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Exploring the cooling effect of urban parks based on the ECOSTRESS land surface temperature

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Understanding the cooling effect (CE) of urban parks is vital to mitigate the urban heat islands. ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) land surface temperature data (LST) data were used to construct diurnal ...
Yihui Liu   +7 more
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Analysis of urban wetland park cooling effects and their potential influence factors: Evidence from 477 urban wetland parks in China

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2023
Urban wetland parks can lower surrounding temperatures efficiently and play a critical role in mitigating extreme urban high-temperature weather. Understanding the urban wetland park cooling effects and their potential influence factors is necessary for ...
Yue Deng, Yuan Yao, Lin Zhang
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Champlain Towers South Collapse: Frequency, Governance and Liability Issues

open access: yesJournal of Sustainable Real Estate, 2022
The tragedy of the sudden collapse of the 2021 Champlain Towers condominium building in Surfside, Florida raises issues of civil liability and throws into doubt the sustainability of the current model of condominium association governance.
Robert Simons   +3 more
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Investigating urban parks enjoyment and accessibility view point from spatial justice (The case district 20th of Tehran municipality) [PDF]

open access: yesجغرافیا و توسعه, 2021
Parks are elemental components of urban landscapes that provide environmental and social function values. They contribute directly to public health by reducing stress and mental disorders, increasing the effect of physical activities, reducing health ...
Habibalah Fasihi
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Quantifying and Comparing the Cooling Effects of Three Different Morphologies of Urban Parks in Chengdu

open access: yesLand, 2023
Urban parks have significant cooling effects, which can both mitigate the urban heat is-land effect and are crucial to the sustainable development of the human habitat.
Xiaojing Feng   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tipologi Taman-Taman Kota berdasarkan Sense of Place Pengunjung

open access: yesRUAS, 2020
The provision of urban green areas, especially urban parks, has been decreasing as higher demand for public facilities in the city. Urban parks, however, provide many benefits for surrounding residents that require effort to sustain them.
Jasmine Chanifah Uzdah Bachtiar   +1 more
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Spatial Equity of Urban Park Distribution: Examining the Floating Population within Urban Park Catchment Areas in the Context of the 15-Minute City

open access: yesLand, 2023
Urban parks, as major components of green infrastructure, have contributed to natural landscape preservation, ecosystem service provision, residents’ physical and mental health enhancement, and social cohesion intensification, under the emphasis on the ...
Youngmee Jeon, Seunghyun Jung
doaj   +1 more source

Functional Classification of Urban Parks Based on Urban Functional Zone and Crowd-Sourced Geographical Data

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021
Urban parks have important impacts on urban ecosystems and in disaster prevention. They also have diverse social functions that are important to the living conditions and spatial structures of cities.
Su Cao   +3 more
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Business parks: an overlooked urban object?

open access: yesTerritoire en Mouvement, 2022
The aim of this paper is to explore the extent to which business parks (zones d’activités économiques) are visible in urban development and planning. It examines a paradox: while business parks play an active role in contemporary urbanization, they have ...
Patricia Lejoux, Corentin Charieau
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Karaj Urban Parks [PDF]

open access: yesجغرافیای اجتماعی شهری, 2016
Green space as one of the users of urban space has an important place in adjustment and air purification and also the leisure and beautifying the urban landscape.
Ahmad PourAhmad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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