**3.1 General benefits**

The functions and benefits of green space are plenty in number. Green Space symbolize peace, minimal stress and a cleaner environment for many people, which are considered as important factors in making a city livable, pleasant and attractive for its citizens and guests. The primary functions performed by Urban Green Space are given in **Table 1** below.

The significant benefits obtained through urban green space, are categorized under two perspectives tangible and intangible. Tangible benefits include ecological benefits (absorbing pollutants, clean air, improve the urban climate, etc.), planning benefits (network linking, improving accessibility, noise barrier, visual screening and safe walking and recreational) and economic benefits (Comparing with other landscape elements, neighborhood parks induced the heaviest investment intention in the home buying behavior).

Likewise, the intangible benefits include social benefits (Opportunities for people of all age groups to interact, encourages volunteerism, promotes stewardship, help individuals with disabilities, enhance cultural life by providing venues for local


Providing medical resources

Spiritual and religious information Cultural and artistic inspiration

Scientific and educational information sources

Esthetic information

Providing Raw material for some of the human activity

3 Production function Recharging the ground water table

*Role of Green Spaces for Maintaining Well-Being in Residential Community Development DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97681*

#### **Table 1.**

*Showing various functions of green spaces.*

*Source: Rao, P, 2017 from Ph.D thesis of SPA, Bhopal.*

4 Information function/ dissemination

festivals, civic celebrations, and theatrical performances, reduces crime, strengthens community by reflecting the different communities they serve and meeting their varying needs) as shown in **Figure 1** were discussed by Grahn P and Stigsdotter U A, [2] P Jain, [3].

## **4. Understanding green space usability and user characteristics (residential community)**

Both green space and housing research are broad fields of study. The paradigm shift observed understands the relationship between green space and its usability in the residential area. In green space research, there is an increasing number of studies that concern people's experience and use, but it has been pointed out that more research is needed due to increasing urbanization issues like safety and security [4, 5]. Many previous models and theories substantiate that the usability of green space is directly associated with its accessibility. The usability of green space differs due to different spatial arrangements within the residential communities and variation in the provision of it with respect to quantity and quality. Physical accessibility and the connection is a major research area in the field of green space use in the residential area because people are associated with the green space usage. Hence, place accessibility and people accessibility represent different research foci in accessibility research [6]. While by 'place accessibility' researchers conceive geographical access as a location attribute, with people accessibilityresearchers, on the other hand, focus on the ability of different groups of individuals to access the

**Figure 1.**

*The benefits of green at community level. Source: Grahn P and StigSdotter U A, 2003 [2].*

open space [6]. This suggests, that place and people accessibility are different representational frameworks that provide different operational definitions for accessibility.
