Urban parks, forests and open space systems provide many amenities for city dwellers. Yet perceptions of public value may not incorporate all of the scientifically confirmed public goods and services of urban green space. Theory and methods of economic valuation have been used to derive green space values – including direct use, environmental services, hedonic pricing and human health estimatio...

A number of shortcomings of space syntaxöa well-known technique of urban analysisöwere recently discussed in the scientific literature. They are mostly traceable to the reliance in space syntax on the `axial map': a simplified line-of-sight description of the city, which is then analysed based on its topology. This paper explores how another type of urban representationsönamely the urban digita...

public spaces, a central role in planning and urban development is major components of an urban environment is healthy and lively. qualitative and quantitative development of urban public spaces, when appropriate administrative process will be realized, the priority issues in the survey cities, based on modern theories of popular participation (user's perspective) and using the scientific ...

Urban green spaces are essential elements of cities, contributing to the quality of life in numerous ways. However, densification strategies create a complex relationship between urban development and the quality, as well as the quantity, of urban green space. This paper examines the Green Walkable City Programme in Stockholm, a document developed to supplement the comprehensive plan as a strat...

Under the background of urban rail transit’s rapid development, urban rail transit station, as the only connection of urban space and rail transit, undertakes the responsibility of traffic organization and passenger volume distribution. Influenced urban realm around station becomes the focus of the optimization of the sustainable urban development. Pedestrian microscopic simulation method estab...