Urban green spaces and their need in cities of rapidly urbanizing India: A review

M Ramaiah, R Avtar - Urban science, 2019 - mdpi.com
Urbanization offers several opportunities for the growth of economic, social, and technology
sectors, offering benefits to society in terms of better living and healthcare facilities, as well …

Which communities have better accessibility to green space? An investigation into environmental inequality using big data

Y Chen, W Yue, D La Rosa - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020 - Elsevier
Green space accessibility is widely acknowledged as a crucial aspect of a livable
environment and human well-being. Whether green space accessibility is equitable among …

Public green spaces and positive mental health–investigating the relationship between access, quantity and types of parks and mental wellbeing

L Wood, P Hooper, S Foster, F Bull - Health & place, 2017 - Elsevier
Associations between parks and mental health have typically been investigated in relation to
the presence or absence of mental illness. This study uses a validated measure of positive …

A systematic review of alternative protocols for evaluating non-spatial dimensions of urban parks

S Chen, O Sleipness, Y Xu, K Park… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the context of rapid urbanization, parks are important assets for enhancing the quality of
life in urban settings. They provide opportunities for outdoor physical activity, recreation, and …

An ecological study investigating the association between access to urban green space and mental health

D Nutsford, AL Pearson, S Kingham - Public health, 2013 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aims to find whether proximity to urban green spaces is associated
with human mental health. Study design A cross-sectional examination of the relationship …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the equality of accessing urban green spaces: A comparative study of 341 Chinese cities

L Wu, SK Kim - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite multiple benefits of green space for urban residents, the investigations on equality of
access to green space are scarce. Most focused on individual cities and the results were …

Classification of institutional barriers affecting the availability, accessibility and attractiveness of urban green spaces

M Biernacka, J Kronenberg - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2018 - Elsevier
The main goal of this article is to identify and classify institutional barriers which prevent the
use of urban green spaces (UGS) at three levels: availability (whether a UGS exists) …

Assessing the ecosystem services of various types of urban green spaces based on i-Tree Eco

P Song, G Kim, A Mayer, R He, G Tian - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Urban green spaces play a crucial role in maintaining urban ecosystem sustainability by
providing numerous ecosystem services. How to quantify and evaluate the ecological …

Urban greening: A new paradox of economic or social sustainability?

M Du, X Zhang - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Cities globally have incorporated sustainable development into their planning, and led the
way in responding to the world's ecological crisis by “going green”. Urban green space …

An evidence-based framework for designing urban green infrastructure morphology to reduce urban building energy use in a hot-humid climate

S Zhu, Y Yang, Y Yan, F Causone, X Jin, X Zhou… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructures (UGIs) play an essential role in reducing urban building energy
consumption by cooling surrounding areas and shielding buildings from direct solar …