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Restorative effect of audio and visual elements in urban waterfront spaces [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionUrban waterfront spaces are often composed of built infrastructures and nature elements. Though citizens could take advantage of these public spaces to relax from daily work, its restorative potential has not been paid enough attention.
Guofeng Zhu   +4 more
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Influence of built environment and user experience on the waterfront vitality of historical urban areas: A case study of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, China

open access: yesFrontiers of Architectural Research, 2023
Urban waterfronts are important gateways that reflect a city's image and characteristics. Evaluating waterfront vitality and its influencing factors is critical for guiding urban waterfront planning and redevelopment. Hourly human movement data, provided
Jie Ding   +3 more
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Coastal Waterfront Vibrancy: An Exploration from the Perspective of Quantitative Urban Morphology

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
Contemporary urban design, requiring a deep understanding of urban form and its performance, has recently shifted its focus on the vibrancy of waterfronts in coastal cities. Based on analytical methods of quantitative urban morphology, this study aims to
Lung Shih Huang, Yun Han, Yu Ye
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Youth perceptions of urban waterfront environments for stress relief: a social media text analysis study in Beijing [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
Urbanization has aggravated the mental health problems of youth. Blue spaces have been recognized as potential non-pharmacological intervention resources.
Zecheng Li   +2 more
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Optimization of Hunhe waterfront parks in Shenyang based on Attention Restoration Theory [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
IntroductionRapid urbanization and increasing environmental pressures have intensified public health challenges, making the restorative potential of urban blue–green spaces a growing concern.
Yifei Wang   +3 more
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Urban Waterfront Regeneration on Ecological and Historical Dimensions: Insight from a Unique Case in Beijing, China

open access: yesLand
To address current ecological issues and a lack of historical preservation in Beijing’s waterfront, it has become necessary to establish an urban design project that optimizes these aspects.
Lulu Chen   +4 more
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Waterfront and urban regeneration

open access: yesTeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to understand if the strength of water is so important like in the past and to see like this element can be the driving force for redevelopment and urban regeneration of a city- port.
Francesca Pirlone, Davide Erriu
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Research on Urban Waterfront Landscape Design Based on Ecological Urbanism [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2021
In the overall urban environment the urban waterfront landscape area plays a dual function of landscape and culture, and is an important incubator for the natural ecology of the city.
Wu Xukun
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Current and Expected Value Assessment of the Waterfront Urban Design: A Case Study of the Comprehensive Urban Design of Beijing’s Waterfront

open access: yesLand, 2022
Beijing, capital of China, and its exuberant waterfront is supposed to be a significant component of the city’s charm. However, due to urbanization and population growth, Beijing’s waterfront is experiencing a variety of issues, needing comprehensive ...
Lulu Chen   +4 more
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Spatial Characteristics of Urban Waterfronts

open access: yesEkistics and The New Habitat, 2021
In the second half of the 20th century, urban waterfront development began in North America and spread around the world. During the development process, urban waterfronts were assigned various functions, however following their spatial transformation, various problems such as weak interaction with water, weak physical accessibility, and the loss of ...
Serengül Seçmen, Handan Turkoğlu
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