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Environment and Crime in the Inner City Does Vegetation Reduce Crime
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Although vegetation has been positively linked to fear of crime and crime in a number of settings, recent findings in urban residential areas have hinted at a possible negative relationship: Reside... as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
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Nature and Health
TL;DR: This work focuses on nature as represented by aspects of the physical environment relevant to planning, design, and policy measures that serve broad segments of urbanized societies and considers research on pathways between nature and health involving air quality, physical activity, social cohesion, and stress reduction.
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The role of urban parks for the sustainable city.
TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of urban nature for citizens' well-being and for the sustainability of the city they inhabit is discussed, based on a survey conducted among visitors of an urban park in Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
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Increasing walking: How important is distance to, attractiveness, and size of public open space?
Billie Giles-Corti,Melissa H. Broomhall,Matthew Knuiman,Catherine Collins,Kate Douglas,Kevin Ng,Andrea Lange,Robert J. Donovan +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, an observational study examined the influence of attractiveness on the use of POS by observing users of three pairs of high- and low-quality (based on attractiveness) POS matched for size and location.
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Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance.
Iana Markevych,Julia Schoierer,Terry Hartig,Alexandra Chudnovsky,Perry Hystad,Angel M. Dzhambov,Sjerp de Vries,Margarita Triguero-Mas,Michael Brauer,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen,Gerd Lupp,Elizabeth A. Richardson,Thomas Astell-Burt,Donka D. Dimitrova,Xiaoqi Feng,Maya Sadeh,Marie Standl,Joachim Heinrich,Elaine Fuertes +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, potential pathways linking greenspace to health are presented in three domains, which emphasize three general functions of greenspace: reducing harm (e.g., reducing exposure to air pollution, noise and heat), restoring capacities (i.e., attention restoration and physiological stress recovery), and encouraging physical activity and facilitating social cohesion). Interrelations between among the three domains are also noted.
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The significance of parks to physical activity and public health: a conceptual model.
TL;DR: A conceptual model is proposed to guide thinking and suggest hypotheses about the relationships between park benefits, park use, and physical activity, and the antecedents/correlates of park use that focus on park environmental characteristics that could be related to physical activity.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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Restorative Effects of Natural Environment Experiences
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Nodes, paths and edges: Considerations on the complexity of crime and the physical environment
TL;DR: The relationship between crime and the physical environment is mediated through individual awareness and action spaces as discussed by the authors, and crime is strongly related to aggregate elements of the perceived physical environment: nodes, paths, edges and an environmental backcloth.
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