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The Internet is perceived as undergoing a new era termed Web 2.0, a new generation of websites characterized by social networks and user generated content. This shift is predominantly social versus technical in nature. In particular, online social sites are characterized by its leisure properties which this paper argues is by no means novel but deeply rooted in historical, economic, social and ...

Urban parks and green spaces support a wide array of species and play an important role in long-term sustainability. This study analyzed the needs and attitudes of citizens towards urban parks and green spaces in order to provide information for setting the future direction of urban sustainability to maximize quality of life. A questionnaire survey was conducted to analyze the general character...

This research aims to identify the various ways public parks are used, which assessed using multiple tools and methods used in extant literature. In this endeavor, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of papers published last two decades was conducted. Public mainly for recreational, social, physical, economic, ecological purposes. It is observed that researchers have social uses through direct...

Proximity to a park does not necessarily imply access or use, and the social environment may positively or negatively influence the positive intentions of the built environment. To investigate parks, park use and physical activity, and their associations with exposure to community violence, we interviewed residents (n = 354) of a densely populated urban community. Our findings indicate that pro...

1Department of Statistics, 1 South Parks Road, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TG, UK 2Institute for Emerging Infections, The Oxford Martin School, Oxford OX1 3BD, UK 3Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK 4Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SY, UK 5Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen R...

Although livestock anthrax is declining in many parts of the world, with an increasing number of countries probably truly free of the disease, anthrax remains enzootic in many national parks and even in some game ranching areas. These infected areas can present a persistent risk to surrounding livestock, which may otherwise be free of the disease, as well as a public health risk. The authors us...