OBJECTIVE Parks are an important setting for physical activity and specific park features have been shown to be associated with park visitation and physical activity. Most park-based research has been conducted in urban settings with few studies examining rural parks. This study examined differences in features of parks in urban compared with rural areas. METHODS In 2009/10 a tool was develop...

Over the last 50 years, Ruhr region experienced a remarkable transformation from an industrial to post-industrial region. With regard rehabilitation of environmental damages more than 100 years coal mining and steel production, investment in green infrastructure, creation regional landscape parks constituted one main pillars economic physical However, little is known about social effects this t...

City parks, important environments built for physical activity, play critical roles in preventing chronic diseases and promoting public health. We used five commonly used park indicators to investigate the spatiotemporal trend of city parks in mainland China between 1981 and 2014 at three scales: national, provincial and city class. City parks in China increased significantly with a turning poi...

Current literatures on urban parks and green spaces showed that people’s preference for visiting urban parks in various group users is different. People visit parks for various motives and activities, leading to several patterns of park usability. However, the patterns in urban park use in majority of Iran cities are not yet known. This study presented the preference for activity in urban...

Identified as critical for sustainable development, ecosystem services are increasingly being put on the policy agendas of governments and corporations. China is now facing serious environmental challenges caused by losses of ecosystem services and recently has recognized that the country is reaching its environmental capacity. The circular economy (CE) has been positioned as a key strategy for...

Eusiel Rubio-Castro, José María Ponce-Ortega, Medardo Serna-González, Arturo Jiménez-Gutiérrez and Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi a Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, 58060, México. b Chemical Engineering Department, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Celaya, Guanajuato, 38010, México. c Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M Universi...