Urban Green Spaces as a Component of an Ecosystem Functions, Services, Users, Community Involvement, initiatives and Actions

Jose Vargas-Hernandez, Karina Pallagst and Patricia Hammer
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Patricia Hammer: IPS Department International Planning Systems, Pfaffen berger Kaiserlautern Technical University, Germany

International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 2018, vol. 8, issue 1, 24-39

Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the review the existing literature on some important features of urban green spaces such as the components, functions, services, community involvement, initiatives and actions from an ecosystem perspective. The analysis begins from the assumption that urban green spaces are ecosystems of vital importance in enhancing the quality of life in an urban environment and supplying ecosystem services such as biodiversity, climate regulation. Thus, the urban green space is an important component of an ecosystem in any community development. Meeting the needs of users is related with the functions and services that urban green spaces provide to communities. Community involvement, engagement and development require mechanisms to ensure meeting the needs and aspirations of local users in the community. The methods employed in this analysis are the empirical literature and documents review, analysis of existing data on uses and users, interviews with authorities and more detailed examination of a case specific data.

Keywords: earth and environment journals; environment journals; open access environment journals; peer reviewed environmental journals; open access; juniper publishers; ournal of Environmental Sciences; juniper publishers journals; juniper publishers reivew (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2018.08.555730

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