[HTML][HTML] Determinants influencing the accessibility and use of urban green spaces: A review of empirical evidence

AE Terefe, Y Hou - City and Environment Interactions, 2024 - Elsevier
The accessibility and utilization of Urban Green Spaces (UGSs) play a crucial role in
enhancing the health benefits and overall quality of life for urban residents. However, it is …

Establishing a" dynamic two-step floating catchment area method" to assess the accessibility of urban green space in Shenyang based on dynamic population data …

W Wu, T Zheng - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
As an integral part of the urban environment, urban green space (UGS) is of great
significance in maintaining urban ecosystem balance and biodiversity. Spatial accessibility …

Nature-based climate shelters? Exploring urban green spaces as cooling solutions for older adults in a warming city

L Vasconcelos, J Langemeyer, HVS Cole… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
As cities grapple with the escalating challenges of urban heat and its impacts on vulnerable
populations, particularly older adults, green spaces are increasingly promoted as effective …

Equity in urban greening: Evidence from strategic planning in Romania

SR Gradinaru, DA Onose, E Oliveira, AR Slave… - Landscape and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
In Europe, equity has become an important policy objective based on the recently adopted
European Green Deal and the idea of “leaving no one behind”. However, the question …

A transdisciplinary framework to unlock the potential benefits of green spaces for urban communities under changing contexts

BB Lin, E Andersson - BioScience, 2023 - academic.oup.com
New urban models increasingly seek to create more sustainable, livable, and healthier cities
by reinvigorating green space. In this article, we highlight and briefly review several main but …

Green regeneration for more justice? An analysis of the purpose, implementation, and impacts of greening policies from a justice perspective in Łódź Stare Polesie …

A Haase, K Koprowska, S Borgström - Environmental Science & Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Greening and green regeneration have been developed as a major strategy for improving
quality of life in cities and neighbourhoods. Greening policies and projects are being applied …

Park availability, accessibility, and attractiveness in relation to the least and most vulnerable inhabitants

M Biernacka, E Łaszkiewicz, J Kronenberg - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
With this paper, we enrich the environmental justice debate by investigating differences in
the provision of parks in Lodz, Poland, at three levels: availability, accessibility, and …

[HTML][HTML] Why don't we go outside?–Perceived constraints for users of urban greenspace in Sweden

L Dawson, M Elbakidze, LEK van Ermel… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban greenspace (UGS) is important for human wellbeing, particularly physical and mental
health, and is claimed to support social cohesion. However, the expansion and densification …

[HTML][HTML] Gradual or abrupt? An algorithm to monitor urban vegetation dynamics in support of greening policies

C Cortinovis, D Haase, D Geneletti - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
While greening becomes a more and more popular strategy to address multiple urban
challenges and to enhance wellbeing and human-nature connectedness, there is an …

The inequity of urban green space availability between urban villages and residential quarters: An empirical study in Shenzhen, China

C Xu, Q Huang, M Su, Z Gu, D Haase - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
During the rapid urbanization process, the unequal distribution of green spaces (GS) has
become a prominent topic in academic discussions due to its implications for social justice …