Introduction

Jennings, Viniece; Browning, Matthew H. E. M.; Rigolon, Alessandro

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Introduction

Viniece Jennings⁴,
Matthew H. E. M. Browning⁵ &
Alessandro Rigolon⁵

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Urban green space includes vegetated areas in cities, such as parks, forests, gardens, and greenways (Taylor and Hochuli in Landscape Urban Plann 158:25–38, 2017). The presence of urban green space and the contact with nature these spaces offer play an important role in human health promotion and urban sustainability. For instance, green space provides a number of resources and benefits to humans, which are often described as ecosystem services.

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Integrating Human and Natural Systems, US Forest Service, Athens, GA, USA
Viniece Jennings
Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign, IL, USA
Matthew H. E. M. Browning & Alessandro Rigolon

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Jennings, V., Browning, M.H.E.M., Rigolon, A. (2019). Introduction. In: Urban Green Spaces. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10469-6_1

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