Looking beyond boundaries: Revisiting the rural-urban interface of Green Space Accessibility in Europe

Wolff, Manuel; Scheuer, Sebastian; Haase, Dagmar

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106245

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“…Urban parks and green spaces have been recognized as green infrastructure that provide and deliver environmental, social, psychological and health functions and ecological services for residents. They also provide people with multiple opportunities in terms of recreation and support people health, community cohesion and city sustainability (Chen et al 2018;Chiesura 2004;Wolff et al 2020). As well, under health crisis and global pandemic, parks and green spaces clearly benefit human mental and physical health, as well as social well-being (Holland et al 2018;Thomsen et al 2013).…”

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Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on urban park visitation: a global analysis

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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over 33 million confirmed cases and over 1 million deaths globally, as of 1 October 2020. During the lockdown and restrictions placed on public activities and gatherings, green spaces have become one of the only sources of resilience amidst the coronavirus pandemic, in part because of their positive effects on psychological, physical and social cohesion and spiritual wellness. This study analyzes the impacts of COVID-19 and government response policies to the pandemic on park visitation at global, regional and national levels and assesses the importance of parks during this global pandemic. The data we collected primarily from Google’s Community Mobility Reports and the Oxford Coronavirus Government Response Tracker. The results for most countries included in the analysis show that park visitation has increased since February 16th, 2020 compared to visitor numbers prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Restrictions on social gathering, movement, and the closure of workplace and indoor recreational places, are correlated with more visits to parks. Stay-at-home restrictions and government stringency index are negatively associated with park visits at a global scale. Demand from residents for parks and outdoor green spaces has increased since the outbreak began, and highlights the important role and benefits provided by parks, especially urban and community parks, under the COVID-19 pandemic. We provide recommendations for park managers and other decision-makers in terms of park management and planning during health crises, as well as for park design and development. In particular, parks could be utilized during pandemics to increase the physical and mental health and social well-being of individuals.

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Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on urban park visitation: a global analysis

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“…Current water management practices cover ecosystem services from wetlands, lakes, the sea, forests, and protected areas, and are also linked to biomass renovation, biodiversity and landscape conservation, and green infrastructure [74,79,104,113]. Research was done on the integration of local and scientific knowledge, traditional weather forecasting, climate-smart agriculture, and multidisciplinary strategic cooperation to face risks of floods, flashfloods, and stormwater management needs [52,83,145].…”

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Sustainability in Peri-Urban Informal Settlements: A Review

Carrilho

Trindade

2022

Sustainability

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The study of peri-urbanization attracted attention in the final quarter of the 20th century, due to the pace it acquired worldwide and the implication that urbanization and overall settlement patterns have on social sustainability and development. Theoretical and conceptual achievements are remarkable. Multi-country collaboration has produced a growing body of research on sustainability and peri-urban settlements. There is a lack, however, of a review of the practices of peri-urban informal settlements, the predominant mode of urban expansion, mainly in developing and rapidly urbanizing regions of the world. The purpose is, then, to systematize, from recent literature, the knowledge of the context, challenges, and practices, as well as their impacts and potential courses of action, to ensure sustainability in human–natural complex of the territory beyond urban cores, suburbs, or slums. A systematic review approach was adopted, for articles published in reputable journals, with support of previous reviews, books, and reports. A pragmatist combination of content analysis and critical review identified core topics and highlighted contrasting views. An analytical framework is proposed. Four categories—drivers, challenges and practices, impact, and future trends—are proposed as an adequate approach to systematizing the literature. The review finds that the practices focus on service and resource provision, on regulations to approximate informal to formal institutions, and on an economy founded on the resource base and service provision. This review provides insights on future trends and research topics.

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“…Therefore, a higher discontinuous presence of humans should mean a higher share of people neighboring large forest patches, indicating that accessibility to these forests is fundamental for their use. In general, for Europe, a lack of access to green spaces in the rural-urban interface has been reported [76]; thus emphasizing the role of peri-urban forest accessibility in relation to the use of these spaces. Unreachable, fragmented and distant woodland patches provide limited access to cultural services.…”

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Citizen Science Data to Measure Human Use of Green Areas and Forests in European Cities

Cambria

Campagnaro

Trentanovi

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Forests

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Understanding and explaining the use of green spaces and forests is challenging for sustainable urban planning. In recent years there has been increasing demand for novel approaches to investigate urban green infrastructure by capitalizing on large databases from existing citizen science tools. In this study, we analyzed iNaturalist data to perform an assessment of the intentional use of these urban spaces for their value and to understand the main drivers. We retrieved the total number of observations obtained across a set of 672 European cities and focused on reporting from mapped green areas and forests. We used two separate multivariate explanatory models to investigate which factors explained variations in the number of observations for green areas and forests. We found a relatively heterogeneous use of these two urban green spaces. Gross domestic product was important in explaining the number of visits. Availability and accessibility also had positive relationships with the use of green areas and forests in cities, respectively. This study paves the way for better integration of citizen science data in assessing cultural services provided by urban green infrastructure and therefore in supporting the evaluation of spatial planning policies for the sustainable development of urban areas.

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Looking beyond boundaries: Revisiting the rural-urban interface of Green Space Accessibility in Europe

Cited by 44 publications

References 56 publications

Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on urban park visitation: a global analysis

Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on urban park visitation: a global analysis

Sustainability in Peri-Urban Informal Settlements: A Review

Citizen Science Data to Measure Human Use of Green Areas and Forests in European Cities

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