Accessibility and use of peri-urban green space for inner-city dwellers: A comparative study

Žlender, Vita; Thompson, Catharine Ward

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.06.011

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“…By applying the Gini coefficient, research has shown that there are disparities in green space arrangement in major German cities. Additionally, solid incongruities identified in green space arrangement at a city level ranged from 2.5 m 2 per capita (city of Schwerin) to 36.3 m 2 (city of Bergisch Gladbach) within a 500 m buffer around the place of home [91]. Discernments of distance to travel were the major obstructions to the frequent use of peri-urban green spaces.…”

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Analyzing the Level of Accessibility of Public Urban Green Spaces to Different Socially Vulnerable Groups of People

Rahman

Zhang

2018

Sustainability

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This study estimates the factors affecting socially vulnerable groups’ demand for and accessibility levels to green public spaces in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Dhaka is a high-density city with one of the lowest levels of green space per capita in the world. Dhaka has just 8.5% of tree-covered lands, while an ideal city requires at least 20% of green space. Urban public green space provides a healthy environment to city dwellers as well as ecological soundness. This study aims to examine the effects of population density and size of a community area (Thana) on the social demand for and accessibility to green parks. To determine the socially vulnerable group demand index, this study used demographic data from the National Population and Housing Census 2011 conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. This study used geographical data extracted from Google Earth Pro to measure accessibility levels, and additionally analyzed geographical data with ArcGIS 10.0 and Google Earth Pro. We drew radius circles using Free Map Tools to measure time-distance weighted scores from community areas to urban green spaces. The results show that the large population size of socially vulnerable groups creates very high demand at the score of 0.61 for urban green public parks and small-sized, high-density community areas generate very good accessibility at 2.01% to green public spaces. These findings are highly useful to policymakers, urban planners, landscape engineers, and city governments to make a compact city sustainable, inclusive, and resilient. Moreover, the notion of a “smart city” might be a smart solution in order to manage Dhaka Megacity sustainably in this modern technological age.

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“…In Singapore, modern advancements must include plant life, within the frame of green rooftops, cascading vertical gardens, and verdant dividers. The thrust to "go green" extends to development as well; green building has been obligatory since 2008 [91]. In Marina Bay, all advancements comply with a 100% greenery substitution approach.…”

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Analyzing the Level of Accessibility of Public Urban Green Spaces to Different Socially Vulnerable Groups of People

Rahman

Zhang

2018

Sustainability

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“…The rationale in selecting this particular city as a case study is manifold. The city is acknowledged for its central position within the Slovenian urban system (Nared et al, 2017), its high quality of urban life (Tiran, 2016), diverse urban morphology and urban land use , also as sustainability-oriented, compact and green (Nastran and Green, 2016;Žlender and Ward-Thompson, 2017). The city is also known for its activities in improving conditions for walking, and signing the International Charter for Walking (https://www.walk21.com/charter).…”

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“…In the early 1990s in Ljubljana, spatial development was neglected because of prioritising macro-economic reforms at the national level. This led to the expansion of a dispersed or scattered residential and retail sprawl (Žlender and Ward Thompson, 2017), explaining the poorer walking accessibility on the outskirts.…”

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Modelling walking accessibility: A case study of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tiran

Lakner

Drobne

2019

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Walkable access is recognised as one of the most important factors for deciding to walk instead of using other modes of transport. Distance has been less accurately taken into consideration in previous walking accessibility measures, however, as they are often based on an isotropic approach or on a fixed distance threshold. The objective of this paper is to present a method of modelling continuous walking accessibility to different amenities in a city, with an integrated network-based and distance-decay approach, applied to a case study of the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The approach is based on a web survey to obtain data on acceptable walking distances to different types of amenities. Several distance decay functions were analysed for each type of amenity from the cumulative frequency of responses. The best fitting functions were used to model the walking accessibility surfaces for individual amenities in the network, representing five domains (retail, services, recreation, education and transportation) and an overall walking accessibility index. Despite certain limitations and a further need to assess the validity of the methods, our distance-decay network-based approach is more accurate than the isotropic or even network-based modelling of walking distances in continuous or threshold approaches, as it enables the researcher to take into account the differences in propensities to walk to different amenities. The results can be used by city authorities and planners for implementing actions to improve walking accessibility in the most problematic areas.

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“…Agency for environment protection in USA defines these urban heath islands as a phenomenon, which appears when urban areas are warmer than its surroundings [40]. Radiation, thermal, and hydraulic characteristics of materials varies mainly depending of its kind: from materials made of stone, soil, vegetation, or water.…”

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Theory and smart practice in the reduction of negative effects of urban heat island

Stevovic¹,

Lj.²,

Djuric³

2018

THERM SCI

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Urban environment could be considered as a complex biotechnical system. Multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and intradisciplinary analyses are required in order to achieve sustainable urban communities and healthier cities, especially in the era of climate changes. The main goal of this paper is to investigate, select, and review the theories and smart practices in negative effects of urban areas heat problems reduction and to define the objective function of the issue. The objective function could be treated as the force, with magnitude and direction of influence that operates in a certain space, which is considered to control certain factors and parameters, including time as a dimension. Spatial and temporal gradient of canyon effect are defined with nodes canyon effects interaction. The thermal islands are analyzed by its volume, sources of heat, thermal gradient, with the goal to select strategies to reduce the negative effects of heat islands. Positive smart practice in the world is discussed. The purpose of this study is to find, by literature review and by holistic methodological approach application, better practice and adequate solutions for building, energy, water, and carbon balance in urban environment. The results are expected in the movement towards the blue and green cities.

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Accessibility and use of peri-urban green space for inner-city dwellers: A comparative study

Cited by 165 publications

References 33 publications

Analyzing the Level of Accessibility of Public Urban Green Spaces to Different Socially Vulnerable Groups of People

Analyzing the Level of Accessibility of Public Urban Green Spaces to Different Socially Vulnerable Groups of People

Modelling walking accessibility: A case study of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Theory and smart practice in the reduction of negative effects of urban heat island

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