Twist, Warren, Waterson, Wyborn   +39 more
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Pocket Park: Product Urban design [PDF]

The Design Journal, 2017
Pocket Park, small areas that can make up for the emptiness, abandonment and no function of many spaces that are located within our cities, triggering processes of urban regeneration through the di...
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Front Park\u27s Past and Future [PDF]

, 2011
Front Park is a 26-acre urban park in Buffalo, New York. The park entrance is located on Porter Avenue. The park is bounded on the west by interstate 190, on the north by the Peace Bridge truck plaza and on the north by Busti Avenue and the adjacent ...
Bice, Lawrence
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