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

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Miguel Lopes (Author) Other; A. S. Camanho (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Social Indicators Research

Vol. 113 No. 3

Pages: 751-767

ISSN: 0303-8300

Publisher: Springer Nature

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 19 Citations

Scopus - 28 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Economics and Business

Other information

Authenticus ID: 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.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific