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DOI10.3390/su9050692
A Preliminary Study on Connectivity and Perceived Values of Community Green Spaces
Park, Sohyun
通讯作者Park, Sohyun
来源期刊SUSTAINABILITY
ISSN2071-1050
出版年2017
卷号9期号:5
英文摘要

Green spaces in residential communities are important yet understudied features of the urban ecological system. While large urban parks and remnant wildlands in urban areas tend to receive public attention from conservation and management perspectives, less is known about the importance of spatial and ecological characteristics of the community-scale green space. This study investigates natural elements in four planned communities in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona; two of which represent conventional types of neighborhoods and two which exemplify community development type with a proclaimed vision of sustainability. These distinct types of communities, which illustrate variations in age, location, open space type, and a cross-section of housing density, are compared with regard to landscape connectivity as a means of gauging the ecological condition for community sustainability. Using Geographical Information Systems and landscape connectivity indices, a community’s green space features were examined including size, physical connectedness, and ecological potential. Furthermore, a questionnaire survey was designed and implemented to examine the perceptional differences between the two types of community residents. The findings demonstrate that the green spaces in conventional communities are more physically connected than their counterparts, but the naturalness and ecological qualities manifested in the amount of the land that may serve as potential urban desert habitats were higher in the sustainable communities. The results of the survey indicated that the respondents inhabiting sustainable communities possess a higher level of satisfaction than the people in conventional types of communities. This is due mainly to the amount of easy access to, and the perceived ecological values of the green spaces in their neighborhoods and surrounding areas. The study concludes that careful community design with ecological consideration can help create sustainable communities which can benefit both site-scale ecosystems and perceived human well-being.


英文关键词ecological sustainability landscape connectivity green spaces resident perception master-planned community Phoenix (Arizona)
类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
收录类别SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号WOS:000404127800017
WOS关键词ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; URBAN AREAS ; FUTURE-DIRECTIONS ; HEALTH ; INFRASTRUCTURE ; PARKS ; DESIGN
WOS类目Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/202584
作者单位Texas Tech Univ, Dept Landscape Architecture, 2907 15th St, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
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Park, Sohyun. A Preliminary Study on Connectivity and Perceived Values of Community Green Spaces[J],2017,9(5).
APA Park, Sohyun.(2017).A Preliminary Study on Connectivity and Perceived Values of Community Green Spaces.SUSTAINABILITY,9(5).
MLA Park, Sohyun."A Preliminary Study on Connectivity and Perceived Values of Community Green Spaces".SUSTAINABILITY 9.5(2017).
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