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How to accurately identify the underserved areas of peri-urban parks? An integrated accessibility indicator

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2021
Due to the shortage of green space in urban built environments, access to peri-urban parks in the suburbs has been a focus of planning practices to meet increasing resident demands for recreational visits to natural settings. However, accurate approaches
Jinguang Zhang, Yingyi Cheng, Bing Zhao
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Nature’s Neighborhood: The Housing Premium of Urban Parks in Dense Cities

open access: yesLand
Urban parks, a core component of urban landscapes, play a crucial role in mitigating the negative effects of rapid urbanization and achieving sustainable urban development.
Siqi Feng   +5 more
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Seasonal impact of urban parks on land surface temperature (LST) in semi-arid city of Tehran

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2021
This paper studies the impact of parks as an element of urban green infrastructure on regulating surface temperature in the semi-arid city of Tehran, Iran.
Farimah Sadat Jamali   +2 more
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Local and landscape drivers of bird community shifts in urban parks in a neotropical city

open access: yesActa Biológica Colombiana
Urban growth affects bird community composition and diversity. However, these effects may vary based on urbanization level and season. We explored how local and landscape variables influenced urban avoiders, exploiters, and adapters birds during two ...
R. Carlos Almazán-Núñez   +4 more
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The relationship between the distribution and use patterns of parks and their spatial accessibility at the city level:A case study from Tehran, Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Parks are recognised as important elements of urban green infrastructure and for providing many benefits to city residents. In countries where urban growth is unplanned and sprawling, green space provision falls behind, inadequate amounts are provided or
Bahriny, Fariba   +2 more
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Screening for Park Access during a Primary Care Social Determinants Screen. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
While there is evidence that access to nature and parks benefits pediatric health, it is unclear how low-income families living in an urban center acknowledge or prioritize access to parks.MethodsWe conducted a study about access to parks by pediatric ...
Gottlieb, Laura M   +4 more
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Using social science in National Park Service climate communications: A case study in the National Capital Region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Since 2012, the National Park Service’s (NPS’s) Urban Ecology Research Learning Alliance (UERLA) and George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication have partnered on a collaborative “research-to-practice” internship program that ...
Beall, Lindsey   +4 more
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Bird species present in urban parks are more colorful than urban avoiders: A test in the Argentinian Pampas

open access: yesAvian Research
Bird plumage color has been assessed as a possible trait driving the presence of bird species in urban areas. Although some species can see the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum, the mentioned studies did not take into account UV reflectance when characterizing ...
Lucas M. Leveau
doaj   +1 more source

Usage behavior and health benefit perception of youth in urban parks: A case study from Qingdao, China

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
With the development of the urban park, people's cognition of the relationship between the environment and public health has been improved, and higher requirements for the living environment have been put forward.
Wenfei Yao   +4 more
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Pocket Park: Product Urban design [PDF]

open access: yesThe 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...
openaire   +2 more sources

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