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From land-based to people-based Spatiotemporal cooling effects of peri-urban parks and their driving factors in China

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posted on 2025-01-20, 13:21 authored by Wenxuan Tan, Meng Cai, Yeran SunYeran Sun, Tingting Chen

Peri-urban areas are essential for human habitation and provide significant green spaces to improve the thermal  environment, especially when urban land is limited. Understanding the factors influencing the cooling intensity  of peri-urban parks is crucial for guiding decision-making in climate-responsive urban planning and management.  However, relevant studies generally focus on the short-term cooling effect of urban parks, and the effect of  “people-based” socio-demographics, such as park age, have rarely been analyzed. This study focuses on a  comprehensive spatiotemporal analysis of 647 national forest parks in urban peripheries across China from 2000  to 2021. It considers three categories of driving factors: park morphology, landscape patterns, and social de mographic characteristics. The findings reveal that (1) In contrast to urban parks, the geometric morphology of  peri-urban parks has limited influence on cooling intensity. (2) The landscape pattern within the park signifi cantly affects the cooling intensity. The proportion of woodland in the park increases year by year, and the  negative impact of cropland on the cooling intensity decreases from − 4.788 in 2000 to − 0.547 in 2021. Besides,  the negative impact of impervious surfaces has increased, with the coefficient decreasing from − 1.022 in 2000 to  − 1.877 in 2021. (3) Park age significantly promotes cooling intensity when the park is between 31 and 35 years  old. (4) The increase in per capita GDP and population density are associated with diminishing cooling intensity. (5) Heterogeneous analysis results reveal variations in cooling effects among parks in different climate zones. Peri-urban parks that combine blue and green spaces exhibit a more pronounced cooling effect. These research  outcomes offer valuable insights for designing, planning, and managing parks and ecosystems in China, which can enhance urban climate resilience and the well-being of urban residents.

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  • Department of Geography (Research Outputs)

Publication Title

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volume

254

Pages/Article Number

105243

Publisher

Elsevier

ISSN

0169-2046

eISSN

1872-6062

Date Accepted

2024-10-25

Date of First Publication

2024-10-30

Date of Final Publication

2025-02-01

Relevant SDGs

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequality

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  • Not Open Access

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2024-12-20

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