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Database research record2014·オーストラリア・ブリスベン/日本・札幌

Informal Urban Green-Space: Comparison of Quantity and Characteristics in Brisbane, Australia and Sapporo, Japan

Christoph D. D. Rupprecht, Jason A. Byrne

PLoS ONE

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Defines and surveys informal urban green space (vacant lots, brownfields, verges) across 121 sites in Brisbane and Sapporo. IGS covered ~6.3% (Brisbane) and ~4.8% (Sapporo); Brisbane was verge-dominated (~80%), Sapporo lot- (42%) and gap-rich (19%). Quantifies lot-type IGS that projects like Sakanoen mobilise in Japanese hillside neighbourhoods.