Spatiotemporal variability of urban greenspace and surface temperature in Dhaka City a public health aspect
Urban greenspaces can affect the physical and mental health of city residents and they can also contribute to improving urban environmental quality in ways that can benefit human health. Dhaka, a megacity with over 22.4 million residents, has progressively lost its greenspace over the past decade as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland
Springer
2023, 2023
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Urban greenspaces can affect the physical and mental health of city residents and they can also contribute to improving urban environmental quality in ways that can benefit human health. Dhaka, a megacity with over 22.4 million residents, has progressively lost its greenspace over the past decade as the city has grown and urbanised. This study evaluates the availability and accessibility of greenspace considering its population and residential areas, as well as assessing the changes to greenspace in the last 30 years throughout the city |
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| Item Description: | Chapter 7 of the book: Empathic city : an urban health and wellbeing perspective. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023] |
| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (pages 143-169) illustrations, maps |