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Access to urban parks: Comparing spatial accessibility measures using three GIS-based approaches

open access: yesComputers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2021
Urban parks are essential components of urban ecosystems, providing recreation and relaxation places to residents. Measuring the spatial accessibility to urban parks serves as an initial step in urban planning and developing urban development strategies ...
Siqin Wang, Mingshu Wang, Y. Liu
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Natural versus human drivers of plant diversity in urban parks and the anthropogenic species-area hypotheses

open access: yesLandscape and Urban Planning, 2021
Natural and human drivers both drive novel assemblages of native and non-native plants in urban vegetation, but they are often studied separately. We studied both planted and spontaneously-established plants in urban parks to understand how natural and ...
Chi-Ru Chang, Ming-chun Chen, M. Su
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Uneven impacts of COVID-19 on residents' utilization of urban parks: A case study of Guangzhou, China

open access: yesApplied Geography, 2023
As COVID-19 increased people's dependency on urban parks for physical and psychological well-being, it also has uncertain impacts on park utilization.
Li Li   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of urban parks on residents’ expressed happiness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesLandscape and Urban Planning, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted human health worldwide. In these unprecedented times, the benefits of urban parks for residents have gained attention. However, few studies have explored the effects of urban parks on residents’ expressed happiness from
Yingyi Cheng   +3 more
semanticscholar   +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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

Eliciting users’ preferences and values in urban parks: Evidence from analyzing social media data from Hong Kong

open access: yesUrban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021
Users’ preferences and values in urban parks is important information for establishing social marketing strategies and therefore policymakers to consider. This study investigates the issue by analyzing social media data.
C. Wan, G. Shen, Stella Choi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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