Pocket parks-a systematic literature review

Abstract

The rapid urbanization and climate change have resulted in socio-environmental issues that necessitate viable intervention strategies to create green, healthy, and livable built environments. One effective method is the development of pocket parks. Although several studies have explored the benefits and design principles of pocket parks, there is a lack of systematic and quantitative understanding. In view of this knowledge gap, this study employs bibliometric methods and critical review to quantitatively analyze and systematically review 276 papers published in the Web of Science and Scopus databases between 1977 and 2023. Firstly, a bibliometric analysis is conducted, providing a comprehensive overview of research on pocket parks. Secondly, a detailed critical review is conducted from three major perspectives: influencing factors, design methods, and benefits of pocket parks. Finally, the research trends and future directions are discussed. The results indicate that (a) pocket park development takes various forms, with a growing number of articles published each year. However, research on this topic is primarily concentrated in the United States and China, with significant knowledge gaps remaining globally. (b) The utilization of pocket parks is affected by various factors, including internal, external physical, and socio-economic factors. The mechanisms of these factors and their interactions demand deeper understanding. (c) There is a need to conduct an in-depth exploration of planning methods for pocket parks, and planning and design methods in different country contexts can be expanded and compared. (d) Further research is needed to compare the benefits of pocket parks in different climatic zones in terms of depth and width. The outcome of this study can contribute to the body of knowledge on pocket parks, foster their wider acceptance, and help urban planners, practitioners, policy makers, and government managers apply them more effectively in resilient and livable cities of the future.

Relationship between outdoor walking path preferences and street environment of older adults in a suburban area

“…These results indicate that participants who walked longer distances and were more active in walking, preferred paths with higher GVI, mainly around parks. In Europe and North America, parks that are smaller than most urban parks, less than half an acre (0.2 ha) in size, and often created from vacant lots, rooftops, and other forgotten and unused spaces are called pocket parks 49 . In Japan, the total area of relatively small parks classified as city block parks is defined as ≤ 0.25 ha, roughly the same size as pocket parks in Europe and North America.…”

Potential assessment and renewal strategy for regenerating urban abandoned railways: The case study of the Dalian Locomotive Factory Railway Line

“…(2) 基于 TOPSIS 的潜力计算 TOPSIS 是一种经典、应用广泛的多准则、多属性决策评估方法，被称为是最能接近 理想解的排序式研究方法 [30,31] 。该方法通过计算评估对象与正理想解和负理想解之间的距…”

Concept of pocket gardens on the campus of Bialystok University of Technology as a result of a survey of the academic community

“…More accurately, in the context of their size, they are characterised by Sołtysik (2023): "They are mostly small in size (up to 0.5 hectares) and have an extensive functional program, with attractive greenery and small architecture" (Praveena & Sreetheran, 2021). They usually range in size from 300 to 1,000 m2 (Szymańska, 2021), Dong for the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China reports a size of 400 to 10,000 m 2 (Dong et al, 2023). Understood in this way, pocket gardens can be a starting point for deploying green spaces with small areas on university campuses.…”