Understanding the Social Appropriation of Public Green Spaces in a Disadvantaged Neighbourhood. A Conceptual Model Related to Urban Sustainability

2021 ◽  
pp. 333-343
Author(s):  
Jairo Agustín Reyes-Plata ◽  
Marí del Carmen Villanueva-Vilchis
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
The Social ◽  
Disadvantaged Neighbourhood

Transformation of Urban Mining Brownfields into Green Spaces and Local Housing Market Effects

2011 ◽  
pp. 77-96
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Damigos
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economics ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
Fuzzy Delphi ◽  
Recreation Areas ◽  
The Social ◽  
Land Redevelopment

Converting brownfields into green spaces and recreation areas creates a significant community asset. To date, however, remediation efforts have focused mainly on utilizing brownfields as productive properties in order to lessen financial costs and risks. The use of environmental economics has proved beneficial in providing a clear answer in regard to the social value of derelict land redevelopment. Using an illustrative example, the paper demonstrates the use of an expert judgment technique, namely the Fuzzy Delphi Method, which is applied as an alternative to approaches commonly used for the valuation of urban green spaces.

scholarly journals Householders Attitude, Preferences, and Willingness to Have Home Garden at Time of Pandemics

Horticulturae ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Aydin Basarir ◽  
Noura M. N. Al Mansouri ◽  
Zienab F. R. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Time ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Home Gardens ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Home Garden ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Social

The value of home gardens has become more apparent among tenants forced into isolation in difficult and uncertain times arising since the COVID-19 pandemic started at the beginning of 2020. While gardens make a significant contribution to the social and ecological environment of cities, most studies have focused on public green spaces. Investigating householder preferences for gardens during and after the mandatory lockdown period in the UAE is required. The main objective of this study is to analyze the householder’s attitude, preferences, and willingness to have home gardens during the pandemic and after. The data were collected via an online survey of randomly selected respondents. A logistic econometrical model was utilized to analyze the factors affecting respondent preferences regarding having a garden. According to the results, the probability of having a garden increases among respondents who produce some crops, have attained Msc/PhD. level, a backyard, and a larger space to cultivate. It decreases among those who are married, find it hard to take care of a garden, and face a weed problem. In conclusions, it is highly recommended for householders to have home gardens, which can provide a quality lifestyle and enhance leisure time during the pandemic and after.

scholarly journals Library in the Information Society: the Ontological Foundation of Social and Cultural Transformations

2011 ◽  
pp. 28-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana Ya. Kuznetsova
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Functional Characteristics ◽  
Cultural Transformations ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Ontological Foundation

Features of the actual stage of the librarian development caused by the global process of society informatization are shown. The main socio-cultural transformations of libraries during this process and their functional characteristics are described. Three-component conceptual model of the future library as a link in the social communication system is proved in the paper

scholarly journals Territorial bioethics: participatory design as a catalyst for social welfare in groups vulnerable to climate change

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Silvia L. Aguilar-Velázquez ◽  
Karina G. Muñoz-Guadarrama ◽  
Lilia S. Carrillo-Medina
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
The Social

The following work is an approach to the theoretical framework that builds the concept of territorial Bioethics, as part of the paradigm of urban development and the policy of attention to the spatial needs of society; It is part of the project of consolidation of the research line on indicators for urban sustainability and identifies within the process of social resilience, the relations between the territory, the anthropic environment and the attitudes of the social organization as well as models of reconstitution of environments degraded Emphasizes the active attitude of society to promote effective and dignified intervention with participation instruments; that it manages to restore attributions of adaptation and resilience to the environmental emergency; In addition, reference is made to a group vulnerable to such an emergency: the elderly.

scholarly journals Contribution of planed urban green spaces for promoting human health. Case of Chandigarh, India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha Goel Tripathi ◽  
◽  
Mahavir Mahavir ◽  
Prabh Bedi ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Healthy City ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
The Social

Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals has the seventh target of its Sustainable Cities and Communities focused on providing access to safe and inclusive green and public spaces. Principles of sustainable development necessitate that a balance is struck between environment and development to ensure healthy urban living. It has long been established that the presence of natural areas and planned open green spaces in and around urban settlements contributes to a quality of life by providing important ecological, social and psychological benefits to humans. In India, rapid urbanisation is resulting in significant land being used for developmental activities resulting in decline in open spaces across cities. It needs to be noted, the case in Chandigarh, India is different from rest of the country, where open spaces are considered as inviolable land use. Being a rare exception amongst the cities established immediately after India’s Independence, urban greens were visualized and planned as an integral component in the city’s Master Plan. Le Corbusier conceived the master plan of Chandigarh as analogous to human body, where green spaces symbolized the lungs. The greens in Chandigarh were created as functional, organized and natural spaces for integration and convergence of mind and body, that is the city as well as of its population. The research delves into the aspect of inclusivity of its various green spaces based on the social survey of the city’s residents. The intent is to determine the usability and accessibility of the greens by the residents for various recreational, cultural and ecosystem services. The measures of inclusivity of the green spaces are defined to address the key question being researched upon, that is if green spaces have contributed to Chandigarh being a healthy city. Built upon the social survey tools, the authors discern the typologies of green spaces as the measure for building a healthy city contextualized for Chandigarh.

scholarly journals 6th Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 436
Author(s):  
Richard Smardon
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Conference Theme ◽  
The Social ◽  
University Of Massachusetts ◽  
The University

This editorial is an overview of a Special Issue of Land entitled “Selected Papers from the6th Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning: Adapting and Expanding Contracting Cities.” This Special Issue of land contains six papers—most of which were presented at the 6th Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning (Fábos et al. 2019) held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst 28–30 March 2019.The Fábos conference theme was to explore the social and economic potential of linear green spaces in urban areas that are declining or expanding.

Peri-Urban National Parks as Green Spaces for Recreation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teodora Koynova ◽  
Vanya Koleva ◽  
Asya P. Dragoeva ◽  
Nikolay Natchev
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Low Income Groups

Little is known regarding the significance for local people of peri-urban national parks as recreational areas. The main goal of the present article is to evaluate the social impact and importance of peri-urban parks for visitors as a green space for outdoor recreation. For this investigation on-site, face-to-face interviews were conducted. The main reason for visiting NP are: “to be near to nature” (64.71%), “to practice sport” (58.09%) and “relaxing” (43.38%). Spending time in NP is considered by most interviewed people to be of crucial importance both for physical (96.32%) and for mental (83.82%) health. It should be noted that high frequency of park visits was reported only by young, employed and well-educated people. Data collected shows that park management plan should encourage low-income groups (unemployed and elderly) to use outdoor recreation as a part of preventive healthcare. The access for older adults, people with disabilities and children to the park should be facilitated. Services like access to clean water, toilets and seating places must be improved. The data from the authors' survey could be useful for the peri-urban national parks development as green spaces for promoting health among all demographic groups of local inhabitants.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document