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Urban Parks Between Safety and Aesthetics

Author : Isabella M. Mambretti
Publisher : vdf Hochschulverlag AG
ISBN 13 : 3728131873
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Urban Parks Between Safety and Aesthetics written by Isabella M. Mambretti and published by vdf Hochschulverlag AG. This book was released on 2011 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of how to live in the city and increase the quality of urban life creates new challenges for both urban policies and academic research. Urban parks are important keys for achieving a broader understanding of the urban landscape. Open green spaces in every form are essential for life in our ever more urbanised society and are becoming a vital issue for the liveability of the urban environment.The purpose of the present research is to acquire a more thorough knowledge of the evaluation of urban parks. The study uses statistical analysis methods combined with landscape planning and visualisation methods. The research provides an innovative and sophisticated point of view along with the means to improve the comprehension of people's preferences for alternative urban park scenarios. The results are expected to create an advanced discussion platform and make a contribution towards improving knowledge of the public's perception of urban parks. The investigation was conducted with empirical experiments on two parks in Zurich.The functional component of the research is the visualisation of spatial data using powerful visualisation tools. The theoretical prospect is the achievement of broader knowledge about individuals' perception of open green spaces, focusing on previously unexplored experimental research combining conjoint analysis and visualisation methods.The experiments created for the research are effective for modelling and explaining the signifi cance that people assign to specific dimensions characterising different park scenarios. Two motivations are at the base of the research: exploring the use of conjoint analysis methods to study virtual urban parks and evaluating the use of visual stimuli with conjoint analysis.

From Information to Participation

Author : Olaf Schroth
Publisher : vdf Hochschulverlag AG
ISBN 13 : 3728132225
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book From Information to Participation written by Olaf Schroth and published by vdf Hochschulverlag AG. This book was released on 2010 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If landscape visualizations are applied as tools for participation, they should provide a high level of interactivity to facilitate planning process and outcomes. This book presents evidence for this hypothesis through demonstrative case studies in the Entlebuch UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Switzerland. In collaborative workshops, interactive real-time visualizations were used to respond directly to the dialogue, and long-term climate change impacts were illustrated through collapsing time animations. The author, Dr. Olaf Schroth, is a researcher at the University of British Columbia and has studied both geodesy and planning in Hanover, Hamburg and Newcastle upon Tyne. Since then, he has been working at the interface of planning and 3D visualization, and the book summarizes his work in the EU project VisuLands (2003-2006) and his PhD at ETH Zurich. His research is not technology-driven but rather raises critical issues from a planning perspective. Therefore, the results and hands-on recommendations address researchers as well as practitioners in planning, architecture, geovisualization, geography, cartography and computer visualization.

Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces

Author : Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000876888
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces written by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban parks and gardens are where people go to reconnect with nature and destress. But do they all provide the same benefits or are some better than others? What specific attributes set some green spaces apart? Can we objectively measure their impact on mental health and well-being? If so, how do we use this evidence to guide the design of mentally healthy cities? The Contemplative Landscape Model unveils the path to answer these questions. Rooted in landscape architecture and neuroscience, this innovative concept is described for the first time in an extended format, offering a deep dive into contemplative design and the science behind it. In the face of the global mental health crisis, and increasing disconnection from nature, design strategies for creating healthier urban environments are what our cities so sorely need. This book delves into the neuroscience behind contemplative landscapes, their key spatial characteristics, and practical applications of the Contemplative Landscape Model through case studies from around the world. Landscape architects, urban planners, students, land managers, and anyone interested in unlocking the healing power of landscapes will find inspiration here.

Digital Participation and Collaboration in Architectural Design

Author : Richard Laing
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351665480
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Digital Participation and Collaboration in Architectural Design written by Richard Laing and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of new digital and visualisation technologies in recent years has led to rapid changes in the field of architecture. Current drives to incorporate building information modelling as a part of architectural design are giving way to the increased use of IT and visualisation in architectural design, user participation and group collaboration. As digital methods become more mainstream, Digital Participation and Collaboration in Architectural Design provides an accessible and engaging introduction to this emerging subject. Supported by selected examples from research and practice, the book offers an overview of theories, techniques and approaches which readers can apply in their own work. In doing so, it shows how these techniques can influence communication, debate and understanding and encourages readers to see familiar buildings from original and unusual perspectives. An ideal starting point for anyone interested in the application of digital techniques, the book will help students and professionals in architectural design and digital architecture to understand and embrace new technologies.

Transport Survey Methods

Author : Jean-Loup Madre
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848558457
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Transport Survey Methods written by Jean-Loup Madre and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-02 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies various challenges to the world community of transport survey specialists as well as the larger constituency of practitioners, planners, and decision-makers that it serves and provides potential solutions and recommendations for addressing them.

Issues in Prevention, Diagnostics, Screening, Statistics, and Testing: 2013 Edition

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Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
ISBN 13 : 1490110615
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Issues in Prevention, Diagnostics, Screening, Statistics, and Testing: 2013 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues in Prevention, Diagnostics, Screening, Statistics, and Testing: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Translational Medicine. The editors have built Issues in Prevention, Diagnostics, Screening, Statistics, and Testing: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Translational Medicine in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Prevention, Diagnostics, Screening, Statistics, and Testing: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Trends in Real-time Landscape Visualization and Participation

Author : Erich Buhmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trends in Real-time Landscape Visualization and Participation written by Erich Buhmann and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Forests, Trees and Human Health

Author : Kjell Nilsson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048198062
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Forests, Trees and Human Health written by Kjell Nilsson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-10-10 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The link between modern lifestyles and increasing levels of chronic heart disease, obesity, stress and poor mental health is a concern across the world. The cost of dealing with these conditions places a large burden on national public health budgets so that policymakers are increasingly looking at prevention as a cost-effective alternative to medical treatment. Attention is turning towards interactions between the environment and lifestyles. Exploring the relationships between health, natural environments in general, and forests in particular, this groundbreaking book is the outcome of the European Union’s COST Action E39 ‘Forests, Trees and Human Health and Wellbeing’, and draws together work carried out over four years by scientists from 25 countries working in the fields of forestry, health, environment and social sciences. While the focus is primarily on health priorities defined within Europe, this volume explicitly draws also on research from North America.

Cross-Cultural Design

Author : P.L.Patrick Rau
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319073087
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Cross-Cultural Design written by P.L.Patrick Rau and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2014, held as part of the 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2014, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1476 papers and 220 posters presented at the HCII 2014 conferences was carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. They thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. The 76 papers included in this volume deal with the following topics: cross-cultural product and service design; cross-cultural issues in interaction; social aspects and implications of cross-cultural design; cross-cultural issues in e-commerce, marketing and branding; cross-cultural design for knowledge sharing and learning; cross-cultural design for the smart city and cross-cultural design for creativity.

Designing Small Parks

Author : Ann Forsyth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471736805
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Designing Small Parks written by Ann Forsyth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns provides guidelines for building better parks by integrating design criteria with current social and natural science research. Small parks are too often relegated to being the step-child of municipal and metropolitan open space systems because of assumptions that their small size and isolation limits their recreational capacity and makes them ecologically less valuable than large city and county parks. This manual is arranged around twelve topics that represent key questions, contradictions, or tensions in the design of small parks. Topics cover fundamental issues for urban parks, natural systems, and human aspects. Also included are useful case studies with alternative design solutions using three different approaches for integrating research findings into small urban park design.

Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health

Author : Matilda van den Bosch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198725914
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health written by Matilda van den Bosch and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health' focuses on the role of nature for our health and wellbeing by demonstrating the multiple health benefits that can be gained from nature. Highlighting the need for healthy nature management, and to make public health issues part of all society development policies.

Lighthouse Marina Development, Broderick

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Lighthouse Marina Development, Broderick written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Factors Affecting the Productivity of Urban Parks

Author : Thomas A. More
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Factors Affecting the Productivity of Urban Parks written by Thomas A. More and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The park system of two Massachusetts cities-Holyoke (pop. 44,819) and Fitchburg (pop. 39,332)-produced an estimated 605,608 visitor-hours of use during the summer of 1979. The average park produced 7,877 visitor-hours in Holyoke and 9,624 in Fitchburg, though use levels varied widely. Contrary to original expectations, neighborhood characteristics had little influence on use levels. Rather, park characteristics, particularly activities and amenities, had a significant effect on use. City officials wishing to maximize the use of their park system should consider investments in these resources while researchers build a more thorough, systematic body of knowlege about urban parks and their users.

Aesthetic Perceptions of Urban Environments

Author : Arundhati Virmani
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000464547
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Aesthetic Perceptions of Urban Environments written by Arundhati Virmani and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To what extent do urban dwellers relate to their lived and imagined environment through aesthetic perceptions, and aspirations? This book approaches experiences of urban aesthetics not as an established framework, defined by imposed norms or legislations, but as the result of a continuous reflexive and proactive gaze, a complex and deep engagement of the mind, body and sensibilities. It uses empirical studies ranging from China, India to Western Europe. Three axes are privileged. The first considers urban everyday aesthetic experiences in the long-term as a historical production, from medieval Italy to a future imagined by science fiction. The second examines the impact of aestheticizing everyday material realities in neighbourhoods, and the tensions and conflicts these engender around urban commons. Finally, the third axis considers these relationships as aesthetic inequalities, exacerbated in a new age of urban development. The book combines local and transnational scales with an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together historians, sociologists, cultural geographers, anthropologists, architects and contemporary art curators. They illustrate the importance of combining different social science methods and functional perspectives to study such complex social and cultural realities as cities. This book will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners of humanities and social sciences, cultural and urban studies, architecture and political geography.

Antelope Valley Study, Lincoln, Nebraska, Project Number M-5244(3)

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Antelope Valley Study, Lincoln, Nebraska, Project Number M-5244(3) written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rethinking Urban Parks

Author : Setha M. Low
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 029277821X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Urban Parks written by Setha M. Low and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of public recreation space and how urban developers can encourage ethnic diversity through planning that supports multiculturalism. Urban parks such as New York City’s Central Park provide vital public spaces where city dwellers of all races and classes can mingle safely while enjoying a variety of recreations. By coming together in these relaxed settings, different groups become comfortable with each other, thereby strengthening their communities and the democratic fabric of society. But just the opposite happens when, by design or in ignorance, parks are made inhospitable to certain groups of people. This pathfinding book argues that cultural diversity should be a key goal in designing and maintaining urban parks. Using case studies of New York City’s Prospect Park, Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park, and Jacob Riis Park in the Gateway National Recreation Area, as well as New York’s Ellis Island Bridge Proposal and Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park, the authors identify specific ways to promote, maintain, and manage cultural diversity in urban parks. They also uncover the factors that can limit park use, including historical interpretive materials that ignore the contributions of different ethnic groups, high entrance or access fees, park usage rules that restrict ethnic activities, and park “restorations” that focus only on historical or aesthetic values. With the wealth of data in this book, urban planners, park professionals, and all concerned citizens will have the tools to create and maintain public parks that serve the needs and interests of all the public.

The Art of Environmental Law

Author : Benjamin J Richardson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1509924620
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Environmental Law written by Benjamin J Richardson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental law has aesthetic dimensions. Aesthetic values have shaped the making of environmental law, and in turn such law governs many of our nature-based sensory experiences. Aesthetics is also integral to understanding the very fabric of environmental law, in its institutions, procedures and discourses. The Art of Environmental Law, the first book of its kind, brings new insights into the importance of aesthetic issues in a variety of domains of environmental governance around the world, from climate change to biodiversity conservation. It also argues for aesthetics, and relatedly the arts, to be taken more seriously in the practice of environmental law so as to improve our emotional and ethical capacities to address the upheavals of the Anthropocene.