Greenery in urban morphology: a comparative analysis of differences in urban green space accessibility for various urban structures across European cities

Łaszkiewicz, Edyta; Wolff, Manuel; Andersson, Erik; Kronenberg, Jakub; Barton, David N.; Haase, Dagmar; Langemeyer, Johannes; Baró, Francesc; McPhearson, Timon

doi:10.5751/es-13453-270322

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“…It also includes factors pertaining to the morphology of the buildings in the area, infrastructure (including blue, green, and gray) [35,36], building form (heights, volumes, and shapes) [37], development density [38], land use, street orientation and connectivity, spatial distance, and metrics, and above all the perception of citizens to all the above. Additional measures such as street configurations [39] and green spaces [40] also influence urban sustainability parameters like urban heat islands and air quality [41], which in turn affect user perception of walking [21].…”

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Impact of Neighborhood Urban Morphologies on Walkability Using Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis

Ibrahim,

Younes,

Abdel-Razek

2024

Urban Science

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With the increase in car domination, air pollution, traffic congestion, and urban sprawl, sustainable, livable, creative, and walkable cities are critical, now more than ever, for improving quality of life. The effect of neighborhood urban morphologies on walkability has received much attention in recent years. In this vein, the main research question is: how do different neighborhood urban morphologies impact the level of walkability in urban environments, and what are the essential elements impacting the walkability index? Thus, this research aims to determine the impact of urban morphology on walkability in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, as a case study by utilizing multi-spatial analysis. In particular, the study focused on assessing the walkability of four different study areas that vary according to their urban morphology: Kafr–Abdo, Smouha, Latin Quarter, and Roushdy areas. The analysis utilized GIS to calculate a number of indicators to reach the final walkability index for each study area. Results helped to identify the neighborhoods characterized by the lowest level of pedestrian walkability in relation to the area’s urban morphology in an attempt to help decision-makers suggest the appropriate interventions for those areas. The aggregated index results showed that the highest walkability index was that of the gridiron morphology, followed by the linear morphology, with the radial and organic morphologies coming in behind them, respectively. The composite walkability index values were 0.364, 0.247, 0.232 and 0.225, respectively. The reason for this is mainly the presence of the commercial density, intersection density, street density, services density, BCR, and residential density.

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Section: Intertwining Factors Between Walkability and Urban Morphologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Neighborhood Urban Morphologies on Walkability Using Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis

Ibrahim,

Younes,

Abdel-Razek

2024

Urban Science

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“…This study is the first to apply a BRT model to comprehensively analyze the effect of socioeconomic, biogeographic, and landscape patterns on the availability and spatial fairness of street greenery, as well as their relative importance. Previous research has predominantly concentrated on the impact of a single or a pair of these factors on the availability and fair dispersion of street greenery [9,13,27,59]. However, these conclusions have been indeterminate in uncovering the crucial factors influencing the availability and spatial fairness of street greenery and may not be suitable for directing urban greenery construction.…”

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Landscape Patterns of Green Spaces Drive the Availability and Spatial Fairness of Street Greenery in Changchun City, Northeastern China

Xiao,

Wang,

Ren

et al. 2024

Forests

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Understanding the determinants of the availability and spatial fairness of street greenery is crucial for improving urban green spaces and addressing green justice concerns. While previous studies have mainly examined factors influencing street greenery from an aerial perspective, there has been limited investigation into determinants at eye level, which more closely aligns with people’s actual encounters with green spaces. To address this, the Green View Index (GVI) and Gini coefficient were used to assess the availability and spatial fairness of street greenery from a pedestrian’s perspective, using Baidu Street View (BSV) images across 49 subdistricts in Changchun City, China. A dataset of 33,786 BSV images from 1877 sites was compiled. Additionally, 21 explanatory factors were collected and divided into three groups: socioeconomic, biogeographic, and landscape patterns. The Boosted Regression Tree (BRT) method was employed to assess the relative influence and marginal effects of these factors on street greenery’s availability and spatial fairness. The results showed that street greenery’s availability and spatial fairness are predominantly influenced by landscape patterns. Specifically, the percentage of landscape and edge density emerged as the most significant factors, exhibiting a threshold effect on the availability and fairness of street greenery. Increasing the proportion and complexity of urban green spaces can efficiently enhance the availability and spatial fairness of street greenery. These findings lay a new foundation for urban green infrastructure management.

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“…Accessibility, as the first criterion for enhancing social sustainability through UGS, was identified as one of the critical domains for gaining the social benefits of UGS at the neighbourhood level by several research outputs [27,28]. UGS accessibility and its balanced distribution throughout the city promote healthy behaviours, such as cycling and walking [29,30].…”

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“…Figure 3. Affecting factors for social sustainability by UGS planning[6,7,[9][10][11][12]19,[27][28][29][31][32][33]35,36,39,[42][43][44]46,47,54,55,58,[60][61][62][63]66,68,81,[107][108][109][110][111].…”

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Exploring International Perspective on Factors Affecting Urban Socio-Ecological Sustainability by Green Space Planning

Teimouri,

Karuppannan,

Sivam

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Urban green space (UGS) is one of the most important components of urban systems to create sustainable cities. This crucial urban element performs many social and ecological functions to facilitate a better quality of life for urban residents. The main aim of this study is to identify the most critical factors contributing to cities’ social and ecological sustainability through UGS planning and development. To achieve this aim, an integrated socio-ecological approach was followed to collect and analyse the data, which comprised context analysis and an international experts survey. Therefore, firstly, the main influencing factors for urban social and ecological sustainability that can be achieved by UGS planning were extracted by reviewing the related literature. In the next step, to find the most critical factors, an online international survey of academicians and experts drawn from a number of countries was conducted. Based on the experts’ opinions, twenty-two factors out of sixty-five, including twelve social factors and ten ecological factors, achieved the highest scores. According to the results, the key factors of accessibility from the social sustainability category and protection from the ecological sustainability category play the most important roles in maximising the social and ecological benefits of UGS.

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Greenery in urban morphology: a comparative analysis of differences in urban green space accessibility for various urban structures across European cities

Abstract: Greenery in urban morphology: a comparative analysis of differences in urban green space accessibility for various urban structures across European cities. Ecology and Society 27(3):22.

Cited by 14 publications

References 52 publications

Impact of Neighborhood Urban Morphologies on Walkability Using Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis

Impact of Neighborhood Urban Morphologies on Walkability Using Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis

Landscape Patterns of Green Spaces Drive the Availability and Spatial Fairness of Street Greenery in Changchun City, Northeastern China

Exploring International Perspective on Factors Affecting Urban Socio-Ecological Sustainability by Green Space Planning

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