Abstract Context Multifunctional rural landscapes are social-ecological systems that represent a link between nature and culture. They characterized by the conservation protection of ecological processes, natural resources biocultural diversity. The these is mainly based on establishment Protected Natural Areas (PAs) whose regulatory schemes have often promoted their degradation. Objectives We ...

As a form of protection, nature park is often created to protect and valorise natural cultural heritage in peripheral rural areas. However, terms multifunctionality, new parks incorporate traditional productive activities, such as recreational tourist which sometimes compromise sustainability. The research objective study the relationship between tourism sustainability Sierra de Aracena y Picos...

urban parks have essential role in public welfare. their role could be observed in personal, socio-economic, environmental and mental wellbeing. provision of socio-mental needs of citizens and enhancement of social cohesion are contributed to the way of using urban open and green spaces which such issue requires elaborated planning and design. equal access to parks is an important issue in dist...

Urban greenspaces, such as urban public parks, may provide a range of benefits to people visiting those spaces. The extent and type visitor be influenced by park characteristics the presence manicured naturalistic features, setting perceptions naturalness. Understanding naturalness contributes understanding role different types greenspace play in providing nature contact associated for populati...

Despite intensive scientific research on geodiversity and geotourism, the development of a network geoparks in Poland has been slow. There are only two here. The reasons include difficulties an organisational nature. existing spatial forms nature conservation should be used to streamline process establishing geoparks. areas potential partially overlap with landscape parks. study presents compre...

OBJECTIVE Parks are an important setting for physical activity and specific park features have been shown to be associated with park visitation and physical activity. Most park-based research has been conducted in urban settings with few studies examining rural parks. This study examined differences in features of parks in urban compared with rural areas. METHODS In 2009/10 a tool was develop...

City parks, important environments built for physical activity, play critical roles in preventing chronic diseases and promoting public health. We used five commonly used park indicators to investigate the spatiotemporal trend of city parks in mainland China between 1981 and 2014 at three scales: national, provincial and city class. City parks in China increased significantly with a turning poi...

Current literatures on urban parks and green spaces showed that people’s preference for visiting urban parks in various group users is different. People visit parks for various motives and activities, leading to several patterns of park usability. However, the patterns in urban park use in majority of Iran cities are not yet known. This study presented the preference for activity in urban...