The role of urban parks for the sustainable city

Chiesura, Anna

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.08.003

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“…The main argument is that the more that people can experience nature, the better they feel, emotionally, mentally, and physically [11,86,87]. The lack of nature in cities means that many people cannot benefit from it as directly as they might.…”

Section: A Suite Of Urban-forest Valuesmentioning

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Trees in Canadian Cities: Indispensable Life Form for Urban Sustainability

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Abstract:We argue that a healthy urban forest contributes immensely to the sustainability of cities. The argument is based on a comprehensive array of values elicited from Canadians in several cities. To begin, we define the urban forest as inclusive of all the trees in the city and thus representing the predominant contributor to a city's green infrastructure. Then we enumerate and explain the broad diversity of ways in which urban people value trees in the city. We, thus, show the myriad pathways by which trees contribute positively to any city's social, economic, and ecological sustainability. Following a short summary of the ways in which trees may detract from people's quality of life, we present promising management directions for urban-forest improvement, as we understand the situation in Canada. We conclude that all cities can enhance their sustainability by improving the urban forest.

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Section: A Suite Of Urban-forest Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trees in Canadian Cities: Indispensable Life Form for Urban Sustainability

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“…Reasons for the majority of the respondents stating that they believed a garden was necessary ranged from it providing them with peace and tranquility to it allowing them to step away from everything else and ready themselves for prayer. Relaxation [55] and the ability to "step away" [56] from the outside world have been associated with natural areas in different settings. That being said, 27% of the respondents stated that if their place of worship did not have a garden, their religious experience would not be diminished in any way.…”

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“…These, along with many other restorative benefits provided by green areas, have been found on many occasions throughout the world [14,56,65]. One respondent said that "the tidiness of the garden showed respect for their deity, as well as for God, as He gave us nature to look after it".…”

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Aesthetic and Spiritual Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Sacred Sites

Lacy¹,

Shackleton

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The range and use of ecosystem services provided by urban sacred sites has hardly been considered in studies of urban ecology, sustainability and human wellbeing. This paper examines the perceived ecosystem services supplied by green spaces or gardens associated with places of religious worship and appreciated by worshippers in a mid-sized town in South Africa. A questionnaire with open, closed and Likert scale questions was administered at 30 places of worship (25 with gardens and five without). Respondents identified a wide diversity of ecosystem services provided by gardens, with social ones being more recognized than ecological, and economic services the least. Approximately two-thirds of respondents visited a sacred site garden weekly or more often. The majority of respondents (96%) felt that a garden was necessary because it added to their feelings of connection with God, or helped them relax and so be better able to concentrate, and 54% stated that a garden enhanced their overall spiritual experience. Regression analysis revealed that aesthetic appreciation of a garden was significantly related to woody plant species richness, number and basal area in the garden. On the other hand, spiritual experience was positively related to woody plant basal area, but not species richness nor tree number. Neither size of the garden, nor number of years the respondents had been vising a particular sacred site had any influence on the rated spiritual or aesthetic experiences. These results reveal the widely appreciated ecosystem services provided by urban sacred spaces and their centrality in enhancing spiritual satisfaction for some.

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“…Urban Parks are one of the important parts of public infrastructure and beneficial to city ecological environments, including air quality improvement and effective absorption of CO 2 , the main cause of global warming [1,2]. Meanwhile, they are ideal places for residents leisure activities that promote emotional stability and improved quality of life [3].…”

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Urban Park Planning on Spatial Disparity between Demand and Supply of Park Service

Liu¹

2015

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environmental Science 2015

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Abstract. Urban parks are one of the important parts of public infrastructure and have the function to improve residents quality of life, therefore, one of the primary issues in urban planning is to ensure to meet residents demands for the quantity and spatial distribution of parks. In many cities, some localities may suffer from insufficient supply because few applicable parks are located near in densely populated areas. Thus the focus of research is to determine the differences between demand for and supply of urban park services. As an effective method for measuring spatial planning of public facilities, accessibility assessment can help us to solve this problem. For this reason, spatial disparity between demand for and supply of urban park services are confirmed by calculating per capita park area within accessibility scope. This result is expected to aid urban planners in deciding where to prioritize the construction of parks, and also promotes more fair and reasonable allocation of public resources.

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The role of urban parks for the sustainable city

Cited by 1,981 publications

References 20 publications

Trees in Canadian Cities: Indispensable Life Form for Urban Sustainability

Trees in Canadian Cities: Indispensable Life Form for Urban Sustainability

Aesthetic and Spiritual Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Sacred Sites

Urban Park Planning on Spatial Disparity between Demand and Supply of Park Service

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