Citizen Perceptions on the Use, Management and Availability of Green Spaces in a Mediterranean Region DOI
Daniel Jato‐Espino, Fabio Capra-Ribeiro, Vanessa Moscardó

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Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

A Preliminary Study on the Effect of an Intervention Based on Green Exercise on Mental Health and Physical Fitness of Adolescents DOI Open Access
Santiago Gómez-Paniagua, Carmen Galán-Arroyo, Antonio Castillo-Paredes

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Healthcare, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(7), P. 809 - 809

Published: April 3, 2025

Background: The latest data on physical inactivity and mental health among adolescents raise concerns about the quality of life development young people. expert scientific community in this field has focused its efforts researching tools that facilitate improvement these variables, such as self-perceived condition satisfaction, with evidence supporting effects green spaces health. Objective: aim study is to analyze a activity intervention natural environment satisfaction adolescents. Methods: For purpose, 12-day quasi-experimental was carried out, consisting nature activities (such canyoning or canoeing) twice day an adolescent population attended camps region. Results: results showed improvements both increasing levels after intervention. Conclusions: Physical environments effective strategy improve people, acquiring vital importance protective factor against numerous psychological social disorders. Interventions promote have proven successful improving simultaneously addressing issues inactivity, life, healthy habits demographic group.

Language: Английский

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Sustainability of Urban Green Spaces: A Multidimensional Analysis DOI Open Access
Veljko Dmitrović, Svetlana Ignjatijević, Jelena Vapa–Tankosić

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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(9), P. 4026 - 4026

Published: April 29, 2025

Urban green spaces (UGS) play a crucial role in enhancing the quality of life urban environments by offering wide range ecological, psychological, socio–cultural, and economic benefits. This research addresses multidimensional impact functional characteristics UGS on user satisfaction Novi Sad, focusing various ways which these contribute to well-being. By integrating multiple perspectives, including ecological benefits like stress reduction, social cultural aspects such as fostering community connections, factors property values, this study presents holistic analysis UGS. Through mixed-methods approach, combining surveys regression analysis, explores how different functions interact shape users’ perceptions. The findings highlight importance socio–cultural improving experience, providing key insights for planning that aims create sustainable, inclusive, resilient spaces. emphasises significance considering diverse dimensions development management long-term sustainability satisfaction.

Language: Английский

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Bridging the gap: Public engagement in blue-green space development for healthier urban futures DOI
Yutong Zhao, Jia Li, Rebecca Collins

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Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 360, P. 121173 - 121173

Published: May 19, 2024

Language: Английский

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LANDSCAPE ATTRACTIVENESS AND PLACE IDENTITY: CONSIDERING THE ROLE OF URBAN PARKS DOI Creative Commons
Xuanxian Chen, Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali, Aldrin Abdullah

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PLANNING MALAYSIA, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 22

Published: Aug. 26, 2024

Urban parks, vital public spaces for community health and well-being, also face challenges related to safety security. Balancing the need recreational with ensuring is paramount urban stability. However, existing research on nexus between landscape attractiveness perceived often overlooks influence of factors such as park usage patterns, place identity, typologies. To address this gap, we conducted a survey among 411 users employed SmartPLS SPSS data analysis. Our findings reveal robust correlation safety. Furthermore, uncover that combined identity time spent in can serve positive mediators relationship. Surprisingly, our analysis indicates alone does not exert significant mediating effect. Notably, results highlight nuanced variations: association particularly pronounced parks lower attractiveness, while role relationship more higher attractiveness. These contribute understanding how landscapes relate provide new insights improving offering valuable planners policymakers designing healthier environments.

Language: Английский

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Citizen Perceptions on the Use, Management and Availability of Green Spaces in a Mediterranean Region DOI
Daniel Jato‐Espino, Fabio Capra-Ribeiro, Vanessa Moscardó

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Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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