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Urban greening to cool towns and cities: a systematic review of the empirical evidence.
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In this paper, the authors used systematic review methodology to evaluate available evidence on whether greening interventions, such as tree planting or the creation of parks or green roofs, affect the air temperature of an urban area.About:
This article is published in Landscape and Urban Planning.The article was published on 2010-09-15. It has received 1822 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Urban forestry & Greening.read more
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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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Cooling the cities – A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the state of the art on both the above technologies, when applied in the city scale, and present the definition of the limits, the boundaries and the conditions under which the considered technologies reach their better performance in a synthetic way.
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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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Challenges and strategies for urban green-space planning in cities undergoing densification: A review
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of urban densification and compact city development on urban green space and its planning are discussed. But, the literature on the compact city approach often lacks specific suggestions for urban green spaces conservation and planning.
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A Quantitative Review of Urban Ecosystem Service Assessments: Concepts, Models, and Implementation
Dagmar Haase,Neele Larondelle,Erik Andersson,Martina Artmann,Sara Borgström,Jürgen Breuste,Erik Gómez-Baggethun,Åsa Gren,Zoé A. Hamstead,Rieke Hansen,Nadja Kabisch,Nadja Kabisch,Peleg Kremer,Johannes Langemeyer,Emily Lorance Rall,Timon McPhearson,Stephan Pauleit,Salman Qureshi,Nina Schwarz,Annette Voigt,Daniel Wurster,Thomas Elmqvist +21 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that most UES studies have been undertaken in Europe, North America, and China, at city scale, but few study findings have been implemented as land use policy.
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Impact of regional climate change on human health
TL;DR: The growing evidence that climate–health relationships pose increasing health risks under future projections of climate change is reviewed and that the warming trend over recent decades has already contributed to increased morbidity and mortality in many regions of the world.
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Adapting cities for climate change: the role of the green infrastructure.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the important role that the green infrastructure of a city can play in adapting for climate change and present output from energy exchange and hydrological models showing surface temperature and surface runoff in relation to green infrastructure under current and future climate scenarios.
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Human contribution to the European heatwave of 2003
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