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Modern Urban Parks

Geographical Review, 1995
In July 1893 the commissioners of the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco reported the creation of a field for athletic games in the park. The new recreational "valley" was twenty acres in extent, enclosed by slightly rising grounds and studded with pines on three of its sides. . . .
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Health risk assessment and bioaccessibilities of heavy metals for children in soil and dust from urban parks and schools of Jiaozuo, China.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020
Urban parks and schools sever as the mainly activity areas for children, but risk assessment posed by heavy metals (HMs) from soil and dust in these area has rarely been investigated.
Qiao Han   +7 more
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Urban Parks

2019
Il saggio esamina gli aspetti innovativi e le problematiche connesse al progetto di parco pubblico nelle New Towns cinesi di ultima generazione. Discute il ruolo centrale del parco pubblico nelle strategie di urbanizzazione rivolte alla sostenibilità e alla consapevolezza per l’ambiente che la Cina sta attuando.
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Heavy metal(loid)s in the topsoil of urban parks in Beijing, China: Concentrations, potential sources, and risk assessment.

Environmental Pollution, 2020
Urban parks play an important role in the urban ecosystem and are also used by residents for recreation. The environmental quality of urban park soils might influence human health following long-term exposure.
Lingling Liu   +8 more
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Valuation of urban parks

Landscape and Urban Planning, 1988
Abstract One reason why urban parks and open spaces are subject to development pressure is that planners and researchers have been unable to articulate their value in economic terms. Three valuation techniques — each with its own strengths and weaknesses — have been applied to urban parks.
MORE, TA, STEVENS, T, Allen, PG
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Urban parks and addiction

Journal of Urban Design, 2004
This study seeks to develop an understanding of the relationship between the design of urban parks and addiction in Tehran. The aim of the study is to recognize the role of design in the behavioural patterns of park users, especially the addicts, and to propose design patterns to improve the physical quality of parks.
Behnaz Aminzadeh, Dokhi Afshar
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Post-Industrial Urban Parks

6th Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE 2018), 2018
Around the globe industrial sites in urban areas are increasingly being closed down and falling into disuse. Such sites have not only interesting (hi)stories to tell, but also offer a great potential and opportunities for future developments. For example, recycled and developed for habitation and leisure activities, they may be transformed into ...
Ludwig K.H.C., Zaykova E.Y.
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Women in Urban Parks

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1980
American urban parks were a nineteenth-century attempt to right the imbalances of industrialization and urbanization. Unlike their European predecessors, American public parks have been intimately linked with urban problems. Park advocates have offered various types and styles of parks at different times as ways to solve those social difficulties and ...
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Parking in Urban Centers

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2014
Most U.S. cities specify minimum parking requirements in local zoning codes, even in areas served by a variety of travel options. Little work has been done to understand how aggregate parking supplies compare with requirements in urban areas or to evaluate the potential impacts of parking requirements met in such places.
Christopher McCahill   +3 more
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Characteristics of urban parks and their relation to user well-being

Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019
Urban green spaces have been associated with the well-being of urban citizens. However, there is limited evidence documenting those characteristics that green spaces must have to provide real benefits.
Cristina Ayala-Azcárraga   +2 more
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