TITLE:
Explaining Design Dimensions of Ecological Greenways
AUTHORS:
Mohammadreza Pourjafar, Amir Moradi
KEYWORDS:
Greenway, Urban Design, Design Strategies and Policies
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Ecology,
Vol.5 No.3,
March
11,
2015
ABSTRACT: Design of greenways is one of the most important planning tools in the promotion
of quality of life of the city residents. Greenways are necessary due to their
major role in increase of air quality and positive changes in the climate of
the urban environments for keeping the environmental quality of the cities and
considerably increasing aesthetic values of these environments. Protection of
natural ecological systems, provision of extensive recreational opportunities
for people in urban regions and rural districts, provision of economic benefits
and protection of cultural values and historical heritage are the advantages of
designing and creating greenways inside cities. The present paper which was
conducted with descriptive-analytical method tried to explain design dimensions
of ecological greenways in three urban physical, environmental and
social-economic systems by studying suitable experimental concepts and samples
in the world. In this regard, this paper studied five main goals of designing
greenways: promotion of local and urban accesses with greenways, aesthetic
aspects of urban landscapes, improvement of performance and distribution of activities
by creating greenways, increase of efficiency and environmental aspects in the city
and revival of social values considering economic sustainability and in this regard
design strategies and policies were presented for each one of them based on
these goals.