Maryland; Harris and Koner—NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, and CICS, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland; Mittaz—University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; sapper—NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO, College Park, Maryland; WicK— NOAA/OAR/ESRL, Boulder, Colorado; zHu—NOAA/NESDIS/ STAR, College Park, and Global Science and Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland; dasH—NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, ...

OBJECTIVE To examine disparities in park availability, features, and characteristics by income and the percentage of foreign-born population within a predominately-Hispanic border community. METHODS This study occurred in 2010-2011 in El Paso, Texas. All census tracts (n=112) were categorized as low, medium, or high income and percent foreign-born. The number of parks intersecting each tract ...

fragmentation, or breaking apart of habitats, is one of the major causes of decline in biological diversity. mature ecosystems, especially dense forests are very sensitive to this phenomenon and roads are one of the major causes of fragmentation in forest landscapes. present investigation aims to trace landscape fragmentation in dense forests of golestan national park in northeast of iran betw...

in this research, first was identified suitable regions (considering ecological indexes) for intensive and extensive outdoor recreation and their various degrees using the usual tourism ecological model and applying gis. results showed that 297.223 hectares of park area have class 1 of extensive outdoor recreation potential, 86.465223 hectares class 2 of extensive outdoor recreation potential, ...

BACKGROUND Designing parks that optimise visitation and support visitors to be active is important for public health. Yet there is very little evidence about whether playground refurbishment achieves these objectives. This study examined the impact of the installation of a play-scape in a large metropolitan park in Melbourne, Australia. METHODS Natural experiment study (intervention vs contro...

BACKGROUND Health scholars purport that park proximity and social support promotes physical activity and health. However, few studies examine the combined contributions of these constructs in shaping physical activity and health. PURPOSE In this study, the contributions of environmental and social characteristics in shaping park use, physical activity, and health are examined. METHODS A sur...

Abstract: Partnering with the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board, the authors implemented a pilot park-use promotion program in summer 2011 in three low-income, culturally diverse neighborhoods in Minneapolis. The program was designed to encourage park use through active information sharing and incentive mechanisms. Along with the program, the authors conducted baseline and follow-up reside...

1 EE Dept., The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, PA 16802, USA, [email protected] 2 EE Dept., The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, PA 16802, USA, [email protected] 3 EE Dept., The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, PA 16802, USA, [email protected] 4 EE Dept., The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, PA 16802, USA, [email protected]....

Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, U.S.A. Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, U.S.A. Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, U.S.A. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste 34014, Italy Department of Geology, University of...