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The Socialbenefits Of Urban Open Green Spaces: A Literature Review

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  • Mehdi RAKHSHANDEHROO

    (Department of landscape architecture, Faculty of design and architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43300 Serdang Malaysia)

  • Mohd Johari MOHDYUSOF

    (Department of landscape architecture, Faculty of design and architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43300 Serdang Malaysia)

  • Osman Mohd TAHIRHOLDER

    (Department of landscape architecture, Faculty of design and architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43300 Serdang Malaysia)

  • Mohd Yazid Mohd YUNOS

    (Department of landscape architecture, Faculty of design and architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43300 Serdang Malaysia)

Abstract

In the process of rapid urbanization and domination of concrete overnature, lifestyles have changed. Since natural landscape and greenery are crucially important to our quality of life and the majority of the population are going to settle down in urban areas, urban open green spaces as the ‘lungs of the city’ are often at the center of the debate on urban planning and sustainable development. The overall aim of this paper is to investigate the social, health, environmental and economic benefits of providing urban open green space. The many benefits of urban open green spaces were investigated in a systematic review of scientific online databases, relevant research andother related papers.

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  • Mehdi RAKHSHANDEHROO & Mohd Johari MOHDYUSOF & Osman Mohd TAHIRHOLDER & Mohd Yazid Mohd YUNOS, 2015. "The Socialbenefits Of Urban Open Green Spaces: A Literature Review," Management Research and Practice, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 7(4), pages 60-71, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:mrpase:v:7:y:2015:i:4:p:60-71
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