Defining publicly accessible urban green spaces for psychophysical wellbeing in the Milan Metropolitan Area

IF 6.6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities Pub Date : 2025-09-05 DOI:10.1016/j.cities.2025.106415

Maria Chiara Pastore , Claudia Ida Maria Parenti , Corinna Patetta

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Abstract

The importance of UGS for human health is widely recognized for their direct and indirect benefits on psychophysical wellbeing, such as reducing sedentary lifestyles, reducing stress levels, improving air quality, and lowering temperatures.

Currently, one of the most critical challenges for urban areas is the clear identification and spatial definition of publicly accessible urban green spaces that provide benefits to urban citizens.

This paper presents the results of the research that has worked in the Milan Metropolitan Area to identify the “formal” green spaces, which are usually defined areas, and “informal” green spaces, characterized by spontaneous use and typically located in peri-urban context. The proposed map identifies greenspaces that directly impact psychophysical health, namely areas larger than 0.5 ha with a tree canopy of at least 20 % and actively used by citizens. This definition and classification of the different open spaces investigates the presence of UGS in a quantitative and qualitative way, using a comparative approach that considers the variety and diversity of these spaces. The ultimate goal is to be able to prioritise interventions for those areas that lack publicly accessible green spaces in our urban environments.

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在米兰大都会区定义公共可访问的城市绿色空间，用于心理物理健康

UGS对人类健康的重要性已得到广泛认可，因为它们对身心健康有直接和间接的益处，例如减少久坐不动的生活方式、降低压力水平、改善空气质量和降低温度。目前，城市地区最关键的挑战之一是明确识别和空间定义公共可访问的城市绿色空间，为城市居民提供福利。本文介绍了在米兰都市圈开展的研究成果，以确定“正式”绿色空间（通常是确定的区域）和“非正式”绿色空间（以自发使用为特征，通常位于城市周边）。拟议的地图确定了直接影响心理物理健康的绿地，即面积大于0.5公顷，树冠覆盖率至少为20%且被市民积极使用的区域。不同开放空间的定义和分类以定量和定性的方式调查了UGS的存在，使用了考虑这些空间的多样性和多样性的比较方法。最终目标是能够优先干预那些在我们的城市环境中缺乏公共绿色空间的地区。

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Cities URBAN STUDIES-

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11.20

自引率

9.00%

发文量

517

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