Human Perception, Preference, and Use of Informed Urban Greenspace: A Comparative Analysis of Brisbane, Australia and Sapporo, Japan
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Byrne, Jason
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Lo, Alex
Year published
2015
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Research has demonstrated that urban residents need access to greenspaces. Residents derive important benefits from greenspace, including physical and mental health benefits, and emotional and spiritual benefits among others (e.g. increased levels of physical activity, mental restoration, and improved socialisation). For the past two hundred years, formal green spaces such as parks and recreation areas have served this function well. But we have entered a period od epochal change on a planetary scale - where unprecendented rates of urbanization are concentrating most of the world's population in cities. Globally, rapid urban ...
View more >Research has demonstrated that urban residents need access to greenspaces. Residents derive important benefits from greenspace, including physical and mental health benefits, and emotional and spiritual benefits among others (e.g. increased levels of physical activity, mental restoration, and improved socialisation). For the past two hundred years, formal green spaces such as parks and recreation areas have served this function well. But we have entered a period od epochal change on a planetary scale - where unprecendented rates of urbanization are concentrating most of the world's population in cities. Globally, rapid urban development has been accompanied by environmental degradation and a loss of access to green and open spaces, with concomitant impacts on residents' health and wellbeing, as well as biodiversity loss. Parks no longer seem up to the task of meeting residents' greenspace needs.
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View more >Research has demonstrated that urban residents need access to greenspaces. Residents derive important benefits from greenspace, including physical and mental health benefits, and emotional and spiritual benefits among others (e.g. increased levels of physical activity, mental restoration, and improved socialisation). For the past two hundred years, formal green spaces such as parks and recreation areas have served this function well. But we have entered a period od epochal change on a planetary scale - where unprecendented rates of urbanization are concentrating most of the world's population in cities. Globally, rapid urban development has been accompanied by environmental degradation and a loss of access to green and open spaces, with concomitant impacts on residents' health and wellbeing, as well as biodiversity loss. Parks no longer seem up to the task of meeting residents' greenspace needs.
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Thesis Type
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Degree Program
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School
Griffith School of Environment
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Uban planning, Brisbane
Urban planning, Sapporo
Greenspaces, Brisbane
Greenspaces, Sapporo
Parks, Brisbane
Parks, Sapporo