Parks, as essential elements of urban green public spaces, play a crucial role in sustainable urban development. Their features have features confirmed to significantly affect park vitality. Prior research has indirectly indicated that park features...
2 November 2017
Introduction: Parks in the US and Australia are generally underutilised, and park visitors typically engage in low levels of physical activity (PA). Better understanding park features that may encourage visitors to be active is important. This study...
The relationship between visitor behavior and the park landscape is complex. Influences of some park features on visitor behavior are unconfirmed and change with time and space, which always confuses landscape architects and park managers. These spat...
Urban parks, as essential components of green infrastructure, play a critical role in mitigating the urban heat island effect and improving thermal comfort. This study evaluated the cooling performance of 170 parks in the urban center region of Beiji...
Urban parks are an important component of public urban spaces, which directly impact the living experiences of residents and the urban image. High-quality urban parks are crucial for enhancing the well-being of residents. This study selected Fukuoka,...
Urban parks are the main place for physical activities, generating numerous benefits to enhance human well-being. Many studies have investigated the impacts of landscape features on park visitation but ignored their seasonal and diurnal variations. T...
At present, the realization of autonomous valet parking (AVP) technology does not achieve information interaction between the parking spaces and vehicles, and accurate parking spaces information perception cannot be obtained when the accuracy of the...
This study focuses on the analysis of lighting in night conditions to explain what lighting in parks should look like and how parks should be lit from the point of view of people’s perceptions. It addresses the impact of the lighting configurat...
13 May 2019
Parks provide an opportunity for children to be physically active, but are rarely fully utilised. A better understanding of which park features attract children of varying ages is needed. This study examined which features are present at parks that c...
Coastal and underwater archaeological sites pose significant challenges in terms of investigation, conservation, valorisation, and management. These sites are often at risk due to climate change and various human-made impacts such as urban expansion,...
Vacant parking slot detection using image classification has been studied for a long time. Currently, deep neural networks are widely used in this research field, and experts have concentrated on improving their performance. As a result, most experts...
In this paper, we propose a parking slot markings detection method based on the geometric features of parking slots. The proposed system mainly consists of two steps, namely, separating line detection and parking slot entrance detection. First, in th...
With the rapid growth of population and vehicles, issues such as traffic congestion are becoming increasingly apparent. Parking guidance and information (PGI) systems are becoming more critical, with one of the most important tasks being the predicti...
Understanding how urban park landscape features are associated with service population and service radius can inform park planning and management. In Changsha, China, this study measured both indicators for 29 parks on one weekday and one weekend day...
To explore the relationship between features of pocket parks and restorative effects, this paper conducted a systematic review and synthesized existing empirical literature. Following the PRISMA guidelines, six databases were searched using keywords...
The construction of zero-carbon parks has become an urgent priority. Electric load forecasting plays a decisive role in enabling the efficient operation of industrial parks; however, the complexity of electric load features within the parks has limit...
10 October 2019
Evidence shows that walking in urban parks has multiple health benefits for older adults, but little research is available on their preference for specific walkway features. This study explored a range of common landscape and hardscape features to le...
27 June 2020
Parks are places where children can interact with others and engage in physical activity in a natural setting. Park visits can enhance children’s social, mental, and physical health. It is therefore important to better understand how parks can...
As one of China’s “New Four Furnaces”, the city of Hangzhou faces significant heat challenges exacerbated by rapid urbanization. Urban parks offer effective nature-based solutions, but optimizing their multi-dimensional cooling perf...
As urban parks become vital settings for public health, understanding how spatial features influence physical activity is essential. This study addresses a research gap by examining how park attributes affect walking and running across different spac...
Walking and running activities (W&RAs), encompassing strolling, slow walking, brisk walking, jogging, and running, hold significant importance as popular forms of exercise within urban parks. Recognized for their efficacy in promoting public heal...
The parking assist system (PAS) provides information of parking slots around the vehicle. As the demand for an autonomous system is increasing, intelligent PAS has been developed to park the vehicle without the driver’s intervention. To locate...
From a social perspective, successful cities compete with other cities and with each other for residents, resources, and economic power. The important characteristic of that is the number of outdoor social activities (events, festivals, forums, etc.)...
16 May 2022
Many people visited urban parks during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the negative effects of lack of physical activity, social isolation, anxiety, and depression. It is unclear whether all parks are robust against the pandemic, helping people susta...
With the development of smart cities and smart transportation, cities can gradually provide people with more information to facilitate their life and travel, and parking is also inseparable from both of them. Accurate on-street parking demand predict...
Virtual learning environments (VLEs) in physical geography education offer significant potential to aid students in acquiring the essential skills for the environmental interpretation of glacial and periglacial environments for geoscience careers. Si...
20 March 2020
Evidence shows that neighborhood parks provide opportunities for urban residents to participate in physical activity, but little is known about the space–behavior relationship of physical settings. This study explored the patterns of use in nei...
Pathway design features in urban parks are vital in facilitating leisure walking and maintaining a minimal rate of physical activity, hence enhancing public health. This study investigated the relationships between the design aspects of Cautin Park,...
This paper assesses how residents of a developing city in the Global South, recognize and value the multiple diverse cultural ecosystem services associated with freshwater ecosystems, as provided by different landscape features originating in an urba...
The prediction of vacant parking spaces (VPSs) can reduce the time drivers spend searching for parking, thus alleviating traffic congestion. However, previous studies have mostly focused on modeling the temporal features of VPSs using historical data...
The main scope of the presented research was the development of an innovative product for the management of city parking lots. Our application will ensure the implementation of the Smart City concept by using computer vision and communication platfor...
In response to degraded parking slot markings caused by wear and tear, water accumulation, or occlusion, which significantly impair the perception accuracy and localization robustness of automated parking systems, this paper proposes SlotNet, a light...
This research aimed to analyze and understand the perceived landscape preferences of lake parks (LPs) and how the public perceives and prefers these elements within the context of lake parks. The objective was to provide insights beneficial for lands...
The spatial and temporal variation analysis of land cover classification is important for studying the distribution and transformation of regional land cover changes. The Qilian Mountain National Park (QMNP), an important ecological barrier in northw...
The role played by science and technology parks (STPs) in technology transfer, industrial innovation, and economic growth is examined in this paper. The accurate monitoring of their evolution and impact is hindered by the lack of uniformity in STP mo...
Urban parks, as critical components of the urban green space, have practical significance in studying the influence of landscape characteristics on birds. Nine urban parks in Fuzhou, China, were used as study objects to explore the influence of lands...
Parks and green spaces are an integral part of many urban areas. Such spaces offer a variety of psychological, physical and social benefits promoting a stronger sense of community and allowing people to cope better with everyday stress. These parks a...
The impacts of problems related to dense, unplanned, and irregular urbanization on the natural environment, urban areas, and humankind have been discussed in many disciplines for decades. Because of the circular relationship between humans and their...
Community parks support everyday leisure, exercise, and social interaction, but how multidimensional microscale spatial and visual features are differently associated with these behavior types continues to warrant further investigation. In particular...
In this work we exploited the parallel dense tick and hedgehog populations of an urban park in Budapest, Hungary as a good host–parasite model to obtain detailed data about this physiological relationship. Over a 27-week period from April to Oc...
This study examines how users’ preferences for spatial elements in neighborhood parks influence satisfaction and assesses the moderating role of urban density in this relationship. An online survey was conducted with 283 residents in the Seoul...
Water bodies in urban parks are important for scenic and recreational areas, yet algal bloom problems seriously affect public use; therefore, it is important to study the features of algal density (AD) changes and environmental driving factors (EDFs)...
This paper uses the time-series analysis function in CiteSpace software to systematically review the planning standards of Chinese industrial parks between 1985 and 2021, and then studies the framework, content, regions, and industry characteristics...
In this study, we consider the importance of applying legal protection and management measures to natural tourist areas. We assess the sensitivity of these areas with respect to tourist demand, which drives the need for protective and corrective meas...
24 August 2023
Healing through nature has long been confirmed as an efficient way to improve human physical and psychological health in contemporary urban life. This concept evolved into the well-known Park Prescription Program. However, the psychological restorati...
Comprehensive urban parks should be continuously renewed to sustain their sustainability after being built, as they are vital to residents’ quality of life. However, previous studies have focused on a few special groups rather than all age grou...
Green infrastructure is imperative for efficiently mitigating flood disasters in urban areas. However, inadequate green space planning under rapid urbanization is a critical issue faced by most Chinese cities. Aimed at theoretically understanding the...
The role of public urban green spaces (UGSs) in providing various ecosystem services, especially those related to the physical and mental health of city dwellers, has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. While research has analyzed shifts in UGS v...
With the transformation of industrial enterprises in China, the relocation of numerous factories has led to the emergence of retired industrial parks with serious pollution. This study investigated the contamination of benzene-based pollutants (BBPs)...
2 March 2022
Urban green spaces have beneficial effects on the health and well-being of citizens. Understanding the factors influencing visitor satisfaction with urban green spaces contributes to making more informed policies. Prior studies on green spaces satisf...
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