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Nature, Role and Value of Green Space in Towns and Cities: An Overview

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Authors: Swanwick, Carys; Dunnett, Nigel; Woolley, Helen

Source: Built Environment, Volume 29, Number 2, 1 June 2003, pp. 94-106(13)

Publisher: Alexandrine Press

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.29.2.94.54467

A summary of recent research by the Landscape Department at Sheffield University into the role and value of urban parks, play areas and green spaces, the attitudes of people to these spaces, and the ways in which local authorities maintain them reveals that urban green space has the ability to contribute positively to some of the key agendas in urban areas including social inclusion, health, sustainability, and urban renewal.

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 June 2003

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  • Built Environment is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. With an emphasis on crossing disciplinary boundaries and providing global perspective, each issue focuses on a single subject of contemporary interest to practitioners, academics and students working in a wide range of disciplines. Issues are guest-edited by established international experts who not only commission contributions, but also oversee the peer-reviewing process in collaboration with the Editors.

    Subject areas include: architecture; conservation; economic development; environmental planning; health; housing; regeneration; social issues; spatial planning; sustainability; urban design; and transport. All issues include reviews of recent publications.

    The journal is abstracted in Geo Abstracts, Sage Urban Studies Abstracts, and Journal of Planning Literature, and is indexed in the Avery Index to Architectural Publications.

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