Different Types of Open Spaces and Their Importance to Exurban Homeowners

Wang, Zhifang; Nassauer, Joan Iverson; Marans, Robert W.; Brown, Daniel G.

doi:10.1080/08941920.2011.571231

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“…Squares and plazas have different types according to the urban form [80]. Zucker [81] classified all kinds of urban spaces into five main groups (closed, dominated, nuclear, Grouped and amorphous) [82] [83] as indicated in fig ( 4). In hot arid areas, Nasrollahi, Hatami, and Taleghani [84] proved that the closed square is the most preferable in terms of daytime thermal sensation, as its shape produced the largest amount of shading comparing to the other shapes.…”

Section: Geometry Of Squares and Plazasmentioning

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Urban Geometry Mitigation Guidelines to Improve Outdoor Thermal Performance in Egyptian Hot Arid New Cities

Mahmoud

Ghanem

2019

JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences

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To keep up with world Rapid population growth in many countries including Egypt, the Egyptian government adopted polices to establish new urban communities, which many of them located in severe conditions of hot arid climate. However, the urban plans of those new cities do not prioritize the local climate considerations in its planning, which negatively effect on the thermal performance of urban spaces. In recent decades, greater attention was given to study the relationship between urban features and the local climate, developing mitigation and adaptation strategies with the aim of improving the thermal performance of urban spaces. So, this study aims to formulate a matrix of guidelines for urban heat islands mitigation strategies concerning urban geometry that can be helpful in improving the thermal performance of outdoor spaces in the existing new Egyptian cities -which allocated in hot arid climate zone, to enhance thermal comfort in these spaces.To achieve this goal, a comprehensive review, and analysis of the impacts of different urban geometrical thermal mitigation strategies on outdoor spaces in hot-arid climate, is presented. The geometrical variables of urban spaces which have been investigated in the reviewed researches classified into two main groups (squares and plazas, canyons). The geometrical variables of squares and plazas include; side compactness, and Sky View Factor (SVF). Canyons geometrical variables are; SVF, aspect ratio and side profile shape. These variables depend on the features of those spaces which resulting from the urban pattern form and geometry. These guided values have been applied theoretically and practically on three real cases, to illustrate the mechanism of matrix guidelines applying on urban outdoor spaces thermal behavior initial evaluation and determine the most suitable environmental mitigation strategies directly. Applying of guidelines help in mitigating thermal behavior of plaza with about 18.73 k degree and the canyon space with 3.28 k degree. The discussion of this research clearly reflects the importance of urban planning guidelines that can be applied to help enhancing outdoor thermal comfort. This study is useful in controlling the climatic consequences of urban planning at an early stage.

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Section: Geometry Of Squares and Plazasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Geometry Mitigation Guidelines to Improve Outdoor Thermal Performance in Egyptian Hot Arid New Cities

Mahmoud

Ghanem

2019

JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences

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“…The requirements and usage of each typology of space is different in different typologies of neighbourhood and might even be dependent of the socio-demographics of the neighbourhood [26]. The open space system in urban areas may be classified into three kinds based on their functional characteristics: leisure, commerce, and transit.…”

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A Systematic Literature Review on the Impact of Open Spaces on Human Physiological and Mental Well-Being in Post-Pandemic Housing in Urban Context

Dhar¹,

Dash²

2022

ECS Trans.

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Open spaces are areas without any built structures that are open to the public and pose as a key infrastructure to the development of the urban fabric. Due to rapid urbanization, the quantity and quality of open spaces in housing neighbourhoods have reduced, affecting the resident’s psychological health poorly, which was further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The lower-income groups of the country have been most affected by the same. Hence, this study addresses the inequality in the distribution of open spaces and how open spaces can be used to improve the dwelling conditions for the disadvantaged sections of society. This study looks into the different typologies of open spaces in urban housing and investigates how the provision of open spaces and their correlated features are associated with the user’s health and well-being.The paper looks into existing literature about the topic to understand what is known and to examine its shortcomings. The research would help future public and private sector bodies in charge of designing homes for the low-income groups to understand the importance and implementation of open spaces in such housings to uplift and improve the physical and mental health of the urban poor of India.

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“…The literature identifies the draw of several types of amenities, including rural, recreational, and cultural (Buckman et al 2017;Gosnell and Abrams 2011;Lekies et al 2015). Although much of the research indicates that exurbanites seek rural amenities (Cadieux and Hurley 2011;Crump 2003;Davis, Nelson, and Dueker 1994;Vogt and Marans 2004;Wang et al 2012), this picture is complicated by other data, such as Johnson's (2008) finding that privacy and space matter more than a rural lifestyle for exurban residents, and Nelson and Sanchez's (1997) finding that suburbanites and exurbanites demonstrate similar household characteristics.…”

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A Political Ecology of Exurbia in the Sunbelt: Lessons from an Award-Winning, “Unworkable” Plan

Linkous

2017

Urban Affairs Review

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Sarasota County, Florida's award-winning Sarasota 2050 plan established the county as a leader in smart growth. The plan promotes a system of clustered development and open space as an alternative to sprawl beyond Sarasota's growth boundary. Although adopted in 2002, by 2011, no projects had broken ground under the plan, which critics deemed "unworkable." This article presents a case study of exurban political ecology in Sarasota to provide insight into the derailment of a promising strategy for managing exurban growth. Sarasota 2050's policies were undermined by extra-local factors, including the recession and reduced state oversight of planning, and by incompatible policy agendas pursued by local interest groups. Also problematic was the plan's cluster approach-a spatial strategy that rationalizes large landowner, planning, and conservation interests, but does little to address rural restructuring. The case points to the need for new planning strategies that mediate competing interests in exurbia.

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Different Types of Open Spaces and Their Importance to Exurban Homeowners

Cited by 15 publications

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Urban Geometry Mitigation Guidelines to Improve Outdoor Thermal Performance in Egyptian Hot Arid New Cities

Urban Geometry Mitigation Guidelines to Improve Outdoor Thermal Performance in Egyptian Hot Arid New Cities

A Systematic Literature Review on the Impact of Open Spaces on Human Physiological and Mental Well-Being in Post-Pandemic Housing in Urban Context

A Political Ecology of Exurbia in the Sunbelt: Lessons from an Award-Winning, “Unworkable” Plan

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