Planning small for winning big: Small urban green space distribution patterns in an expanding city
Urban forestry & urban greening,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
78, С. 127787 - 127787
Опубликована: Ноя. 6, 2022
Язык: Английский
The Residual Spaces of Developmental Urbanism as Opportunity for Green Cities and Improvement of Human Wellbeing
Land,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
12(4), С. 764 - 764
Опубликована: Март 28, 2023
City
densification
and
greening
are
two
priority
urban-policy
objectives,
for
the
coming
years,
aimed
at
making
cities
more
resilient
to
climate
change,
slowing
spread
of
urbanization
improving
quality
life
in
cities.
These
sometimes
contradictory
objectives
that
require
fine
deep
analysis
create
approaches
methods
combine
them.
The
most
recent
research
has
presented
so-called
small
urban
green
spaces
(SUGSs)
as
a
viable
alternative
achieve
this
double
objective.
This
was
starting
point
research,
which
used
GIS
digital
microscale
fieldwork
study
possibilities
an
excessively
dense
low-quality
space
city
Pamplona
(Spain).
results
thereof
showed
structure
neighbourhood
contains
large
number
with
no
specific
use
or
function—residual,
surface
vertical
spaces—and
simply
undefined
remnants
between
buildings
streets,
party
walls
were
never
built.
Only
these
occupy
total
area
is
twice
size
existing
spaces.
Based
on
results,
work
explores
possibility
increasing
areas
through
new
SUGSs
creation
corridor
increases
environmental
social
connectivity
studied
space.
Язык: Английский
Using GEOBIA and Vegetation Indices to Assess Small Urban Green Areas in Two Climatic Regions
Опубликована: Сен. 27, 2022
The
importance
of
small
urban
green
areas
has
increased
in
the
context
rapid
urbanization
and
densification
tissue.
analysis
these
through
remote
sensing
been
limited
due
to
low
spatial
resolution
freely
available
satellite
images.
We
propose
a
timeseries
on
3
m
Planet
images,
using
GEOBIA
vegetation
indices,
with
aim
extracting
assessing
quality
two
different
climatic
biogeographical
regions
–
temperate
(Bucharest,
Romania)
mediterranean
(Athens,
Greece).
Our
results
have
shown
high
accuracy
(over
91%)
regarding
extraction
both
cities,
across
all
analysed
showed
consistency
location
for
around
55%
identified
surfaces
throughout
entire
period.
indices
registered
higher
values
region,
characteristics
planning
cities.
For
same
reasons,
increase
density
quality,
as
result
distance
from
city
centre
decrease
built-up
is
more
obvious
Athens.
proposed
method
provides
valuable
insights
distribution
at
level
can
represent
ground
basis
many
analyses,
currently
by
poor
resolution.
Язык: Английский
Natural Protected Areas within Cities: An International Legislative Comparison Focused on Romania
Land,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
12(7), С. 1279 - 1279
Опубликована: Июнь 23, 2023
Urbanization
occurs
now
more
rapidly
than
before,
due
to
the
development
of
compact
cities
or
urban
sprawl,
threatening
quasi-natural
areas,
especially
those
protected
within/near
built-up
ones.
Europe
lacks
laws
dedicated
natural
areas
within
which
are
subject
same
provisions
as
ones,
a
legislative
vacuum.
This
research
aimed
find
best
planning
approach
for
resiliently
conserving
and
developing
these
establishing
grounds
new
tool
used
proximity
cities.
The
methodology
involved
selecting
two
groups
countries,
Nordic
eastern
European,
treating
differently.
choice
was
based
on
specific
political
history.
study
analyzed
framework
compared
approaches
11
countries
pinpoint
basic
aspects
accounted
applied
other
European
territories,
in
order
preserve
characteristics
morpho-typology
particularities
local
landscapes.
comparison
results
suggest
solutions
such
adopting
regulations
their
adjacent
zones
through
legal
documents,
completing/detailing
environmental
legislation
and/or
close
built
changing
protecting
with
land
use
tools.
Язык: Английский