Informal urban green-space (IGS) such as vacant lots, brownfields and street or railway verges is receiving growing attention from urban scholars. Research has shown IGS can provide recreational space for residents and habitat for flora and fauna, yet we know little about the quantity, spatial distribution, vegetation structure or accessibility of IGS. We also lack a commonly accepted definitio...

In today lives, daily trips of house inhabitants to out is made using closed staircase spaces or lobbies. Lack of a place for neighbourly relation results in less recognition and in some cases there is no neighbourly and friendly relationship. Families and especially kids surrounded in-house space so, today kids have less mobility and cause to depression of inhabitants of apartment houses. In a...

There has been considerable urban development in the Darwin region over last twenty years; as for most fauna Australia since colonisation, potential effects to bird assemblage were expected be disastrous. To provide a broad overview of changes, survey data from 1998 and 2018 extracted BirdLife Australia’s ‘Atlas Australian Birds’ database. A total 165 species categorised into primary food sourc...

Few studies have considered greenspace governance provision from a local government perspective. This paper applies previously overlooked insights urban planning and social research, to investigate the key question: ‘how do factors influence of in cities?’. It examines tools, organisational leadership culture, political leadership. Findings reveal tensions between need for certainty desire flex...

• Considers wellbeing of incarcerated communities in prison siting. GIS used to measure greenspace buffer zones around UK prisons. Finds less self-harm and violence prisons with more the zone. Concludes that prisoner should influence future Findings suggest still benefits individuals whom it is not visible. Research on location primarily focuses relationships local impact distance visitation. C...