the method of sampling unit was applied according to the importance of the park in urban landscape structure with the initial purpose of planning method to maximize environmental sustainability and recognizing the structural elements within the park. swot technique has been applied to analyze collected data and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats of affected areas. ...

this paper offers a report about the professional workshop of researching tehran which was held in august 2015 in tehran along with the fourth and fifth conference on urban landscape phenomenology. in this regard denis delbaere and frédéric poussin, experts on landscape and territorial planning, and professors of universities in france, explained their first impressions of tehran in their first...

Urban nature, including residential gardens, can promote biodiversity and increase human wellbeing. Understanding factors that encourage the spread of gardening within cities may help planners facilitate healthier and more biodiverse urban communities. This study characterizes the spatial distribution and attributes of gardens found in easement areas of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Spatial analyses of ...

This study examined the impact of two different detention basin designs on residential property value. The hedonic price model was applied to analyze two College Station, TX, subdivisions. One subdivision had only uniuse flood control detention basins (UDBs) and the other included amulti-use detention basin (MDB) integrating a detention pond with a recreational neighborhood park. Geographic inf...

Since the mid-20th century, most large cities of the United States have been warming at more than twice the rate of the planet as a whole. While many municipal and state governments have developed climate action plans designed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, rising concentrations of greenhouse gases typically are not the strongest driver of warming in cities. Our purpose is to evaluate...

this study investigates the application of landscape ecology in planning and design of urban ecological systems. the ecological approach to landscape planning and the concepts of designing and implementing ecological systems have gained increasing attention in the last two decades. however, the ecological systems of urban environment need more research to consider built and natural patches and ...

Care may be a way to engage people in planetary stewardship by connecting their responses to what they notice in everyday life with their effect on larger environmental systems. Care is a deep, pervasive cultural norm that is imposed upon what is noticed and noticeable to others. At the same time, care often evokes an immediate aesthetic response. Both responses provoke behavior to change, main...

Landscape Planning in Germany is based on the recently amended nature protection law. Municipalities and districts are required to draw up plans that represent the status and the future development of nature and landscape. The quality of the plans mostly depends on the quality of the gathered data and the quality of ecological evaluation methods applied. Geomatics could support the planning pro...