The value of Twitter data for determining the emotional responses of people to urban green spaces: A case study and critical evaluation

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The value of Twitter data for determining the emotional responses of people to urban green spaces: A case study and critical evaluation', Urban Studies.

Beyond Spatial Proximity—Classifying Parks and Their Visitors in London Based on Spatiotemporal and Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Data

“…However, in the literature, there are contradictory observations regarding the distance to a park from home and its relevance in people's decisions regarding which park to go to. There are studies that completely neglect spatial aspects (mostly when using Twitter data and performing sentiment analysis) [7,[28][29][30], or, on the contrary, studies that only consider spatial aspects of park visits but not the functionality or other attracting factors [31][32][33].…”

“…At the same time, Twitter data analysis is mostly limited in data accessibility, thereby, once the required data is available, the analysis can be performed on scales ranging from intra-urban to even global for any period ranging from a few hours to several years. Recent developments in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based social media analysis offer the possibility to explore spatial, temporal and even affective aspects of users' behavior, even for public spaces and park visits [28][29][30]47,48]. However, some of these analyses still have limitations due to the manual interpretation of only a relatively low number of social media posts.…”

Socio-Psychological Effects of Urban Green Areas: Case of Kirklareli City Center

“…Moreover it has many ecological benefits. These benefits include oxygen production, dust and bacteriological treatment of the atmosphere (Ersoy, 2015;Cicea and Pîrlogea, 2011), reduction of gases causing air pollution (Ersoy, 2015), shading areas, noise reduction (Cicea and Pîrlogea, 2011), climatic control (Shishegar, 2014;Cicea andPîrlogea, 2011, Aydemir, 2004;Oktay, 1998), preservation and maintenance of local vegetation (Cicea andPîrlogea, 2011, Aydemir, 2004;Oktay, 1998), and regulation of ecosystem services (Shishegar, 2014, Roberts et al, 2019. Green areas add economic identity to the city (Cicea and Pîrlogea, 2011; Aydemir, 2004), attracts investment, increases the value of urban space and housing (Cicea and Pîrlogea, 2011), makes positive contributions such as attracting tourists (Cicea and Pîrlogea, 2011;Aydemir, 2004 ).…”

“…Green areas add economic identity to the city (Cicea and Pîrlogea, 2011; Aydemir, 2004), attracts investment, increases the value of urban space and housing (Cicea and Pîrlogea, 2011), makes positive contributions such as attracting tourists (Cicea and Pîrlogea, 2011;Aydemir, 2004 ). The interaction between man and nature is beneficial for the health and happiness of individuals (Fuller and Gaston, 2009;Roberts et al, 2019). Being in natural environments positively affects blood pressure, cholesterol and stress reduction, and has a positive specific relationship with mental health and cardiovascular diseases (Bedimo-Rung et al, 2005).…”

“…Interaction with nature can take place by watching a natural landscape or by being in a natural environment (Huynh et al, 2013). Urban green areas in cities have many benefits in terms of health (Fuller and Gaston, 2009;Roberts et al, 2019;Lee and Maheswaran, 2010;Alcock et al, 2014;Soga and Gaston, 2016) and well-being (Fuller and Gaston, 2009;Soga and Gaston, 2016;Roberts et al, 2019), and it is found that living in a close proximity to the green area has a reducing effecton heart and respiratory diseases (Villeneuve, et al, 2012;Tamosiunas et al, 2014) and there is a positive relationship between the higher level of physical activity (Cohen et al, 2007;Toftager et al, 2011) and the frequency of green areas usage (Cohen et al, 2007;Akpınar, 2014;Nielsen and Hansen, 2007). The potential benefits from open green areas are becoming vital in cities where green areas are threatened by urbanisation (Dallimer et al, 2011).…”