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| DOI: | 10.1007/s11252-008-0062-y |
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| Web URL(s): | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-008-0062-y
Last checked: 10/04/2017 |
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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Davies, Richard G.;
Barbosa, Olga;
Fuller, Richard A.;
Tratalos, Jamie;
Burke, Nicholas;
Lewis, Daniel;
Warren, Philip H.;
Gaston, Kevin J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Davies, Barbosa, Fuller, Tratalos, Warren and Gaston: Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; Davies: Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK; Barbosa: Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Santiago, Chile; Burke and Lewis: Parks and Countryside Service, Trees and Woodlands Section, Sheffield City Council, Meersbrook Park, Sheffield, UK |
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| Title: | City-wide relationships between green spaces, urban land use and topography |
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| Source: | Urban Ecosystems. Vol. 11, No. 3, September 2008, p. 269-287. |
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| Publishing Information: | Andover, Hants U.K.: Chapman and Hall |
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| # of Pages: | 19 |
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| Related Web URL: | http://www.springerlink.com/content/r213927052753064/
Last checked: 09/02/2010
Notes: Abstract only |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Greenspace; Land use; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; Topography; Urban habitat; Urbanization
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The growing proportion of human populations living in urban areas, and consequent trends of increasing urban expansion and densification fuel a need to understand how urban form and land use affect environmental quality, including the availability of urban green spaces. Here we use Sheffield as a case study of city-wide relationships between urban green space extent, quality (vegetation cover and tree-cover), and gradients in urban form and topography. The total area of buildings and length of the road network are equally strong negative predictors of extent of green space, while the former predictor is amore important negative influence upon green space quality. Elevation positively influences extent of green space but negatively influences tree-cover. In contrast, slope of terrain positively influences green space quality and is the best predictor of tree-cover. Overall housing density is a more important negative predictor of extent of green space and tree-cover than the densities of individual housing types. Nevertheless, the latter are more important influences upon levels of vegetation cover. Threshold effects of densities of different housing types suggest opportunities for optimising green space quality, with implications for housing policy. Variation in ecological quality of green space may partly reflect different historical intensities of industrial activity." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 47 |
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| Note: | Figures
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Davies, R. G., O. Barbosa, R. A. Fuller, J. Tratalos, N. Burke, D. Lewis, et al. 2008. City-wide relationships between green spaces, urban land use and topography. Urban Ecosystems. 11(3):p. 269-287. |
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| DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0062-y |
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Last checked: 10/04/2017 |
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