Benefits and Challenges of Urban Green Spaces

作     者：Patrick Mwendwa Richard A.Giliba 

作者机构：Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya Forestry Training InstituteTanzania 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Population,Resources and Environment》 (中国人口·资源与环境（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第10卷第1期

页      面：73-79页

学科分类：12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 08[工学] 081303[工学-城市规划与设计(含：风景园林规划与设计）] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0834[工学-风景园林学（可授工学、农学学位）] 

主　　题：challenges distribution green spaces quality quan-tity 

摘      要：The aim of this paper is to illustrate the benefits,and challenges towards providing multifunctional urban green *** results are based on critical analysis of study findings from different cities in Europe,America and to a lesser extent in ***-city green spaces are especially important for improving air quality through uptake of pollutant gases and particulates which are responsible for respiratory *** to their amenity and aesthetics,green spaces increase property *** ensure multifunctional role of urban a green space is achieved,in particular the social and psychological role,certain standards of quantity,quality and distribution within the urban area should be adequately *** spaces need to be uniformly distributed throughout the city area,although each does not need to be extremely large but should be large enough to accommodate the city population.