Design of urban parks

Benefits of Urban Parks

Algorithms for the Automatic Design of Non-formal Urban Parks

We describe procedural methods we have developed to automatically create layouts for non-formal parks and gardens. Given the topography of the parkland, we have created algorithms for automatically creating lakes, bridges and paths. In particular, we have designed a novel efficient bridge-siting algorithm that selects n appropriate sites to build bridges across a park lake, where n is set by th...

Evaluating Sustainable Appropriation of Urban Public Parks

1 INTRODUCTION Urban public parks offer a great potential to raise the quality of life for urban citizens, while at the same time their creation and maintenance requires substantious amounts of money. Surveys have shown that citizens consider parks to be an important element for their well-being, even if used only occasionally. By offering opportunities for equal participation irrespective of g...

Proximity to urban parks and mental health.

BACKGROUND Urban parks have received attention in recent years as a possible environmental factor that could encourage physical activity, prevent obesity, and reduce the incidence of chronic conditions. Despite long hypothesized benefits of parks for mental health, few park studies incorporate mental health measures. AIMS OF THE STUDY To test the association between proximity to urban parks a...

Are perceived soundscapes within urban parks restorative?