Effects of new urban greenways on transportation energy use and greenhouse gas emissions: A longitudinal study from Vancouver, Canada

Ngo, Victor D.; Frank, Lawrence D.; Bigazzi, Alexander

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2018.04.013

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“…However, the greenways are challenged by limited land recourses and fragmented natural landscapes. In the end, a large proportion of the PRD greenways are transportation-led greenways in urban areas [16], which fit the description of "new urban greenways" [9]. However, the PRD greenways also had more issues with the development of "new urban greenways."…”

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“…In many cities, such as London, Portland, and Boston, these transportation-led urban greenways are implemented as responses to the urban residents' needs for nonmotorized travel, to the institutionalized arrangements of urban greening and street greenery and to the insufficiency of green corridors in the context of the urban landscape. These "landscaped and traffic-calmed pathways with a mix of bicycle facilities and other streetscape improvements" are called the "new urban greenways" [9] (p. 716). However, insufficient green corridors and recreational resources could lead to conflicts in public perceptions, especially in areas in which the greenways have been newly implemented.…”

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User, Public, and Professional Perceptions of the Greenways in the Pearl River Delta, China

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The perception of greenways has been intensively investigated to understand the attitudes of stakeholders and to study the preferences of greenway users. In the Pearl River Delta, there has been a long-term debate on the form and function of greenways in campaign-style development, but few studies have focused on the public perception of greenways. Through both onsite and online investigations, this study obtained first-hand data about the user perceptions of greenways in selected case studies and developed an overall understanding of the public perception of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) greenways. Moreover, to examine the academic debate, we further distributed questionnaires to groups that had professional educational backgrounds related to greenway planning. The results showed that, in contrast with the academic debate, the user, public and professional perceptions were positive toward PRD greenways. Although it has been commonly recognized that bikeways compose the primary form of PRD greenways, the results suggested that the public has multiple needs for greenways, in which the primary demands are recreation and transportation. The investigation also identified many issues in greenway practices regarding the accessibility of greenway spaces, the coherence of nonmotorized routes, and the landscape characteristics of the greenways. Finally, this study suggests that more effort should be placed on the everyday demands of greenways, including accessible recreational resources and safe, comfortable, and coherent nonmotorized routes.

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User, Public, and Professional Perceptions of the Greenways in the Pearl River Delta, China

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“…The idea of interdependence has long been at the heart of organization design in complex environments. Despite the growing literature on these issues, there has been relatively little formal investigation as to the extent to which interdependency among stakeholders can influence organizational adaptation over time in dynamic environments [29]. This research represents a modest contribution towards better understanding of how organizational design can be used to help track the inter-organizational coordination among climate data stakeholders (e.g., valid response and recovery operations, among other sectors) [30].…”

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Information Sources, Awareness, and Perception Levels About Climate Change Impacts: A Case Study on Florida Stakeholders

Sanogo¹

2018

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There is a growing body of literature in sustainability that analyzes stakeholder perceptions of climate change and associated impacts. However, significant research has not been documented from the spectrum of Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Survey Analysis using a chi-square test for homogeneity, that examine local and regional (State-level) stakeholders' climate-impact perceptions. In this paper, authors explore the types of climate-related information sources that local, regional, and non-profit stakeholders use. The authors also develop and examine the map of the flow of climate-related impact perceptions. Additionally, the researchers determine whether there are observable patterns in the stakeholders' approaches for securing climate-related information. The Social Network Analysis results present the relationship and the map of climateimpact perceptions among critical stakeholders in Florida that are involved in climate issues. Comparing and examining the SNA results with that chi-square constitute the final finding of the network pattern.

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“…In total, 91 keywords (47.2%) focused on human experience, 57 (29.5%) on management, 37 (19.2%) on physicality, and eight (4.1%) on valuation. Two articles did not use keywords: an introduction to a special journal issue [8]; and a longitudinal study on the effects of new urban greenways on transportation energy use and greenhouse gas emissions [44]. For the latter, we added one term to the physicality classification code, making a total of 194 total terms reviewed.…”

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“…Other studies embrace a socio-ecological approach that addresses both people and the environment, such as benefits that urban greenways provide for mental health and biodiversity [58], and greenways as strategies for urban sustainability [59][60][61]. For example, one study found that for residents living near a newly installed greenway, greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 20.9% after the greenway's construction and the change in emissions was attributed to a reduction in vehicle kilometers traveled enabled through provision of high-quality active transportation infrastructure through cycling facilities and other streetscape improvements [44].…”

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Urban Greenways: A Systematic Review and Typology

Horte¹,

Eisenman

2020

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Greenways are multifunctional linear landscapes that provide a range of socio-ecological benefits. As a domain of landscape planning research, greenways gained traction in the late 20th century and today, there is substantial interest in greenway planning and design. This is especially true in urban areas, as noted at the sixth Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning. Yet, cities encompass biophysical flows, sociopolitical relationships, and formal structures that are distinct from non-urban areas and urban greenways may reflect an evolving type of landscape planning and design that is related to but distinct from greenways writ large. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no previous review of scholarship on greenways in an urban context. We address the aforementioned gaps by reporting on a systematic assessment of peer-reviewed literature. The review encompasses 52 refereed articles using the term “urban greenway” or “urban greenways” in the title, abstract, or keywords drawn from three prominent academic databases. Our analysis covers seven research categories, and this undergirds a typology and definition of urban greenways. In so doing, we seek to illuminate typical traits of urban greenways to inform future landscape planning scholarship and practice.

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Effects of new urban greenways on transportation energy use and greenhouse gas emissions: A longitudinal study from Vancouver, Canada

Cited by 29 publications

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User, Public, and Professional Perceptions of the Greenways in the Pearl River Delta, China

User, Public, and Professional Perceptions of the Greenways in the Pearl River Delta, China

Information Sources, Awareness, and Perception Levels About Climate Change Impacts: A Case Study on Florida Stakeholders

Urban Greenways: A Systematic Review and Typology

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