The importance of outdoor spaces during the COVID-19 lockdown in Aotearoa—New Zealand

B Marques, J McIntosh, C Muthuveerappan, K Herman - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and its extensive variants have caused drastic
changes to people's habits and routines in many countries worldwide, including Aotearoa …

Leveraging the No Net Land Take Policy through Ecological Connectivity Analysis: The Role of Industrial Platforms in Flanders, Belgium

DJ Nalumu, DO Peña, D Perrotti - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Land take for urbanisation has become a significant problem in many parts of the world due
to environmental, social and economic impacts associated with the rapid depletion of blue …

Impacts of Zagreb's urban development on dynamic changes in stream landscapes from mid-twentieth century

S Gašparović, A Sopina, A Zeneral - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban streams constitute a valuable form of multi-functional blue and green infrastructure
(BGI) and can support urban development to generate ecosystem, social, and economic …

[PDF][PDF] Planning and designing green infrastructure across landscapes and scales

A Tóth - Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae, 2022 - sciendo.com
Planning and designing sustainable, resilient, and healthy landscapes, cities and
communities is anchored in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the …

A transdisciplinary approach to recovering natural and cultural landscape and place identification: a case study of Can Moritz Spring (Rubi, Spain)

M Cervera, S Bell, F Muñoz, HS Mishra… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The perception of the quality of green and blue spaces can be key in the relationship
between a community and its local landscape (ie, place identification). The lack of …

Examining the use of autonomous systems for home health support using a smart mirror

L Dowthwaite, GR Cruz, AR Pena, C Pepper, N Jäger… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The home is becoming a key location for healthcare delivery, including the use of
technology driven by autonomous systems (AS) to monitor and support healthcare plans …

A universal standard for health-promoting places. Example of assessment–on the basis of a case study of Rahway River Park

M Trojanowska - Budownictwo i Architektura, 2021 - ceeol.com
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to development of approaches to the evaluation of
the design of public open green spaces (POS). This paper presents a universal standard for …

Unraveling the dynamics of urban desirability: a multi-faceted analysis of large cities

Y Salmani, A Ariannezhad, G Madraki - Discover Global Society, 2023 - Springer
In the context of rapid urbanization, the challenge of accommodating growing populations
while enhancing urban desirability has become a paramount concern for city planners …

[PDF][PDF] Unconventional interventions on redeveloping unused urban landscapes based on social interactions

SB Prochnow, M Čibik - Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae, 2022 - sciendo.com
In urban landscape, we are increasingly encountering the phenomenon of forgotten places,
open areas without function, which were created by sanitation of unpromising objects or …

The Ghost Town: An Autoethnographic Study on the Effects of Loss and Trauma on a Saudi Arabian International Student's Well-Being

SJ Alzowibi - 2021 - search.proquest.com
We all have fought on grief's battleground; some of us started at early ages, while others
during their developmental age, teen's years, or later in their adulthood. All of them are …