Towards wildlife-supportive green space design in metropolitan areas

2020 ◽  
pp. 62-73
Author(s):  
Amin Rastandeh
Keyword(s):  
Green Space ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Space Design

scholarly journals The self and its nature: a psychopathological perspective on the risk-reducing effects of environmental green space for psychosis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sjoerd Ebisch
Keyword(s):  
Green Space ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Environmental Interventions ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Space Design ◽  
Sensorimotor Interactions ◽  
Functional Mechanisms

Epidemiological studies have shown that environmental green space contributes to the reduction of psychosis incidence in the population. Clarifying the psychological and neuro-functional mechanisms underlying the risk-decreasing effects of green surroundings could help optimize preventive environmental interventions. This perspective article specifically aims to open a new window on the link between environmental green space and psychosis by considering its core psychopathological features. Psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, are essentially characterized by self-disturbances. The psychological structure of the self has been described as a multidimensional phenomenon that emerges from the reciprocal interaction with the environment through intrinsic and extrinsic self-processes. The intrinsic self refers to the experience of mental activity and environmental information as inherently related to one’s own person, which involves self-referential processing, self-reflection, memory, interoception, and emotional evaluation. The extrinsic self refers to sensorimotor interactions with the environment and the sense of agency, that is, the experience of being the source of one’s own actions and the multisensory consequences thereof. In psychosis, anomalous self-processing has been related to a functional fragmentation of intrinsic and extrinsic self-processes and related brain networks. Moreover, evidence from cognitive neuroscience suggests that green space could have beneficial effects on self-related processing. Based on the literature, it could be hypothesized that self-processing is involved in mediating the beneficial effects of green space for psychosis. Considering the multidimensionality of the self, it is proposed that urban green space design aimed at improving mental health ideally impacts the complexity of self-facets and thus restores the individual’s self.

scholarly journals Discussion on Modern Urban High-rise Buildings in the Natural Space Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Shaoqin Han
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Green Space ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Space Design ◽  
Ecological Problems ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
The Impact

<p>This paper analyzes the environmental and ecological problems of modern urban high-rise building development of urban space caused by the impact of natural space designed for high-rise building in-depth discussion, and in the courtyard where the natural space as an example for further analysis, pointed out green space with good natural eco-building is becoming the future direction of development of high-rise buildings.</p>

Influence of green space design on individual noise perception

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (3) ◽  
pp. 3130-3142
Author(s):  
Verena Zapf
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Statistical Evaluation ◽  
Traffic Noise ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Noise Sources ◽  
Visual Impression ◽  
Recreational Value ◽  
Space Design

Especially in urban areas, green spaces are important recreational destinations, yet they are often exposed to high levels of traffic noise. Therefore, it should be investigated to what extent the design of green spaces affects the perception of noise within the green spaces. For this purpose, four soundwalks with a total of 34 participants were conducted in the Großer Garten in Dresden, Germany. A range of acoustic and perceptual properties were measured and examined. Furthermore, the green space was characterised with regard to its vegetative design and the visibility of the noise sources, as well as evaluated by the participants with respect to visual impression and appropriateness. The statistical evaluation has shown that the visual impression, the appropriateness and the masking of the noise sources correlate significantly with the perceived loudness and pleasantness - but not with the eventfulness. With regard to vegetation, it was found that the diversity of vegetation correlates significantly with all three parameters of individual noise perception, whereas the quantity of vegetation does not. Thus, it can be said that appealing design, masking of the noise sources and diversity of vegetation reduce individual noise perception and therefore increase the recreational value.

scholarly journals Association between the First Occurrence of Asthma and Residential Greenness in Children and Teenagers in Taiwan

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Jung Hsieh ◽  
Pei-Ying Yu ◽  
Chun-Ju Tai ◽  
Rong-Hwa Jan ◽  
Tzai-Hung Wen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Conditional Logistic Regression ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Space Design ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
First Occurrence

Green spaces have benefits but may also increase the risk of allergic disease. This study examined the association between the first occurrence of asthma and greenness exposure in children and teenagers. We conducted a 1:1 matched case-control study matched by sex, age, and the first diagnosis year with 7040 eligible subjects from a systematic sampling cohort database in Taiwan from 2001 to 2013. A normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) value ≥0.4 was used as the criterion to determine the green space. The green cover images were then transformed to the green coverage rate in the township surrounding the residential areas of the asthma and control subjects. Conditional logistic regression analyses demonstrated that a significantly increased risk of asthma in preschool children was associated with the surrounding greenness after adjusting for urbanization level, frequency of healthcare provider visits, mean township family income, CO, NOx, and PM2.5. The risk of asthma occurrence increased significantly with increasing greenness exposure (p-trend < 0.05). Nevertheless, exposure to the highest greenness levels (81–100%) was not associated with a significantly higher risk of asthma occurrence than was exposure to the lowest values (0–20%) of greenness. This study suggests that green space design should consider more effective methods of reducing the allergy impact.

scholarly journals Study on the Changes of Plant Ecological Communities and Environmental Factors in Cold Cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 07030
Author(s):  
Shengju Li ◽  
Xue Wang ◽  
Yaosheng Zhang ◽  
Yuehua Zhang ◽  
Lan Li
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Cold Climate ◽  
Ecological Communities ◽  
Geographical Differences ◽  
Space Design ◽  
City Street ◽  
Plant Ecological ◽  
The City

There are certain geographical differences in the design process of green areas along the streets of the cold city. The cold climate brings special geographical features to the city. The snow and ice add new vitality and characteristics to the city, and at the same time public demand new challenges for the excavation and creation of cold garden resources. The definition of standards for cold cities and the contribution of cold cities are movements to cold cities. Green space next to the city streets are systematically defined, and the role and influence of public life generated by the concept of greenbelt are inspected. This paper analyzes the design principles and theoretical basis of the green space design along the street in the cold city. An example is given to analyze the problems and optimization suggestions that should be paid attention to during the design process of the green space next to the city. From the solution of the problematic elements in the greening landscape design along the cold city street, the methods and strategies of the greening landscape design along the cold city street are analyzed from the aspects of plant.

Green Methods in Medical Environment Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 843-846
Author(s):  
Yi Cui ◽  
Zhan Tang Miao
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Green Plants ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Space Design ◽  
Medical Environment

Green medical environment calls for fine quality of environment both in outside and inside. The article explains the function of natural ecological green plants in the improvement of medical environment quality from different angles, sums up the principles of green space design in various districts，and points out to lay stress on the characteristic of environment and to create green hospital which combine with the nature will be the direction of healthcare buildings design in the 21st century.

scholarly journals Greening Blocks: A Conceptual Typology of Practical Design Interventions to Integrate Health and Climate Resilience Co-Benefits

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (21) ◽  
pp. 4241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Barron ◽  
Sophie Nitoslawski ◽  
Kathleen L. Wolf ◽  
Angie Woo ◽  
Erin Desautels ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Urban Green Space ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
Space Design ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
Adaptation Response

It is increasingly evident that exposure to green landscape elements benefits human health. Urban green space in cities is also recognized as a crucial adaptation response to changes in climate and its subsequent effects. The exploration of conceptual and practical intersections between human health, green spaces, and climate action is needed. Evidence-based guidance is needed for stakeholders, practitioners, designers, and citizens in order to assess and manage urban green spaces that maximize co-benefits for both human health and climate resilience. This paper proposes interventions that provide strategic green space enhancement at the neighborhood and block scale. We propose eight tangible green space interventions and associated metrics to integrate climate resilience and population health co-benefits into urban green space design and planning: View from within, Plant entrances, Bring nature nearby, Retain the mature, Generate diversity, Create refuge, Connect experiences, and Optimize green infrastructure. These interventions represent a hierarchy of functional design concepts that respond to experiential qualities and physical/psychological dimensions of health, and which enhance resilience at a range of social scales from the individual to the neighborhood. The interventions also reveal additional research needs in green space design, particularly in neighborhood-level contexts.

scholarly journals Research on the Planning of Attached Green space in Residential area from the perspective of elderly activities

2020 ◽  
Vol 198 ◽  
pp. 04016
Author(s):  
Xiangjun Dai
Keyword(s):  
Green Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Space Design ◽  
Residential Demand ◽  
Behavior Characteristics

The aging of population in China has been further deepened, and the living environment of the elderly has been widely concerned. As an important place for residents’ activities, the attached green space of residential area plays an important role in optimizing urban ecological environment, shaping urban landscape, providing recreation services and preventing and avoiding disasters. At present, the landscape space design of the attached green space in the residential area specially designed for the elderly is not in harmony with its demand intensity. Scientific planning of the attached green space in the residential area can enrich the daily recreational activities needed by the elderly, so as to better improve the quality of life of the elderly and promote their health. From the behavior characteristics of the elderly, the activities of the affiliated green space of residential demand, put forward under the background of an aging society residential affiliated green space reasonable planning direction, for the effective supply of the elderly daily behavior space, sufficient to guide the healthy life of the elderly to improve life quality and health level put forward the corresponding design strategy, try for the urban residential affiliated green space elements, structure, system function coordination optimization to provide theoretical support.

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