Pocket parks towards more sustainable cities. Architectural, environmental, managerial and legal considerations towards an integrated framework: A case study in the Mediterranean region
Pocket-sized urban parks may contribute to more widely distributing the advantages created by parks in urban neighborhoods, allowing more citizens to benefit more frequently from park environments. Notwithstanding their several benefits, including citizens’ psychological, physiological and physical...
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| description | Pocket-sized urban parks may contribute to more widely distributing the advantages created by parks in urban neighborhoods, allowing more citizens to benefit more frequently from park environments. Notwithstanding their several benefits, including citizens’ psychological, physiological and physical well-being; possibilities for recreational activities; and improved economic attractiveness of a neighborhood, pocket parks (PPs) are not yet widely diffused worldwide. Considering the state of the art of PPs, we identify four main perspectives that characterize them: architectural, microclimate, managerial and legal. Focusing on a relevant case study, i.e., the Mediterranean context, we analyze the multi-disciplinary challenges – connected to the four identified dimensions – for their diffusion elsewhere. Finally, we provide a general framework for favoring PPs’ creation and management, as the original contribution of this work. Besides advancing scientific knowledge about PPs, our results also interest policymakers and public organizations, as the diffusion of PPs can mitigate urban environmental challenges by creating pleasant experiences for citizens and favoring economic activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b166296f543409db1fbd7f40461d2b92022-12-22T02:23:24ZengElsevierEnvironmental Challenges2667-01002022-04-017100402Pocket parks towards more sustainable cities. Architectural, environmental, managerial and legal considerations towards an integrated framework: A case study in the Mediterranean regionFederica Rosso0Francesco Cappa1Rebecca Spitzmiller2Marco Ferrero3University of Perugia, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Via Goffredo Duranti, 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy; Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy; Corresponding author at: Sapienza University of Rome: Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Rome, Italy.Campus Bio-medico University, Department of Engineering, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128 Rome, Italy; LUISS Guido Carli University, Department of Business and Management, Viale Pola 12, 00198 Rome, ItalyRoma Tre University, Department of Law, Via Ostiense 161, 00154 Rome, ItalySapienza University of Rome, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, ItalyPocket-sized urban parks may contribute to more widely distributing the advantages created by parks in urban neighborhoods, allowing more citizens to benefit more frequently from park environments. Notwithstanding their several benefits, including citizens’ psychological, physiological and physical well-being; possibilities for recreational activities; and improved economic attractiveness of a neighborhood, pocket parks (PPs) are not yet widely diffused worldwide. Considering the state of the art of PPs, we identify four main perspectives that characterize them: architectural, microclimate, managerial and legal. Focusing on a relevant case study, i.e., the Mediterranean context, we analyze the multi-disciplinary challenges – connected to the four identified dimensions – for their diffusion elsewhere. Finally, we provide a general framework for favoring PPs’ creation and management, as the original contribution of this work. Besides advancing scientific knowledge about PPs, our results also interest policymakers and public organizations, as the diffusion of PPs can mitigate urban environmental challenges by creating pleasant experiences for citizens and favoring economic activities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010021003760Pocket parksSmall urban parksConstruction materialsCitizensSubsidiarityResilience |
| spellingShingle | Federica Rosso Francesco Cappa Rebecca Spitzmiller Marco Ferrero Pocket parks towards more sustainable cities. Architectural, environmental, managerial and legal considerations towards an integrated framework: A case study in the Mediterranean region Environmental Challenges Pocket parks Small urban parks Construction materials Citizens Subsidiarity Resilience |
| title | Pocket parks towards more sustainable cities. Architectural, environmental, managerial and legal considerations towards an integrated framework: A case study in the Mediterranean region |
| title_full | Pocket parks towards more sustainable cities. Architectural, environmental, managerial and legal considerations towards an integrated framework: A case study in the Mediterranean region |
| title_fullStr | Pocket parks towards more sustainable cities. Architectural, environmental, managerial and legal considerations towards an integrated framework: A case study in the Mediterranean region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pocket parks towards more sustainable cities. Architectural, environmental, managerial and legal considerations towards an integrated framework: A case study in the Mediterranean region |
| title_short | Pocket parks towards more sustainable cities. Architectural, environmental, managerial and legal considerations towards an integrated framework: A case study in the Mediterranean region |
| title_sort | pocket parks towards more sustainable cities architectural environmental managerial and legal considerations towards an integrated framework a case study in the mediterranean region |
| topic | Pocket parks Small urban parks Construction materials Citizens Subsidiarity Resilience |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010021003760 |
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