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Daisuke Matsumoto, Katsuhiko Takatori, Akiho Miyata, Naomi Yamasaki, Makoto Miyazaki, Aya Imanishi, Jong-Seong Moon
Summary: This study investigated the association between neighborhood walkability and social participation among older Japanese adults. The findings showed that living in car-dependent areas had a significant negative effect on social participation among women, but not among men.
GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
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Geography
Yushu Zhu, Changdong Ye
Summary: This study examines the impact of different modes of urban renewal on the sense of home for affected residents in urban China. The research finds that micro-renewal is less likely to disrupt residents' neighborhood perception, with changes primarily attributed to socio-spatial restructuring.
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Ecology
Mohammad Javad Koohsari, Tomoki Nakaya, Gavin R. McCormack, Ai Shibata, Kaori Ishii, Akitomo Yasunaga, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Koichiro Oka
Summary: This study examined the relationship between walkable built environments and social capital among adults in Japan, finding that traditional and novel walkable built environment metrics had different effects on social capital. Specifically, street connectivity and perceived population density were negatively associated with social capital scores.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Samuel L. K. Baxter, Giselle Corbie, Sarah F. Griffin
Summary: A study examined the association between income inequality, social cohesion, neighborhood walkability, and physical activity among rural adults. The findings showed that social cohesion was positively associated with physical activity, while income inequality and neighborhood walkability were not.
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yang Du, Huaxiong Jiang, Zhuo Huang, Haoran Yang
Summary: This study conducted a survey in Shanghai in 2018 and found that improving sense of community belonging is crucial for people to live longer, happier lives. The study also revealed that perceived neighborhood environment has a stronger influence on community belonging than objective neighborhood environment. Additionally, the study identified that neighborhood environmental attributes can affect community belonging through neighborly interactions and community satisfaction.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Paloma Morales-Flores, Carlos Marmolejo-Duarte
Summary: This document reviews empirical studies to investigate the relationship between social capital and walkability. The findings suggest that factors such as land use and neighborhood facilities design influence the formation of social capital through walking.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jordan A. Carlson, James F. Sallis, Marta M. Jankowska, Matthew A. Allison, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Scott C. Roesch, Chelsea Steel, Kimberly L. Savin, Gregory A. Talavera, Sheila F. Castaneda, Maria M. Llabre, Frank J. Penedo, Robert Kaplan, Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Martha Daviglus, Krista M. Perreira, Linda C. Gallo
Summary: Despite the lack of knowledge on neighborhood environments and physical activity among Hispanic/Latino adults compared to other populations, this study found that Hispanic/Latino adults living in neighborhoods with design features supportive of walking and recreational activity were more active. Therefore, improving neighborhood environments appears to be important for promoting physical activity among Hispanic/Latino adults.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nicole Iroz-Elardo, Arlie Adkins, Maia Ingram
Summary: The study identified 20 survey instruments focusing on pedestrian environments, walkability, or physical activity at the local scale, designed to capture residents' perceptions of outdoor walking environments. It was found that most instruments emphasized negative social elements while only a few focused on community identity. There seems to be a lack of comprehensive measurement strategies that cover social environments across domains and subdomains.
Review
Plant Sciences
Mysha Clarke, Stephanie Cadaval, Charles Wallace, Elsa Anderson, Monika Egerer, Lillian Dinkins, Ricardo Platero
Summary: Urban greenspaces, such as parks, forests, and gardens, play a significant role in enhancing human wellbeing, particularly in terms of social cohesion. This paper reviews the scholarly literature on social cohesion, its definition, measurement, and factors that either hinder or enhance it in urban greenspaces. The study found that reducing crime, improving maintenance, and providing inclusive social gathering spaces were the most impactful ways to enhance social cohesion. Overall, more research is needed to understand social cohesion and urban greenspaces in developing countries, from the perspectives of diverse urban residents who use these spaces.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Huiying Liu, Beizhuo Chen, Yuekang Li, Nancy Morrow-Howell
Summary: Neighborhood resources have a significant impact on the level of frailty among older people in China. The differences between urban and rural areas are important for designing and implementing infrastructure development and community building programs in rural and urban China.
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Environmental Studies
Renee Zahnow, Amy Tsai
Summary: The study found that crime victimization in residential neighborhoods can have a negative impact on place attachment, but this impact is attenuated through frequent social and functional interactions with neighbors.
ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sunyong Eom, Yasuhide Nishihori
Summary: This study quantified pedestrian activity by developing pedestrian distribution indexes (PDIs) for the aspects of volume, space, and time, to clarify how PDIs were affected by variations in situational factors related to weather and special events. The results confirmed that the indexes can be used to distinguish between spatial and temporal pedestrian distributions, providing critical information for planners. Additionally, weather conditions and special events were shown to influence pedestrian quantities, spatial and temporal distributions, with specific effects on different event types.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maja van der Velden
Summary: The paper discusses the concept of a circular economy and emphasizes the importance of repair in extending product lifetimes and promoting sustainable development. Community repair, as a specific form of repair, offers a new perspective on the role of repair in a circular economy through actions such as mending, sharing, and caring for products.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Takumi Abe, Alison Carver, Takemi Sugiyama
Summary: This study found that social environmental attributes were associated with frailty status, while the relationship between built environmental attributes and frailty was not clear. Initiatives at the community level to enhance safety and social cohesion may be effective in reducing frailty. Further research is needed to explain the equivocal findings regarding built environmental attributes and frailty.
GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
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Urban Studies
Xiuying Cheng, Wei Zhong, Dongquan Li
Summary: This study examined the experiment of introducing neighborhood self-governance in southwest China from 2009 to 2013, finding that high levels of community attachment and community involvement were crucial in strengthening communities. The evidence showed that while the state could help build communities in a relatively short time, community formation ultimately relied on social and political participation through neighborhood self-governance.
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Mizzo Kwon, Andrew C. Pickett, Yunsoo Lee, SeungJong Lee
APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE
(2019)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Mizzo Kwon, Andrew C. Pickett, Yunsoo Lee, SeungJong Lee
APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE
(2019)
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Ecology
Xuezheng Zong, Xiaorui Tian, Xianli Wang
Summary: Climate change has caused longer fire seasons and more intense wildfires worldwide, leading to significant economic and environmental impacts. A study conducted in Southwest China evaluated the effectiveness of different fuel treatment designs in mitigating wildfire risk under varying fire severity conditions. The results showed that fuel treatments were effective in reducing risk under low and normal fire severity scenarios, but their effectiveness was limited under high fire severity conditions.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Jian Peng, Xiaoyu Wang, Huining Zheng, Zihan Xu
Summary: This study developed an index system to evaluate the trade-off between grain production service and water purification service in the Dongting Lake Basin. The results showed that converting cropland with high nitrogen output into forest land can minimize this trade-off.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Francois Chiron, Romain Lorrilliere, Carmen Bessa-Gomes, Piotr Tryjanowski, Joan Casanelles-Abella, Lauri Laanisto, Ana Leal, Anskje Van Mensel, Marco Moretti, Babette Muyshondt, Ulo Niinemets, Marta Alos Orti, Pedro Pinho, Roeland Samson, Nicolas Deguines
Summary: In cities, green areas play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, and the heterogeneity of land cover is an important factor. The relationship between area and heterogeneity affects the richness of bird species in urban green areas, with urban avoider species benefiting from large and heterogeneous patches.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Aleksandra Lis, Karolina Zalewska, Pawel Iwankowski, Katarzyna Betkier, Paulina Bilska, Viktoriia Dudar, Aleksandra L. Lagiewka
Summary: Appleton's prospect-refuge theory suggests that the presence of dense vegetation, topography, and people in a park can influence the safety and privacy felt by visitors in different ways. This study aimed to understand the relationship between observation point height, vegetation location, presence of other people, and perceived privacy and safety. The results showed that flat or lower ground without the presence of others was considered the safest, while landscapes higher up with dense vegetation and no other people were rated highest in terms of privacy. The findings have practical implications in terms of providing privacy without compromising safety.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Jianting Zhao, Guibo Sun, Chris Webster
Summary: This study developed a geospatial database to document the locations and urban environments of pandemic-induced street experiments on a global scale, and conducted quantitative analysis based on spatial and temporal visualizations. The study aims to enhance comparability of built environment indicators between cities and provide a robust foundation for future research on tactical urbanism.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Huaqing Wang, Louis G. Tassinary
Summary: This study investigated the influence of urban greenspace spatial morphology on non-communicable diseases and found that neighborhoods with more connected, aggregated, coherent, and complex-shaped greenspace had a lower prevalence of these diseases. Such associations were mediated by air pollution and physical inactivity. The results suggest that the spatial morphology of designed urban greenspace plays a significant role in neighborhood health.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Chiwei Xiao, Yi Wang, Mingyan Yan, Jeffrey Chiwuikem Chiaka
Summary: Regional integration initiatives, such as cross-border transportation corridors, have significant impacts on land use changes and landscape patterns. This study examines the China-Laos Railway as a case study to evaluate the extent and significance of these impacts. Using land-use data and geospatial analysis, the study quantifies and compares the effects of the railway on land use changes within a buffer zone along the corridor.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Review
Ecology
Astrid Zabel, Mara-Magdalena Hausler
Summary: Developing a green infrastructure is an important environmental policy goal in many countries around the world. Different countries have different requirements on the spatial allocation of conservation sites for green infrastructure. Price-type and procedural instruments are commonly used, but the utilization of incentive mechanisms that internalize the benefit of clustering is relatively low. There is a need for more studies on incentive mechanisms and green infrastructure policies in the global South.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Timothy Fraser, Olivia Feeley, Andres Ridge, Ava Cervini, Vincent Rago, Kelly Gilmore, Gianna Worthington, Ilana Berliavsky
Summary: This study examines the inequality of social infrastructure in Boston, finding significant racial and income disparities in access. These disparities have implications for the health and resilience of neighborhoods.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Yutian Lu, Running Chen, Bin Chen, Jiayu Wu
Summary: The inequitable distribution of urban green spaces has become a significant concern, with variations found between cities in different development stages, and socioeconomic factors playing a crucial role in the spatial equity of urban green spaces.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Di Chen, Jie Yin, Chia-Pin Yu, Shengjing Sun, Charlotte Gabel, John D. Spengler
Summary: Observational and experimental studies have shown that exposure to greenness is beneficial for long-term health and well-being. However, more evidence is needed regarding the short-term health impacts of nearby nature in urban areas. This study used immersive virtual reality technology to investigate how transitions between built and natural environments affect urban residents. Results showed that transitioning from built to natural environments led to reductions in negative mood and transient anxiety, while transitions from natural to built environments had the opposite effect. Additionally, participants showed more emotional responses to nature through physiological measures. The study also highlighted the influence of contextual factors, such as physical health conditions, stress levels, experience with nature, and growth environments, on stress recovery. Overall, this study provides empirical evidence supporting the promotion of nearby nature in urban built environments.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Daniele Codato, Francesca Peroni, Massimo De Marchi
Summary: This study examines climate justice in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region (EAR), highlighting the multiple injustices caused by oil extraction activities. Using spatial analysis, the study shows that the EAR has been a major producer of oil since 1972, leading to environmental impacts such as oil spills and pollution. The results emphasize the need to include these territories in climate justice discussions and promote the rights to a non-toxic environment.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Jingli Yan, Wendy Y. Chen, Zixiao Zhang, Wenxing Zhao, Min Liu, Shan Yin
Summary: Vegetation barriers are an effective strategy in urban planning to mitigate traffic-induced air pollution and reduce exposure. This study uses field measurements and numerical modeling to show that constructing vegetation barriers with short bushes can effectively reduce PM2.5 pollution in open-road environments, while higher coverage of tall bushes may worsen the pollution.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)