A conceptual framework for urban ecological restoration and rehabilitation

Extensive roof greening with native sandy dry grassland species: Effects of different greening methods on vegetation development over four years

(2020) Roland Schröder et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Flower power in the city: Replacing roadside shrubs by wildflower meadows increases insect numbers and reduces maintenance costs

(2020) Karsten Mody et al.   PLoS One

Sustainable Green Roof Ecosystems: 100 Years of Functioning on Fortifications—A Case Study

(2020) Łukasz Pardela et al.   Sustainability

Residents’ awareness of the role of informal green spaces in a post-industrial city, with a focus on regulating services and urban adaptation potential

(2020) Renata Włodarczyk-Marciniak et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Acceptance of near-natural greenspace management relates to ecological and socio-cultural assigned values among European urbanites

(2020) Jussi Lampinen et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Star-shaped cities alleviate trade-off between climate change mitigation and adaptation

(2019) Carl Pierer et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A framework for assessing the quality of green infrastructure in the built environment in the UK

(2019) Gemma Jerome et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Management intensity steers the long-term fate of ecological restoration in urban woodlands

(2019) Lea R. Johnson et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Untangling the role of urban ecosystems as habitats for endangered plant species

(2019) Greg Planchuelo et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Less is more! Rapid increase in plant species richness after reduced mowing in urban grasslands

(2019) Melissa Sehrt et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Novel ecosystems: a review of the concept in non-urban and urban contexts

(2019) Catarina Patoilo Teixeira et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Emerging Urban Forests: Opportunities for Promoting the Wild Side of the Urban Green Infrastructure

(2019) Ingo Kowarik et al.   Sustainability

Ecological and economic benefits of low‐intensity urban lawn management

(2019) Christopher J. Watson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Ecological restoration of an urban demolition site through introduction of native forb species

(2019) Roland Schröder et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Some European green roof norms and guidelines through the lens of biodiversity: Do ecoregions and plant traits also matter?

(2018) Chiara Catalano et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Beyond green: Broad support for biodiversity in multicultural European cities

(2018) Leonie K. Fischer et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Novel ecosystems: A bridging concept for the consilience of cultural landscape conservation and ecological restoration

(2018) Eric Macdonald et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Public land managers and sustainable urban vegetation: The case of low-input turfgrasses

(2018) Michael R. Barnes et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Large-scale river restoration pays off: A case study of ecosystem service valuation for the Emscher restoration generation project

(2018) Nadine V. Gerner et al.   Ecosystem Services

Low-maintenance green tram tracks as a socially acceptable solution to greening a city

(2018) Piotr Sikorski et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Three years of vegetation development worth 30 years of secondary succession in urban-industrial grassland restoration

(2018) Anna Kövendi-Jakó et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Valuing urban ecosystem services in sustainable brownfield redevelopment

(2018) Jeremy De Valck et al.   Ecosystem Services

“Sponge city” concept helps solve China’s urban water problems

(2017) Huan Liu et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Urban natural environments as nature-based solutions for improved public health – A systematic review of reviews

(2017) M. van den Bosch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Biodiversity in the city: key challenges for urban green space management

(2017) Myla FJ Aronson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Shifting roles of urban green space in the context of urban development and global change

(2017) Marthe L Derkzen et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Understanding biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships in urban areas: A comprehensive literature review

(2017) Nina Schwarz et al.   Ecosystem Services

Patterns and potentials of plant species richness in high- and low-maintenance urban grasslands

(2016) Martin Rudolph et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Functional traits of urban trees: air pollution mitigation potential

(2016) Rüdiger Grote et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Genetic differentiation within multiple common grassland plants supports seed transfer zones for ecological restoration

(2016) Walter Durka et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Influence of the reduction of urban lawn mowing on wild bee diversity (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)

(2016) Philipp Andreas Unterweger et al.   JOURNAL OF HYMENOPTERA RESEARCH

Novel and designed ecosystems

(2016) Eric Higgs   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Wildflowers: From conserving biodiversity to urban greening—A review

(2016) Francesca Bretzel et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Using green infrastructure for urban climate-proofing: An evaluation of heat mitigation measures at the micro-scale

(2016) Teresa Zölch et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Achieving Successful River Restoration in Dense Urban Areas: Lessons from Taiwan

(2016) Rung-Jiun Chou   Sustainability

Connectivity of public urban grasslands: implications for grassland conservation and restoration in cities

(2016) Judit Hejkal et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Ecological restoration in urban environments in New Zealand

(2016) Bruce D. Clarkson et al.   ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION

The future of urban agriculture and biodiversity-ecosystem services: Challenges and next steps

(2015) Brenda B. Lin et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Benefits of restoring ecosystem services in urban areas

(2015) T Elmqvist et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Effects of green space spatial pattern on land surface temperature: Implications for sustainable urban planning and climate change adaptation

(2014) Matthew Maimaitiyiming et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

How can wastelands promote biodiversity in cities? A review

(2014) Sébastien Bonthoux et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

How much of the world’s land has been urbanized, really? A hierarchical framework for avoiding confusion

(2014) Zhifeng Liu et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

The grass-free lawn: Management and species choice for optimum ground cover and plant diversity

(2014) Lionel S. Smith et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Creating novel urban grasslands by reintroducing native species in wasteland vegetation

(2013) Leonie K. Fischer et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Urban Grassland Restoration: A Neglected Opportunity for Biodiversity Conservation

(2013) Valentin H. Klaus   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Improvement of aquatic vegetation in urban waterways using protected artificial shallows

(2012) Arnd Weber et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Improving city life: options for ecological restoration in urban landscapes and how these might influence interactions between people and nature

(2012) Rachel J. Standish et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Urban biodiversity: patterns and mechanisms

(2011) Stanley H. Faeth et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Hydrological improvement of a former floodplain in an urban area: Potential and limits

(2011) Gabriele Weigelhofer et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Novel urban ecosystems, biodiversity, and conservation

(2011) Ingo Kowarik   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Native and alien floras in urban habitats: a comparison across 32 cities of central Europe

(2011) Zdeňka Lososová et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Urban reconciliation ecology: The potential of living roofs and walls

(2011) Robert A. Francis et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Restoration of ecosystem services and biodiversity: conflicts and opportunities

(2011) James M. Bullock et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Species introduction in restoration projects – Evaluation of different techniques for the establishment of semi-natural grasslands in Central and Northwestern Europe

(2010) Kathrin Kiehl et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Deculverting: reviewing the evidence on the ‘daylighting’ and restoration of culverted rivers

(2010) T. C. Wild et al.   WATER AND ENVIRONMENT JOURNAL

Motivations for Conserving Urban Biodiversity

(2009) DONALD C. DEARBORN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Bat Response to Woodland Restoration within Urban Forest Fragments

(2009) Debra A. Smith et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration

(2009) Richard J. Hobbs et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Recreational mapping and planning for enlargement of the green structure in greater Copenhagen

(2009) Ole Hjorth Caspersen et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Plant species richness, vegetation structure and soil resources of urban brownfield sites linked to successional age

(2008) Ute Schadek et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS