Regeneration and enhancement of “Saint Taxiarches” cemetery at N. Ionia, Volos, and integration into the city as an urban green area

This chapter is aimed to analyze the relationships between environmental sustainability, urban ecosystems, and green innovation. The method employed is the critical analytical review of literature and further discussion on the issues focusing the city´s experience on managing the formulation, generation, development, implementation and evaluation of new behaviors and ideas in green innovation. It is concluded that the green innovation is directly related with the environmental sustainability and urban ecosystems. The interest of this analysis lies in providing support to urban settlements in managing the risks inherent in green area innovation, incremental or radical as a community’s management would experience in relation to the environmental sustainability in urban ecosystems.

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Influence of Urban Green Area on Air Temperature of Surrounding Built-Up Area

Climate ◽

10.3390/cli5030060 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 60 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Hideki Takebayashi

Keyword(s):

Air Temperature ◽

Urban Green ◽

Green Area ◽

Urban Green Area

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Home range of raccoon dogs in an urban green area of Tokyo, Japan

Journal of Mammalogy ◽

10.1093/jmammal/gyy033 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 99 (3) ◽

pp. 732-740 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Ibuki Mitsuhashi ◽

Takako Sako ◽

Makito Teduka ◽

Ririko Koizumi ◽

Masayuki U Saito ◽

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Keyword(s):

Home Range ◽

Urban Green ◽

Green Area ◽

Urban Green Area ◽

Raccoon Dogs

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Quantitative Analysis of Eco-Economic Benefit of Urban Reclaimed Water Greening Based on Emergy Theory

10.21203/rs.3.rs-626789/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Cuimei Lv ◽

Yifan He ◽

Wenge Zhang ◽

Changkuan Gu ◽

Yang Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Water Resources ◽

Economic Benefit ◽

Tap Water ◽

Reclaimed Water ◽

High Quality ◽

Urban Green ◽

Green Area ◽

Urban Green Area ◽

Emergy Theory ◽

Quality Water

Abstract With the faster urbanization and the higher living environment requirements of people, the urban green area is getting increasingly attention. But green irrigation consumes huge tap water, causes the waste of high-quality water resources. The reclaimed water meets the standard of green irrigation and the source is sufficient, it is a good alternative water source for urban greening. The eco-economic benefit of using reclaimed water as greening water was evaluated in this paper. The composition of benefit was analyzed and the difference in benefit brought by using reclaimed water greening instead of tap water was quantified based on emergy theory. Taking Zhengzhou in 2018 for example, the results showed that the eco-economic benefit of reclaimed water greening was remarkable. The total eco-economic benefit was $4.05 billion, which was three times of that of tap water. Among the benefits, economic benefit accounted for the largest proportion, reaching 69.22%. After deducting the cost, the net eco-economic benefit of reclaimed water greening was $2.00 billion, while tap water was negative. Therefore, using reclaimed water to irrigate urban green area can save a lot of high-quality water and bring a lot of economic, social and ecological environmental benefits. The quantitative results of this paper can provide reference for the promotion of reclaimed water greening and the allocation decision of reclaimed water in water shortage areas. And it is helpful to improve the utilization efficiency of water resources and alleviate the shortage of urban water resources.

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Evidences of plant blindness in a Brazilian urban green space with plaqued trees

Paisagem e Ambiente ◽

10.11606/issn.2359-5361.paam.2019.151370 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (43) ◽

pp. e151370

Author(s):

Matheus Colli-Silva ◽

Ana Clara Salama Corsi ◽

Jônatas De Jesus Florentino ◽

Lui Agostinho Teixeira ◽

Suzana Ursi

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Green Space ◽

Green Spaces ◽

Urban Green ◽

Urban Green Spaces ◽

Paulo State ◽

Green Area ◽

Urban Green Area ◽

Different Types

Plant blindness is a recurrent issue in many urban green spaces. As an element of biodiversity perception, it is socially and individually determined. This paper brings up evidences of plant blindness through a quali-quantitative analysis of 49 interviews on an urban green area of the São Paulo state whose several trees have been recently plaqued. Respondents were not able to correctly identify plant elements and undervalued richness of different types of plants. Despite pointing out the necessity of green spaces in improving quality of life, respondents underestimated the importance of maintaining not only a green space, but a biodiverse one. We discuss the perception of a “good” green space is less associated with species richness, and more with passers-by expectations on a green space and with an innate plant blindness. We suppose informative plaques may play a role in reduce plant blindness, since plaques individualize plants that were once seen as components of a monotonous green landscape.

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ICMS Ecológico

Periódico Eletrônico Fórum Ambiental da Alta Paulista ◽

10.17271/1980082717220212974 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Matheus Maramaldo Andrade Silva ◽

Maria do Carmo Lima Bezerra

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Financial Incentives ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Urban Green ◽

Current Period ◽

Green Area ◽

Urban Green Area ◽

Green Areas ◽

Regulatory Instruments

The Urban Green Areas System (UGAS) performs relevant functions for the quality of life by making cities healthier, which has become even more necessary in the current period of pandemic. However, even with these benefits, the practice of urban management indicates difficulties not only in the implementation, but also in the maintenance of the UGAS. One of the aspects that may explain the challenge of implementing and maintaining green areas in cities is the absence of regulatory instruments and financial incentives that support this system. In this line, in order to contribute to this discussion, one of the instruments that proved to be effective in environmental management will be studied, in this case for the creation and implementation of Conservation Units: the “ICMS Ecológico”. This article will study the characteristics of the UGAS associated with ecological and urban functions; the logic of adopting the “ICMS Ecológico” and will seek to define criteria that can be used for the implementation of a UGAS that prioritizes ecosystem thinking associated with the function of urban health. We started with the discussion about the mechanisms for adopting the “ICMS Ecológico” and followed the analysis of the standards established in the states for its application. As a result, it was found that there are similarities that can be applied to an implementation in the urban green area systems, which allowed the recommendation of criteria that can be used as a reference for the application of the “ICMS Ecológico” to support the UGAS and the promotion of healthier cities.

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