A knowledge of the characteristics urban green spaces (UGSs) such as their abundance, spatial distribution and species composition, has an important role in a range fields geography, planning public health. Remote sensing technologies have made great contributions to analysis UGSs. However, comprehensive review current status, challenges potential this area is lacking. In paper, we scrutinize m...

Density is a critical typology in determining sustainable urban built-form patterns. Built-formrefers to the assemblage and arrangement of the building masses in a city reflecting the spatial layout of spaces.The relationship between density and urban character is also based on at certain densities (thresholds). In a widersense, sustainable cities are a matter of density. Recent debates about t...

City-scale warming is becoming a serious problem in terms of human health. Urban green spaces are expected to act as a countermeasure for urban warming, and therefore better understanding of the micro-climate benefits of urban green is needed. This study quantified the thermal influence of a large green park in Tokyo, Japan on the surrounding urban area by collecting long-term measurements. App...

Public urban green spaces play an important role in urban sustainability. These places should provide high-quality recreation experiences for the urban residents. However, they are often overused. The Wienerberg area in the south of Vienna, Austria, was transformed from a waste disposal site into a natural recreation area. During the past years, intensive settlement densification processes have...

introduction the distribution and dispersion of parks and green spaces is of paramount importance in urban and rural areas. as an indicator in development of nations, green space has environmental, social, cultural, economic and physical dimensions. to be able to perform its roles and functions successfully, green space needs to be properly positioned. this requires spatial suitability analysis...

This study explores the extent to which rich Dutch households live green, in the form of green surrounding homes directly and nearby public green. The authors interpret this ‘greenness’ as a signal of how green the wider population wishes to live in the long-term as it grows wealthier over time. In our analyses of property transaction data on the 2009–2012 residential market, we focus on 2303 p...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To study the association between greenery filled public areas that are nearby a residence and easy to walk in and the longevity of senior citizens in a densely populated, developed megacity. DESIGN Cohort study. METHODS The authors analysed the five year survival of 3144 people born in 1903, 1908, 1913, or 1918 who consented to a follow up survey from the records of registe...

Since the early 1970s, there has been a growing understanding that the form and function typical to many urban areas is unsustainable. Significant problems are evident in many urban areas today, such as air, water, and noise pollution, lack of green/open spaces, and inefficient transport systems. Given urban areas are home to around half the world's population, it is vital that efforts are made...

In order to explore the change of Green Space in Suzhou, a central City in China's Yangtze River Delta, and reveal the spatial characteristics, ecological benefits and its impact mechanism, this study extracted a distribution map of the patches of green spaces in Suzhou using Landsat remote-sensing image data from 1998 and 2007, analyzed and assessed the changes in scale and spatial layout of t...

Along with the strong movement towards sustainable urban environments, there is an increasing use of green roof systems, including the semi-extensive green roofs, which are composed of lightweight layers of freedraining material that support low-growing, tough, and drought-resistant vegetation. Various kinds of green roof systems are also used at street levels, on the top of underground car par...