Traffic logic, state strategies and free speech in an urban park: The Park Lane Road Improvement Scheme, London, 1955–1962

Wildlife Road-kills in an Urban Park in Florida

Natural elements spatial configuration and content usage in urban park

Abstract Urban parks are important public multifunctional space used for a wide range of activities. The usage levels of parks depend on the spatial characteristics of the spaces, where its forms and occupancies are referred as the usage-spatial relationship. Natural elements spatial complexity and park usability is of interest in this study. A photo - questionnaire was conducted among 296 of p...

15 . Park Congestion and Strategies to Increase Park Equity

Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, as part of the " Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California " project. The authors thank Christina Li for providing assistance with the statistical analysis. The authors would also like to thank Frank Simpson for his comments on this paper. Thanks to the Green Visions summer interns of 2005 for the photos on the front cover. The mission of ...

Predicting the Social Impacts of Restoration in an Urban Park

Analysis of potential impacts of a proposed salt marsh restoration in West River Memorial Park (New Haven, Connecticut) on surrounding human communities was conducted using resident surveys and behavioral sampling along the West River, a literature survey of recreational trends and behavior, and a geographic information system (GIS) of biophysical and demographic features. Current and potential...

Perception of urban park soundscape.

A number of studies have been initiated to explore how to improve the soundscape quality in urban parks. However, good soundscape quality in parks cannot be provided without a thorough understanding of the complex relationships among sound, environment, and individuals. As acoustic comfort is considered to be an important outcome of soundscape quality, this study investigates the relative impac...