Urban oases: the social-ecological importance of small urban green spaces

Ecosystems and People, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20(1)

Published: Feb. 20, 2024

Global challenges around biodiversity loss, climate change, and public health are heightening the importance of urban green spaces for supporting ecosystem services human wellbeing. Trees, parks forests integrated across cityscapes proposed strategies to combat change promote current future cities. This is true small spaces, perhaps just < 1 ha in size. Depending on their structure size, these can provide structural vegetation complexity, species diversity, regulate temperatures offer thermal comfort. These also recreation opportunity, nature experience, sense belonging, restoration people. As cities densify, it crucial understand where dimensions intersect theory practice design manage particular, as systems may be easier than large implement planning. In this paper, we narratively review known biophysical ecological properties that support biodiversity, temperature regulation resilience, ultimately benefit residents' through different use activities multisensory experiences Furthermore, how stakeholder engagement participatory processes guide equitable space provision design, case studies our own research examples. doing so, paper aims further understanding social-ecological calls inter- transdisciplinary generates insight protect places a changing climate.

Language: Английский

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Beyond just green: Explaining and predicting restorative potential of urban landscapes using panorama-based metrics

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 247, P. 105044 - 105044

Published: March 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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Greenness and its composition and configuration in association with allergic rhinitis in preschool children

Environmental Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 251, P. 118627 - 118627

Published: March 7, 2024

Language: Английский

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Does urban green space justly improve public health and well-being? A case study of Tianjin, a megacity in China

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 380, P. 134920 - 134920

Published: Oct. 31, 2022

Urban green space (UGS) planning and design can not only influence economic development the ecological environment but also have a significant impact on urban public health. Facing increasingly serious health crisis in megacities, promoting environmental justice UGS, improving well-being of residents become critical issues to be addressed response global sustainable goals (SDGs). Using data from survey 682 central district Tianjin, we constructed structural equation model based theoretical analyses spatial justice, social stratification, Rawls' theory reveal injustices accessibility benefits UGS among different socioeconomic status (SES) explore ways which SES affects residents' via UGS. The results indicate that: (1) Increasing intensity exposure improve well-being, due premium effect, inequities exist enjoying thus deepening inequality megacities. (2) through three paths: "green mechanism", chain play mediating role well-being. (3) To promote provide human care, guarantee equality, China's megacities needs further explored terms layout optimization, service quality improvement, management system guarantee.

Language: Английский

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How urban ecological land affects resident heat exposure: Evidence from the mega-urban agglomeration in China

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 231, P. 104643 - 104643

Published: Dec. 2, 2022

Language: Английский

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How do urban park features affect cultural ecosystem services: Quantified evidence for design practices

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 76, P. 127713 - 127713

Published: Aug. 24, 2022

Language: Английский

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Association between greenspace morphology and prevalence of non-communicable diseases mediated by air pollution and physical activity

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 242, P. 104934 - 104934

Published: Oct. 25, 2023

Neighborhood greenspace is a recognized roborant, yet limited known regarding the influence of spatial morphology on prevalence non-communicable diseases. Evidence also scarce as to whether such associations are generalizable. Using census tracts, we examined these relationships in Los Angeles and explored generalizability discovered New York City, San Antonio, Seattle, Miami, all major metropolitan areas US. We used high-resolution satellite imagery generate maps, calculated metrics measure average size, fragmentation, connectedness, aggregation, shape greenspace. The poor mental health, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, COPD, lack leisure time physical activity was examined. Conditional autoregression models were used, controlling for geographic, demographic, socioeconomic factors. Neighborhoods with more connected, aggregated, coherent, complex-shaped morphologies had lower Such mediated by air pollution inactivity. A one-interquartile increase aggregation Angles associated decreasing inactivity, COPD 1.19%, 0.53%, 0.44%, 1.63%, 3.53%, 0.62%, respectively. complexity, cohesion, decrease fragmentation health City 0.12%, 4.29%, 0.68%, 2.87%, offer evidence that location, shape, connectivity urban have significant independent effect at neighborhood level above beyond meliorated sheer amount. designed should therefore be incorporated into routine environment-based planning.

Language: Английский

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Where and how to invest in greenspace for optimal health benefits: a systematic review of greenspace morphology and human health relationships

The Lancet Planetary Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(8), P. e574 - e587

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

Research on the relationship between greenspace morphology and health is a growing field that informs spatial design of to enhance outcomes. This study reviews current progress, methodologies, knowledge gaps in this area. From database search 272 940 English articles 39 053 Chinese up April 18, 2024, we identified 22 7 studies topic for further evaluation. Predominantly cross-sectional neighbourhood-scale analyses were conducted using land cover maps ranging from 0·25 100 meters resolution. Six primary characteristics have been studied, including size, shape, fragmentation, connectedness, aggregation, diversity. While associations outcomes observed, both their reliability generalisability remain suggestive due ecological designs heterogeneity among studies. Future research should prioritise individual-level prospective cohorts intervention Exploring mechanisms linking health, determining optimal map resolution, distinguishing it greenness magnitude statistical analysis essential. evidence crucial health-promoting planning be routinely integrated into urban epidemiological research.

Language: Английский

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How does multiscale greenspace exposure affect human health? Evidence from urban parks in the central city of Beijing

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 353, P. 120253 - 120253

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Inequality in heat: The role of spatial patterns of urban green infrastructure

Urban Climate, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 53, P. 101820 - 101820

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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