The impact of attributes of waterfront accessibility on human well-being: Alexandria Governorate as a case study

Othman, Asma; Al-Hagla, Khalid S.; Hasan, Asmaa E.

doi:10.1016/j.asej.2020.08.018

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“…Urban waterfront space is made up of natural and artificial landscape elements (Chen et al 2021). Urban waterfront space quality affects style and features of urban landscape Dong 2009, Gao 2015), public behavior (Sun et al 2021, physical and mental health (Foley and Kistemann 2015, Kati and Jari 2016, Othman et al 2021. Several studies have discussed the impact of urban waterfront space on public aesthetics and emotions Li 2013, Ragheb andEL-Ashmawy 2020).…”

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Measuring the perceptual features of coastal streets: a case study in Qingdao, China

Lyu

Meng

Gao

et al. 2022

Environ. Res. Commun.

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The coastal streets are the most attractive urban space, improving spatial quality and public perception of coastal streets is an important work of urban regeneration. The study used machine learning semantic segmentation, GIS and Semantic difference (SD) etc methods to obtain the spatial data and perceptual evaluation of coastal streets in Qingdao. Each of the six perceptual features, imageability, enclosure, human scale, transparency, complexity and nature, was taken as dependent variables and the corresponding physical features was taken as independent variables. The six regression models were established and the influence rules of spatial parameters on public perception were obtained. Meanwhile, based on the results of perceptual features evaluation, the overall coastal streets are divided into three types, open streets, mixed streets and biophilic streets. In all the three types coastal streets, the nature was the most significant perceptual feature due to the high greenness; the complexity was the lowest perceptual feature because of the low landscape diversity. The research results provided theoretical and technical support for the urban regeneration and spatial quality improvement of coastal streets in Qingdao.

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Measuring the perceptual features of coastal streets: a case study in Qingdao, China

Lyu

Meng

Gao

et al. 2022

Environ. Res. Commun.

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“…Existing evidence has confirmed the effects of spatial form, traffic organization, landscape, cultural characteristics, and land uses on waterfront vitality (Norcliffe et al, 1996;Da and Xu, 2016). With respect to spatial form, block sizes (Sha et al, 2014), building densities (Bunce, 2011), and other textural attributes are found to be relevant; road networks with higher levels of integration (Wang F. et al, 2020), accessibility (Othman et al, 2021) and intersection density are also positively related to waterfront vitality. In terms of the land use aspect, the mixed levels of land use (Lehrer and Laidley, 2008) and specific functions such as commercial activities (Hagerman, 2007) are proved to be influential, while vitalityrelated landscape characteristics include: openness (Sairinen and Kumpulainen, 2006), aesthetic and cultural value (Hurley, 2006), and the number and quality of landmarks (Gotham, 2002).…”

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confidence: 89%

Environmental drivers of the vital urban coastal zones: An explorative case study based on the data-driven multi-method approach

Yin

Shao²,

Huilin³

et al. 2022

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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Success in delivering dynamic urban coastal zones is considered essential, as it brings enormous opportunities to the social, economic, ecological, and cultural development of the cities in addition to benefitting the coastal zones. However, the environmental drivers contributing to urban coastal zone vitality remain uncertain due to unclarified spatial boundaries and the influences of diverse characteristics from surrounding contexts. This study aims at exploring environmental drivers that can vitalize urban coastal zones and can inform an effective way to instruct design procedures. It sets out from clarifying the spatial boundaries of urban coastal zones and emphasizing the mutual connections among its spatial components. A data-driven multi-method approach is used to analyze spatial forms, traffic organizations, land uses, landscape characteristics, and coastal functions of the eight typical coastal cases selected in different countries. Results suggested that six typical coastal zone types can be classified based on landscape characteristics and coastal functions, while the other vitality-related aspects, spatial forms, traffic organizations, and land uses are analyzed to imply design requirements for each type. It is found that requirements on vitality-related aspects of the six types evidently vary with the coastal functions, but there are similarities among the types with similar landscape characteristics.

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“…These phenomena are not conducive to China’s development of green ecological civilization construction ideas or China’s common prosperity concept. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the multi-landscape of both green space and blue space and optimize the organization of the waterfront landscape to enhance the aesthetic value of urban waterfront green space [ 23 , 24 ].…”

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Landscape Aesthetic Value of Waterfront Green Space Based on Space–Psychology–Behavior Dimension: A Case Study along Qiantang River (Hangzhou Section)

Xiao-jia

Chen²,

Huang

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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As an important part of urban green infrastructure, the landscape effect of the urban waterfront green space varies, and sometimes, the green space with an excellent landscape aesthetic value fails to serve the needs of most citizens. This seriously affects the construction of a green ecological civilization and the implementation of the concept of “common prosperity” in China. Based on multi-source data, this study took the Qiantang River Basin as an example, selected 12 representative waterfront green spaces along the river as the research objects, and used qualitative and quantitative analysis methods to determine the landscape aesthetic value of the research area from the different dimensions of space, psychology, and physiology. We examined the relationship between each dimension so as to objectively and comprehensively reflect the landscape value characteristics of the waterfront green space in the study area and provide a reasonable theoretical framework and practical development path for future urban waterfront green space landscape design. We obtained the following results: (1) The results of the spatial dimension research indicated that the spatial value index of the waterfront green space in the study area was three-dimensional space > vertical space > horizontal space, and the overall spatial value was low; Qianjiang Ecological Park obtained the highest value (0.5473), and Urban Balcony Park obtained the lowest value (0.4619). (2) The results of the psychological dimension indicated that people’s perceptions of the waterfront green space in the study area were relatively weak, mainly focusing on visual perception, but the waterfront green space with a relative emotional value greater than one accounted for 75%, and the overall recognition of the landscape was high. (3) The results of the behavioral dimension showed that the overall heat of the waterfront green space in the study area was insufficient (1.3719–7.1583), which was mainly concentrated in low-heat levels, and the population density was unevenly distributed (0.0014–0.0663), which was mainly concentrated in the medium-density level. The main purpose of users was to visit, and they stayed an average of 1.5 h. (4) The results of the coupling coordination analysis of the spatial–psychological–behavioral dimensions showed that the landscape value of the waterfront green space in the study area presented a form of ‘high coupling degree and low coordination degree’.

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The impact of attributes of waterfront accessibility on human well-being: Alexandria Governorate as a case study

Cited by 16 publications

References 26 publications

Measuring the perceptual features of coastal streets: a case study in Qingdao, China

Measuring the perceptual features of coastal streets: a case study in Qingdao, China

Environmental drivers of the vital urban coastal zones: An explorative case study based on the data-driven multi-method approach

Landscape Aesthetic Value of Waterfront Green Space Based on Space–Psychology–Behavior Dimension: A Case Study along Qiantang River (Hangzhou Section)

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