Greenways as a Sustainable Urban Planning Strategy

Salici, Aylin

doi:10.5772/55757

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“…The fourth-generation of GWs develops from of the 1980s in relation to the increase in environmental awareness favored by sustainable development policies [3,19,[23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

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Greenways as Integrated Systems: A Proposal for Planning and Design Guidelines Based on Case Studies Evaluation

Pinna

Saiu

2021

Sustainability

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Greenways (GWs) can play a key role in the context of policies and strategies for sustainable territorial development because they contribute to the development of integrated plans and interventions for environmental safeguarding and socio-economic growth. As is generally understood, in their modern conception, GWs are not only develop soft mobility, but they also represent supporting elements of a new concept of development and use of territory, attentive to its particular characteristics and the needs of resident populations. Beginning with a critical analysis of the most significant case studies of greenways, the authors propose a system of design and evaluation guidelines useful in identifying specific GW-related actions. The identified actions are divided into two categories, which are tangible and intangible actions. The first category corresponds with concrete actions that are directly implemented through different design and construction phases; the second category corresponds with processes activated in the design phase and are concretized after the “commissioning” of the path and has repercussions on the sphere of place identity. These categories are often difficult to distinguish between because many actions can be considered to be both tangible and intangible.

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“…The fourth-generation of GWs develops from of the 1980s in relation to the increase in environmental awareness favored by sustainable development policies [3,19,[23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

Section: From the Fourth-generation Greenways To The Contemporary Conceptmentioning

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Greenways as Integrated Systems: A Proposal for Planning and Design Guidelines Based on Case Studies Evaluation

Pinna

Saiu

2021

Sustainability

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“…Salici [14] classified greenways into six different categories, according to the work performed by scientists and planners: urban riverside, recreational greenways, natural corridors of ecological importance, greenways of visual and historical value, greenways that aim to control the urban development, and comprehensive greenway systems and networks. According to Pena et al [15] there are many approaches in Europe which focus on planning greenways and ecological networks according to different functions.…”

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Application of Landscape-Ecological Approach for Greenways Planning in Rural Agricultural Landscape

Melicher

Špulerová

2022

Environments

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This article presents an innovative approach to the concept of facilitating greenways into sustainable landscape planning. The greenways can be planned by application of a landscape-ecological concept, including analysis and synthesis of selected abiotic, biotic, and socio-economic landscape-ecological factors and recreation conditions, and by reviewing the current landscape structure and condition of linear components of green infrastructure. Determining the landscape ecological stability, visual impact of agricultural lands, potential erosion risks and real erosion processes, and identifying the natural, cultural, and historical values in the landscape, contributes to the design of ideal greenways placement and other linear components of green infrastructure. Applying these proposals to the agricultural landscape would increase the ecological stability and connectivity, decrease soil and water erosion risks, eliminate visual impact, and develop recreational infrastructure. In this way, greenways planning brings about a synergy between sustainable rural development, landscape and nature protection, and landscape aesthetics, which provides optimal landscape utilization and may encourage tourism and economic prosperity in the study area. Finally, in addition to the researched ecological benefits, our greenways proposal represents an alternative connection of settlements in rural agricultural landscapes, and so it can stimulate sustainable mobility and recreation as well as physical activity, health, and well-being.

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“…They are also called trees outside forest (TOF) (Bellefontaine et al, 2002). TOF plays an essential role in maintaining the ecological sustainability of human transformed landscapes and enables one to conduct different activities in accordance with the principles of sustainable development (Ahern, 1995;Salici, 2013). These features assume different spatial forms, often dependent on their origin: those formed in a natural way are usually irregular (they correspond to natural forms, e.g., riparian buffers or terrain depressions), while those planted by humans are usually regular, e.g., in the form of belts along communication routes (Flatres, 1976;Forman and Baudry, 1984;Zają czkowski, 2005).…”

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“…It is possible to determine this framework using the node and connectivity analysis of existing LWF, as well as land cover and wildlife/habitat assessments (Linehan et al, 1995). It is also important to evaluate the real and potential degradation of individual landscape components to define afforestation requirements (determination of dominant functions), which is particularly essential in the planning of greenways (Salici, 2013). Ribeiro and Barao (2006) emphasize that the possibility of implementing different theoretical conceptions of LWF networks should be preceded by the detailed recognition of possibilities of their introduction in a given spatial unit, e.g., in the urban area as an example of a culture landscape.…”

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“…Additionally, network modeling should involve a specific functional area, e.g., landscape unit, catchment, administrative district or protected area. Only the planning of a continuous network system enables the acquisition of the specific functions of greenways (Salici, 2013). Unfortunately, the planning of multifunctional networks for large areas, and based on the accuracy of the situation plans, presents specific difficulties.…”

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Modeling potential tree belt functions in rural landscapes using a new GIS tool

Nowak

Pędziwiatr

2018

Journal of Environmental Management

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The increasing human pressure on the environment requires effective protection activities. One way to stop the degradation of natural resources is the presence of woody vegetation networks, mainly linear in character, called linear woody features, greenways or tree belts. These objects, thanks to the many natural and economic functions they serve, enable the realization of sustainable development policy. To properly design a greenway network, the natural conditions and degree of environmental degradation in a given area must first be evaluated. Based on these data, it is possible to determine appropriate afforestation needs. To evaluate the ability of a given area to meet the requirements of greenway functions, we propose a new computer modeling system - a tree belt modeling (TBM). TBM defines the availability of tree belt functions in the planned network and is one of preparation stages in the design of an optimal greenway structure. In this work, to analyze the studied area potential, application of a cadastral dataset was proposed. Thanks to this approach, the obtained results may be related to specific plot borders, which is optimal for greenway construction. To automatize the process of analysis, the TBM was implemented into an ArcGIS toolbox. The result of using this toolbox is a tree belt functions geodatabase. This database contains information about the available functions in the analyzed lines that are potential sites for afforestation. This solution, both at the methodological and technological levels, may significantly increase the effectiveness of greenway planning and thus contribute to more effective activities for sustainable development.

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Greenways as a Sustainable Urban Planning Strategy

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Greenways as Integrated Systems: A Proposal for Planning and Design Guidelines Based on Case Studies Evaluation

Greenways as Integrated Systems: A Proposal for Planning and Design Guidelines Based on Case Studies Evaluation

Application of Landscape-Ecological Approach for Greenways Planning in Rural Agricultural Landscape

Modeling potential tree belt functions in rural landscapes using a new GIS tool

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