Urban green spaces, recreation and spiritual experiences

Baur, Joshua W. R.

doi:10.1080/14927713.2018.1449131

Cited by 16 publications

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“…The religious building is a proxy for the religiosity of the population in each urban ward. The current general conclusion of various studies is that religiosity is negatively associated with criminal offenses and that the deterrent effect of religion is stronger for non-violent offenses and drug use (Baier and Bradley 2001;Baur 2018;Johnson 2011;Johnson and Jang 2011). According to Baur (2018), outdoor recreation in natural settings can reduce stress, enable better concentration, improve mood, and generally promote a more positive mental state.…”

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The impact of urban green spaces on the probability of urban crime in Indonesia

Sukartini

Auwalin

Rumayya

2021

Development Studies Research

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Does the presence of green spaces in urban environments reduce the probability of crime? This paper applies the difference-in-differences approach to quantify the impact of urban green spaces on the probability of crime occurrence using data from the three largest metropolitan areas in Indonesia. Specifically, the study employs urban wards level data from the Village Potential Census (PODES) of 2014 and 2018 collected by Indonesia Statistics. Estimation results indicate a negative and significant impact of new urban green spaces on the probability of crime occurrence at the urban wards level. Results are reversed for those urban wards that lost green spaces, indicating an increase in the probability of crime when green spaces decrease. Results remain qualitatively unchanged with the inclusion of regional dummies and other control variables to control for regional differences, which indicates the robustness of our findings. By providing evidence that access to nature has a mitigating impact on crime in urban settings, city governments and communities are empowered to support these interventions.

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The impact of urban green spaces on the probability of urban crime in Indonesia

Sukartini

Auwalin

Rumayya

2021

Development Studies Research

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“…Failure to evaluate urban and suburban green may lead to reckless use or misuse and certainly failure to fulfill the social and ecological functions described by many researchers in this area for urban green [6,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] and for suburban green [36][37][38][39][40][41][42].…”

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Willingness to Pay for Urban and Suburban Green

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Peri-urban and urban green are considered among the basic priorities of the local government’s regional policy agenda, in line with the principles of spatial planning. This agenda is promoted at both the national and European levels through a variety of technical and institutional measures. Green spaces in urban and suburban areas are directly linked to the quality of life of urban residents and their environment. In this context, the purpose of this study is to investigate and identify the characteristics and factors that influence the residents of a small Greek city in terms of the value they attach to urban and suburban green spaces. These factors are identified through the residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) using the contingent valuation method (CVM). In general, the analysis aims to document the value of environmental economic methods as a tool in the management of natural heritage. According to the research, income and knowledge of environmental issues (global and local) as well as the benefits of green spaces (urban and suburban) are the key factors that drive residents to place a higher value on them. Future work may explore whether or how the COVID-19 pandemic affected city residents’ willingness to pay for green spaces.

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“…The focus of greenspace discourse in Malaysia has shifted from beautification-dominated to recognizing UGSs as an essential part of urban infrastructure (Aziz et al, 2011). Research on UGSs in Malaysia is mostly focused on management (Aziz et al, 2011;Fatiah et al, 2021;Maryanti et al, 2017;Rasidi et al, 2012;Sreetheran & Adnan, 2007) as well as human health and well-being outcomes (Andrew et al, 2020;Aziz et al, 2012;Foo, 2016;Mansor & Harun, 2014, 2018Nath et al, 2018), while some concentrated on the uses of UGSs (Aziz et al, 2018;Malek et al, 2015) and ESs provided by UGSs such as biodiversity conservation (Karuppannan et al, 2014;Ridzuan et al, 2021) and reducing land surface temperature (Sheikhi et al, 2015). However, most studies mentioned above only focused on specific study sites.…”

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Residents’ Perceptions on Ecosystem Services Provided by the Urban Green Spaces in Malaysia

Ying¹,

Kibria²,

Nath³

2023

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Residents’ perceptions on ecosystem services (ESs) provided by urban green spaces (UGSs) are vital for developing sustainable cities. However, there has been limited research on this issue in Malaysia. The aim of this paper is to assess Malaysians’ perceptions on ESs provided UGSs and how their perceptions are influenced by different socio-demographic factors. We used a structured online questionnaire and obtained 645 responses on 16 ESs from regulatory, cultural, and supporting ES categories. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regressions were used for data analysis. In general, city dwellers have high positive perceptions on ESs provided by UGSs. Their perceptions for global climate regulation, noise buffering, pest regulation, spiritual, and research and education services would likely to significantly increase as they grow older. Households with moderate income have significantly greater perceptions of microclimate regulation, air filtration and aesthetic services. Having non-tertiary level education would significantly lower their perceptions of global climate and microclimate regulation, spiritual, aesthetics, and recreational services. Tertiary educated residents with non-environmental degrees also showed similar associations. Infrequent visits to UGSs would likely to significantly reduce the perception of global climate regulation, noise buffering, runoff reduction, erosion control, spiritual, and aesthetics services. People living far (>5km) from the UGSs also have significantly lower perceptions of microclimate regulation, air filtration services. Suggestions are made to incorporate ESs related content in pre-university curriculum and establishing small parks in neighborhoods to improve knowledge and uses of UGSs. These findings would assist urban planners designing environmentally sound urban policies and thereby improving human wellbeing in the cities.

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Urban green spaces, recreation and spiritual experiences

Cited by 16 publications

References 142 publications

The impact of urban green spaces on the probability of urban crime in Indonesia

The impact of urban green spaces on the probability of urban crime in Indonesia

Willingness to Pay for Urban and Suburban Green

Residents’ Perceptions on Ecosystem Services Provided by the Urban Green Spaces in Malaysia

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