Public green space use and consequences on urban vitality: an assessment of european cities

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2013

Autores

Miguel Lopes (Autor) Outra; A. S. Camanho (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Social Indicators Research

Vol. 113 Nº 3

Páginas: 751-767

ISSN: 0303-8300

Editora: Springer Nature

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 82 Citações

Scopus - 28 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências sociais > Economia e gestão

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-006-7X2

DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0106-9

Abstract (EN): The promotion of quality of life is becoming ever more important in a scenario of regional, national and even international competition among cities, triggered by globalization. Public sites, and green spaces in particular, which are available in varying extent in all urban areas, can bring important benefits to urban vitality and, as a consequence, to quality of life. However, cities are intricate entities and measuring their success in converting the potential for public green space usage into increased quality of life is a difficult task. In order to contribute to the objective of assessing the potential for public green space use, and its consequences on urban vitality, we applied the Data Envelopment Analysis technique to assess a total of 174 European cities. The results detect the best performing cities, and for the cities considered inefficient, a set of benchmarks is identified, whose best practices can be copied to support efforts of performance improvement.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica