Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
npj Urban Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(1)
Published: Feb. 20, 2025
Language: Английский
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Computational Urban Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3(1)
Published: March 17, 2023
Abstract Urban green and blue spaces refer to the natural semi-natural areas within a city or urban area. These can include parks, gardens, rivers, lakes, other bodies of water. They play vital role in sustainability cities by providing range ecosystem services such as air purification, carbon sequestration, water management, biodiversity conservation. also provide recreational social benefits, promoting physical activity, mental well-being, community cohesion. act buffers against negative impacts urbanization, reducing heat island effect mitigating effects stormwater runoff. Therefore, it is important maintain enhance these ensure healthy sustainable environment. Assessing with space-based multi-sensor datasets be valuable tool for development. information on location, size, condition areas, which used inform decisions about land use, conservation, planning. Space-based sensors, satellites, high-resolution data that map monitor changes over time. Additionally, gather variety environmental factors, quality, impact health well-being residents. This develop solutions preserving enhancing spaces. study examines how infrastructures might improve are estimate zones work development research at additional spatial temporal scales.
Language: Английский
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Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(1)
Published: July 8, 2023
Abstract Sweeping changes in park visitation have accompanied the Covid-19 pandemic. In countries where governments imposed strict lockdowns during first wave, declined cities. The benefits of visiting urban green spaces on people’s mental and physical health well-being are generally acknowledged; many people confinement reported increasing issues. Therefore, based lessons learned from pandemic’s parks other remained open most subsequent pandemic phases. Furthermore, studies an overall increase after wave been removed. This study aims to investigate trends Hungary a dataset 28 million location data points approximately 666,000 distinct mobile devices collected 1884 191 settlements between June 1, 2019, May 31, 2021. Findings demonstrate that increased inter-wave period 2020, compared pre-pandemic decreased Waves 2–3 2021, Wave 1 2020.
Language: Английский
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Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 88, P. 102009 - 102009
Published: April 9, 2023
The COVID-19 outbreak led to major restrictions globally, affecting people's psychosocial health and their behaviors. Thus, the purpose of this scoping review was summarize available research regarding nature in context. Keywords relating natural environments were combined conduct a systematic online search six databases. Eligibility criteria a) published since 2020 with data collected context b) peer-reviewed, c) original empirical on human participants, d) investigated association between or behaviors, e) English, German, Scandinavian languages. Out 9126 articles being screened, we identified 188 relevant articles, representing 187 distinct studies. Most focused adults general population predominantly conducted USA, Europe, China. Overall, findings indicate that may mitigate impact psychological physical activity. Through thematic analysis extracted data, three primary themes identified: 1) type assessed, 2) behaviors investigated, 3) heterogeneity nature–health relationship. Research gaps I) characteristics promote II) investigations digital virtual nature, III) constructs mental promotion, IV) health-promoting other than activity, V) underlying mechanisms relationship based human, geographic characteristics, VI) focusing vulnerable groups. demonstrate considerable potential buffering stressful events level health. However, future is warranted fill mentioned examine long-term effects exposure during COVID-19.
Language: Английский
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Journal of Urban Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 175 - 182
Published: Feb. 29, 2024
Daylight is essential for ecosystems and the physical mental well-being of people. In densely populated cities, only a small proportion total daylight available to support urban greenery most people have little daily exposure natural daylight. Despite this, many cities followed strategy densification as way preventing sprawl reducing energy consumption. this article, we review biological importance show that leads reduction in both nature. We conclude should be treated limiting resource needs planned managed carefully, much like water or energy. suggest elements policy framework aimed at optimizing daylight, including how determine needs, maximum viable density, options built unbuilt areas.
Language: Английский
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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(13), P. 7946 - 7946
Published: June 29, 2022
Green spaces unquestionably improve both physical and mental health, but there is little information on how they affect quality of life. This study investigates whether the public perception local green their impact life have altered as a result restrictions imposed by U.K.’s SARS-CoV-2 pandemic containment strategy. Qualitative data were collected using an online questionnaire distributed via social media platforms postal flyers. The results clearly demonstrate that 90% participants believe improved during pandemic, with over 85% thinking will continue to positive once over. Whether this permanent change in or short-term adaptation stresses can be assessed future research studies. More detailed required understand more aspects types are most valuable for improving so ones designed provide maximum benefits.
Language: Английский
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Ecological Economics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 218, P. 108105 - 108105
Published: Jan. 20, 2024
Many people are losing direct contact with nature, a phenomenon termed as the extinction of experience. Urban dwellers particularly affected by this process that influences public health and habitat conservation. We explored experience among urban populace in Nigeria, clear Global South representative rapidly increasing human population. interviewed 600 adults from several cities performed statistical tests. Results show most respondents have no nor connection revealing an important distancing natural world. The reasons gave for not experiencing nature more often mainly related to material terms (e.g., lack time, money nearby areas). found higher also connected which is promoted perception neighborhood safety. Respondents living Lagos, those lower levels income education greater dissociation nature. relationships between real perceived naturalness bird species decoupled, but richness correlates. Our study provides novel information on loss human-nature interactions its determinants Afrotropics. recommend different actions necessary ameliorate problem.
Language: Английский
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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(10), P. 3929 - 3929
Published: May 8, 2024
Urban parks, integral to city life, have long contributed the well-being of residents through various ecosystem services. Previous studies consistently highlighted unequal park distribution and access, COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these disparities. From a spatial justice perspective, this review examines urban parks’ roles during pandemic, impact on equity how evolving usage characteristics inform future management challenges. Analysing 53 peer-reviewed 11 online materials from January 2020 April 2023, reveals significant increase in visitors causing challenges accommodating surge due lockdown measures. The findings underscore physical social dimensions, revealing disparities access COVID-19. These prompt reevaluating potential for benefits, advocating inclusive decision-making enhance community resilience socialisation. crisis planning challenges, emphasising need more sustainable, liveable, responsive approach planning.
Language: Английский
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People and Nature, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 5(1), P. 162 - 182
Published: Dec. 8, 2022
Abstract In light of global climate change and the biodiversity crisis, making cities more resilient through an adjusted design urban green blue spaces is crucial. Nature‐based solutions help address these challenges while providing opportunities for nature experiences, cultural ecosystem services that support public health. The COVID‐19 pandemic its associated stressors highlighted interrelated socio‐ecological provided by nature‐based like spaces. This pan‐European study therefore aimed to enhance understanding their management. Using online survey, space preferences, usage, pandemic‐related changes in greenspace visit outdoor recreation frequencies were examined. Greenspace with respondents’ ( N = 584 from 15 countries) geographical location, dominant type neighbourhood availability during pandemic, but not perceptions or sociodemographic background. generally high; however, Southern Europeans reported lower both before than Northern Europeans. Many also having few greenspaces low pandemic. most common recreational activity among respondents was walking running frequently stated purpose time spent outdoors being restorative (i.e. relaxing calming down). Most had positive preferences structurally diverse natural unmanaged elements. highlights importance accessible everyday life times crisis. Stakeholders, regional differences should be included co‐design maximize potential people nature. Read free Plain Language Summary this article on Journal blog.
Language: Английский
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Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 129, P. 104147 - 104147
Published: March 6, 2024
This study investigates the understudied relationship between post-/pandemic mobility adaptations and wellbeing outcomes, drawing on a longitudinal mixed-method approach combining survey analyses in-depth citizen interviews conducted 2019 2022 in Oslo, Norway. Qualitative explore depth diversity of pandemic implications for hedonic eudaimonic wellbeing. Factor structural equation models confirm statistical evidence three coping strategies – working from home, avoiding spaces infection, (enjoyment of) local environment with respectively neutral, negative positive impacts satisfaction life. The post-pandemic ability to be more mobile attend diverse activities again is by many perceived as positive, but people struggle maintain cherished aspects slower-paced, localised lifestyles adopted during pandemic. We discuss significance our findings inclusive resilience, reflect lessons relevant addressing another crisis climate change.
Language: Английский
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