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DOI: | 10.1007/s11252-007-0037-4 |
Web URL(s): | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11252-007-0037-4 Last checked: 10/04/2017 |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Schulman, Alexis;
Peters, Catherine A. |
Author Affiliation: | Schulman: Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; Schulman and Peters: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
Title: | GIS analysis of urban schoolyard landcover in three U.S. cities |
Source: | Urban Ecosystems. Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2008, p. 65-80. |
Publishing Information: | Andover, Hants U.K.: Chapman and Hall |
# of Pages: | 16 |
Related Web URL: | http://www.springerlink.com/content/y6l02680v6354040/ Last checked: 09/02/2010 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Computer simulation models; Ecological distribution; GIS; Greenspace; Human response to environmental features; Psychology of the lawn; School turf; Urban development; Urban forestry
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Abstract/Contents: | "Although there has been considerable interest in the rejuvenation and greening of inner-city schoolyards for several decades, recent studies on the behavioral and environmental impacts of greenspace, particularly tree cover, suggest that greenspace on schools may be more important than previously understood. However, little is known about the conditions and landcover of urban schoolyards. To understand the structure of the landcover on city schoolyards, this study used Geographic Information System software to classify and compare landcover on 258 U.S. public elementary and middle schools in Baltimore, MD, Boston, MA, and Detroit, MI. For all three cities, schoolyard was found to cover, on average, more than 68% of the school property, which was an average of 1.0-2.5 ha in size. Bostons schoolyards (circa 1995) were notably smaller from those in Baltimore and Detroit, and they had far more impervious surface. On average, schoolyards were dominated by turf grass and impervious surface, while tree canopy occupied the smallest fraction of schoolyard landcover (approximately 10%). In light of these findings, we conclude by discussing how greening might be achieved on these and other yards." |
Language: | English |
References: | 33 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Schulman, A., and C. A. Peters. 2008. GIS analysis of urban schoolyard landcover in three U.S. cities. Urban Ecosystems. 11(1):p. 65-80. |
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