A review on the effects of physical built environment attributes on enhancing walking and cycling activity levels within residential neighborhoods

Y Wang, CK Chau, WY Ng, TM Leung - Cities, 2016 - Elsevier
The growing worldwide awareness of the significant impacts of physical activities on
physical and physiological health has aroused great interest in the role of the physical built …

How might we increase physical activity through dog walking?: A comprehensive review of dog walking correlates

C Westgarth, RM Christley, HE Christian - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Background Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are major threats to population
health. A considerable proportion of people own dogs, and there is good evidence that dog …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental justice in the context of urban green space availability, accessibility, and attractiveness in postsocialist cities

J Kronenberg, A Haase, E Łaszkiewicz, A Antal… - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
This article aims to position postsocialist cities in Central and Eastern Europe in the broader
debate on urban environmental justice. The article crosscuts through all three dimensions of …

Is urban green space per capita a valuable target to achieve cities' sustainability goals? Romania as a case study

DL Badiu, CI Iojă, M Pătroescu, J Breuste, M Artmann… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure is considered to be a key element in improving quality of life and
creating an appropriate framework for sustainable cities. The most used quantitative …

Methodological framework for urban sprawl control through sustainable planning of urban green infrastructure

AA Gavrilidis, MR Niță, DA Onose, DL Badiu… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban sprawl is a significant challenge in urban areas and its negative influence on the
quality of living confronts the scientific community, authorities, and stakeholders in …

[图书][B] Free-ranging dogs and wildlife conservation

ME Gompper - 2014 - books.google.com
Dogs are the world's most common and widespread carnivores and are nearly ubiquitous
across the globe. The vast majority of these dogs, whether owned or un-owned, pure-bred or …

[HTML][HTML] Gender as a factor differentiating the perceptions of safety in urban parks

P Polko, K Kimic - Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate how gender differentiates the perception of
safety in urban parks. Gender was recognized in relation to selected, most important factors …

Equity in urban greening: Evidence from strategic planning in Romania

SR Gradinaru, DA Onose, E Oliveira, AR Slave… - Landscape and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
In Europe, equity has become an important policy objective based on the recently adopted
European Green Deal and the idea of “leaving no one behind”. However, the question …

Multi-scale assessment of cultural ecosystem services of parks in Central European cities

I Zwierzchowska, A Hof, IC Iojă, C Mueller… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cultural ecosystem services (CES) provided by urban parks are complex phenomena and
the diversity of user perspectives and their rather loose linkages to the objective and …

Stakeholder perceptions of the ecosystem services provided by Green Infrastructure in New York City

SM Miller, FA Montalto - Ecosystem Services, 2019 - Elsevier
US cities are investing heavily in green infrastructure (GI) to manage stormwater and
improve local water quality. However, many other ecosystem services (ES) are attributed to …