Incipient Domestication Processes in Multicultural Contexts: A Case Study of Urban Parks in San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina)

The propensity for visiting urban parks is affected by the park’s attractiveness and travel convenience, where walking provides the most basic and fair access. Walking routes from residences to parks, in terms of duration and perception, have received insufficient attention in the literature, particularly in the urban form context in China. Using the case study of Xuanwu Lake Park in Nanjing, we acquire walking routes from residences to the park through open-source data scraping in order to depict the pedestrian shed and pedestrian environment reasonably along these routes. The results show that the walking routes vary significantly with regards to distance, turns, street views, and so on. Proximity to urban parks, in terms of Euclidean distance, does not necessarily correspond to actual route distance, which may have a more direct influence on travel convenience and, hence, visiting propensity. Palpable differences in green visual ratio, image elements, and points of interest along these routes may also contribute to pedestrian environmental disparity. Analyzing data obtained from an online map provides a rapid and objective approach to detect pedestrian sheds and diagnose pedestrian environments, which can facilitate urban planners and policy makers in siting new parks and assessing the service capacity of parks.

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Walking accessibility to urban parks by children: A case study of Montreal

Landscape and Urban Planning ◽

10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.002 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 125 ◽

pp. 38-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Mario Reyes ◽

Antonio Páez ◽

Catherine Morency

Keyword(s):

Urban Parks

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Study on the cooling effects of urban parks on surrounding environments using Landsat TM data: a case study in Guangzhou, southern China

International Journal of Remote Sensing ◽

10.1080/01431161.2012.676743 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 33 (18) ◽

pp. 5889-5914 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Xiuzhi Chen ◽

Yongxian Su ◽

Dan Li ◽

Guangqing Huang ◽

Weiqi Chen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Southern China ◽

Urban Parks ◽

Landsat Tm ◽

Cooling Effects

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RESEARCH ON IMPROVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE FUNCTION OF OPEN PARK—A CASE STUDY OF HONGMEI PARK IN CHANGZHOU

10.12783/dtssehs/aeim2021/35996 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

YUXUAN ZHAO

Keyword(s):

Urban Parks ◽

Service Demand ◽

The Public ◽

Service Function ◽

The City ◽

Day By Day

Abstract. As a pioneer of urban parks, the city of Changzhou's open parks are mainly designed to beautify the environment and purify the air. This certain position is at present with broad masses the service demand that develops day by day has certain discrepancy. It is important to study the functions of the existing open park, investigate the actual needs of the public for the open park, and give the solutions.

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Environmental Justice and Urban Parks. A Case Study Applied to Tarragona (Spain)

Urban Science ◽

10.3390/urbansci5030062 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 62

Author(s):

Joan Alberich ◽

Yolanda Pérez-Albert ◽

José Ignacio Muro Morales ◽

Edgar Bustamante Picón

Keyword(s):

Environmental Justice ◽

Urban Parks ◽

City Management ◽

Average Value ◽

Multi Criteria Evaluation ◽

Green Areas ◽

The One ◽

Home Sale Prices

There is consensus regarding the fact that urban green areas contribute to the quality of life of their inhabitants. Therefore, efficient city management must assess whether the population has access to green areas and the areas’ quality in relation to, for example, vegetation, facilities or furnishings. Therefore, the objective is to establish environmental justice of urban parks in Tarragona (Spain) by developing a Park Quality Index (PQI) and the sociodemographic characteristics (level of studies, Human Development Index –HDI–, home sale and rental prices) of the population living within 300 m of a park. To prepare this, a GIS-integrated Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) was produced. The results show that the green areas have low accessibility and availability and that most parks obtain an average-low PQI, with the best-valued aspect being the vegetation and the worst being the facilities. Regarding the degree of environmental justice, a causal relationship between the PQI and the indicators used emerges. The average value of the home sale prices is the one that shows the greatest correlation. These results can be used together with participatory procedures as a basis for identifying places with greater inequality, and for selecting the more effective actions that enable increasing environmental justice with respect to green areas.

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Construction of flood-risk spaces. Case study: San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

Huellas ◽

10.19137/huellas-2021-2509 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 155-172

Author(s):

Guadalupe Victoria Ybarra Alcaráz ◽

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Verónica Gil ◽

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...

Keyword(s):

Flood Risk ◽

San Carlos

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Spatial Analysis of Security and Insecurity in Urban Parks: A Case Study of Tehran, Iran

The Professional Geographer ◽

10.1080/00330124.2019.1696686 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 72 (3) ◽

pp. 383-397

Author(s):

Hossein Nazmfar ◽

Saeideh Alavi ◽

Bakhtiar Feizizadeh ◽

Reza Masodifar ◽

Ali Eshghei

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Urban Parks

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Carbon Footprint Estimation in Road Construction: La Abundancia–Florencia Case Study

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11082276 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (8) ◽

pp. 2276 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marianela Espinoza ◽

Noelia Campos ◽

Rebekah Yang ◽

Hasan Ozer ◽

José P. Aguiar-Moya ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Environmental Impact ◽

Carbon Footprint ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Road Construction ◽

Public And Private ◽

The Public ◽

San Carlos ◽

Present Case Study ◽

Departments Of Transportation

The environmental impact of road construction and rehabilitation can be associated with the increase of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which are highly related to climate change. Consequently, departments of transportation have recently focused on the development and implementation of tools to evaluate the performance of projects and minimize GHG emissions. An example is the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) to analyze and quantify the environmental impact of a product, system, or process, from cradle to grave. In this regard, the present case study quantifies the carbon footprint associated with the construction of the La Abundancia–Florencia highway, located in the province of San Carlos in Costa Rica. The analysis is also intended to generate consciousness both in the public and private sectors on the environmental impacts of road construction. After an LCA study, it was determined that the construction of the hot mix asphalt (HMA) layer generates a carbon footprint of 65.8 kg of CO2e per km of road. In addition, it was evident that HMA production generates the greatest environmental impact, among all the considered LCA production and construction stages, with a GHG contribution of 38% to 39% from bitumen only. Consequently, special attention to HMA production is required in order to minimize GHG emissions.

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