@unpublished{theses_frw4592,
           title = {Smart Urban Green Spaces: Designing Resilient, Community-Centric Environments in De Hoogte},
          author = {Luka Rehvia{\v s}vili},
            year = {2024},
        abstract = {The present thesis explores the principles of smart technologies implemented within the framework of urban green spaces in the De Hoogte district in Groningen, Netherlands. In this respect, the mechanism of research-by-design is implemented as an instrument for innovations in the management of urban green spaces. This complex position concerning some of the most significant urban challenges, such as climate change, urban densification, and the urban heat island effect, delivers positive insight into the duality of the impact of urbanization on public health and environmental sustainability. Theories related to the duality of urbanization by Kuddus et al. (2020) and Zhang et al. (2023) and the benefits of smart city innovations by Andreev (2023) and Valencia \& Casta{\~n}eda (2018) underpin this research. Innovative technologies such as IoT-enabled waste management, intelligently controlled irrigation systems, and adaptive lighting show promise in managing urban green areas. Each of them offers real-time data, resource optimization, and community engagement in one way through accessible environmental information. The three design scenarios put forward are green space enhancement, strategic realignment of road networks, and the creation of the central park. The induction of all three scenarios mentioned above with innovative technologies significantly enhanced their functionality, sustainability, and accessibility into such propositions that make it possible to produce a more livable urban environment where social meetings and community engagements become a common trait among people. Based on the observations made here, it
becomes recommendable that striking a balance between ecological, social, and technological exposures is possible. However, while being the extensive beneficiary of smart technologies, they must be controlled to elude over-dependence on them and action to supplement ecology-based approaches. The recommendations presented in the thesis indicate lines of policy implications and urban design practice that endorse the creation of tolerant, inclusive, and
environmentally sustainable urban green spaces.},
             url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4592/}
}