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DOI	10.3390/f12050629
	Exploring Pattern of Green Spaces (GSs) and Their Impact on Climatic Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies: Evidence from a Saudi Arabian City
	Maghrabi, Ahmad; Alyamani, Abdulelah; Addas, Abdullah
通讯作者	Maghrabi, A (corresponding author), King Abdulaziz Univ, Fac Architecture & Planning, Landscape Architecture Dept, POB 80210, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
来源期刊	FORESTS
EISSN	1999-4907
出版年	2021
卷号	12 期号:5
英文摘要	Green spaces (GSs) are significant, nature-based solutions to climate change and have immense potential to reduce vulnerability to heat waves while enhancing the resilience of urban areas in the light of climate change. However, in the Saudi context, the availability of GSs across cities and their perceived role in climate change mitigations and adaptation strategies remain unexplored. This study aimed to examine the per capita availability of GSs in the Jeddah megacity in Saudi Arabia, and their role in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. This study assessed the per capita availability of GS in Jeddah city using GIS techniques, and a questionnaire survey (online and an onsite) was conducted to assess the GSs users' perception of the role of GSs on climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Non-parametric tests were also used to find differences in roles based on socio-demographic attributes. The findings of the study revealed that: (i) the per capita availability of GS in Jeddah is relatively low in comparison to international organization recommendations (such as World Health Organization and European Union). As per the survey result, it was reported that GSs play crucial role for climate change mitigation such as temperature regulation, reduction in heat stress, enhancement outdoor thermal comfort, and the maintenance of air quality. More than 85% of the total respondents agreed with the very high importance of GSs for climate change mitigation. More than 80% of respondents in the city highly agreed with climate change adaptation strategies such as the enhancement of accessibility to GSs, ecosystem-based protection of GSs, and the improvement of per capita availability of GSs. The findings of the study will be very helpful to planners and policymakers in implementing nature-based solutions to reduce vulnerability to climate change in Jeddah city, and particularly other cities in a desert environment.
英文关键词	green spaces climate change well-being urban sustainability vulnerability
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000653924000001
WOS关键词	URBAN HEAT ISLANDS ; LAND-SURFACE TEMPERATURE ; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY ; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS ; RAPID URBANIZATION ; INFRASTRUCTURE ; CITIES ; PERCEPTIONS ; GARDENS
WOS类目	Forestry
WOS研究方向	Forestry
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/350248
作者单位	[Maghrabi, Ahmad; Alyamani, Abdulelah; Addas, Abdullah] King Abdulaziz Univ, Fac Architecture & Planning, Landscape Architecture Dept, POB 80210, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Maghrabi, Ahmad,Alyamani, Abdulelah,Addas, Abdullah. Exploring Pattern of Green Spaces (GSs) and Their Impact on Climatic Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies: Evidence from a Saudi Arabian City[J],2021,12(5).
APA	Maghrabi, Ahmad,Alyamani, Abdulelah,&Addas, Abdullah.(2021).Exploring Pattern of Green Spaces (GSs) and Their Impact on Climatic Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies: Evidence from a Saudi Arabian City.FORESTS,12(5).
MLA	Maghrabi, Ahmad,et al."Exploring Pattern of Green Spaces (GSs) and Their Impact on Climatic Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies: Evidence from a Saudi Arabian City".FORESTS 12.5(2021).