Greening the city: Thriving for biodiversity and sustainability

Phytomanagement with grassy species, compost and dolomitic limestone rehabilitates a meadow at a wood preservation site

(2021) Aritz Burges et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Exploring the spatio-temporal dynamics of ecosystem health: A study on a rapidly urbanizing metropolitan area of Lower Gangetic Plain, India

(2021) Manob Das et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Pilot-scale constructed bypass channel for urban river restoration: the remedial efficiency and the variance in biodiversity

(2021) Wei Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Fine-grained assessment of greenspace satisfaction at regional scale using content analysis of social media and machine learning

(2021) Zhifang Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Environmental impact of mutualized mobility: Evidence from a life cycle perspective

(2021) Shouheng Sun et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Vehicle mix evaluation in Beijing's passenger-car sector: From air pollution control perspective

(2021) Jian-Xin Guo et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Urban green roofs promote metropolitan biodiversity: A comparative case study

(2021) E.I.F. Wooster et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Green infrastructure influences soil health: Biological divergence one year after installation

(2021) Vanessa Buzzard et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Reclamation of urban brownfields through phytoremediation: Implications for building sustainable and resilient towns

(2021) Werther Guidi Nissim et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

A review of studies assessing ecosystem services provided by urban green and blue infrastructure

(2021) Clara J. Veerkamp et al.   Ecosystem Services

Reconnecting neighbourhoods with ecosystem functioning: Analysis of solutions from six international case studies

(2021) Eduardo Blanco et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Global effect of urban sprawl, industrialization, trade and economic development on carbon dioxide emissions

(2020) Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Pollen preference of stingless bees (Melipona rufiventris and M. quadrifasciata anthidioides) inside an urban tropical forest at Rio de Janeiro city

(2020) Ortrud Monika Barth et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Flood mitigation function of rain gardens for management of urban storm runoff in Japan

(2020) Linying Zhang et al.   Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Edible cities – An innovative nature-based solution for urban sustainability transformation? An explorative study of urban food production in German cities

(2020) Katharina Sartison et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Can Constructed Wetlands be Wildlife Refuges? A Review of Their Potential Biodiversity Conservation Value

(2020) Chengxiang Zhang et al.   Sustainability

Short and medium- to long-term impacts of nature-based solutions on urban heat

(2020) B. Augusto et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Perceptions of ecosystem services, disservices and willingness-to-pay for urban green space conservation

(2020) Yuqing Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Depth prediction of urban flood under different rainfall return periods based on deep learning and data warehouse

(2020) Zening Wu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Nature-based solutions for urban biodiversity governance

(2020) Linjun Xie et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

The effect of small green walls on reduction of particulate matter concentration in open areas

(2020) Mare Srbinovska et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Psychological restoration in urban gardens related to garden type, biodiversity and garden-related stress

(2020) Christopher Young et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Water Pollution in a Densely Populated Megapolis, Dhaka

(2020) Toriqul Bashar et al.   Water

The Microclimatic Effects of Ecological Restoration in Brownfield based on Remote Sensing Monitoring: The Case Studies of Landfills in China

(2020) Yuxin Wang et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Conflict or Coordination? Multiscale assessment of the spatio-temporal coupling relationship between urbanization and ecosystem services: The case of the Jingjinji Region, China

(2020) Yingying Tian et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Editorial to the special issue “Advancing urban ecosystem service implementation and assessment considering different dimensions of environmental justice”

(2020) Francesc Baró et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Liveable cities: Current environmental challenges and paths to urban sustainability

(2020) Carla Ferreira et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Is sustainable extensive green roof realizable without irrigation in a temperate monsoonal climate? A case study in Beijing

(2020) Hui Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green in residential yards: A case study from Helsinki

(2020) Mari Ariluoma et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Mapping the susceptibility of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites in Europe to ambient (outdoor) air pollution

(2020) Pasquale Spezzano   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Does socioeconomic development lead to more equal distribution of green space? Evidence from Chinese cities

(2020) Longfeng Wu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Green walls to treat kitchen greywater in urban areas: Performance from a pilot-scale experiment

(2020) Nicola Dal Ferro et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Towards an integrative approach to evaluate the environmental ecosystem services provided by urban forest

(2019) Samson Roeland et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH

The Relationship between Social Cohesion and Urban Green Space: An Avenue for Health Promotion

(2019) Viniece Jennings et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Landscape and local site variables differentially influence pollinators and pollination services in urban agricultural sites

(2019) Ashley B. Bennett et al.   PLoS One

Assessment of barriers and drivers for implementation of blue-green solutions in Swedish municipalities

(2019) M. Wihlborg et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Nature based solutions for contaminated land remediation and brownfield redevelopment in cities: A review

(2019) Yinan Song et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The contribution of constructed green infrastructure to urban biodiversity: A synthesis and meta‐analysis

(2019) Alessandro Filazzola et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Managing the uncertainty problems of municipal solid waste disposal

(2019) Ajay Singh   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Urban forest restoration ecology: a review from Hamilton, New Zealand

(2019) Kiri Joy Wallace et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND

Enhancing post-disaster resilience by ‘building back greener’: Evaluating the contribution of nature-based solutions to recovery planning in Futaba County, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

(2019) Leslie Mabon   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Global urbanization and food production in direct competition for land: Leverage places to mitigate impacts on SDG2 and on the Earth System

(2019) Stephan Barthel et al.   Anthropocene Review

Building urban resilience and knowledge co-production in the face of weather hazards: flash floods in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area (Mexico)

(2019) Ismael Aguilar-Barajas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Urbanization impacts on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the water infrastructure in China: Trade-offs among sustainable development goals (SDGs)

(2019) Qian Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Heavy metals/metalloids remediation from wastewater using free floating macrophytes of a natural wetland

(2019) Prabhat Kumar Rai   Environmental Technology & Innovation

A review of nature-based solutions for greywater treatment: Applications, hydraulic design, and environmental benefits

(2019) Fulvio Boano et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Creating urban green infrastructure where it is needed – A spatial ecosystem service-based decision analysis of green roofs in Barcelona

(2019) Johannes Langemeyer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Investigation and Assessment for an effective approach to the reclamation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAHs) contaminated site: SIN Bagnoli, Italy

(2019) Carmine Guarino et al.   Scientific Reports

Groundwater management institutions in the face of rapid urbanization – Results of a framed field experiment in Bengaluru, India

(2019) Johannes Wegmann et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Under one canopy? Assessing the distributional environmental justice implications of street tree benefits in Barcelona

(2019) Francesc Baró et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Global social and environmental change drives the management and delivery of ecosystem services from urban gardens: A case study from Central Coast, California

(2019) Brenda B. Lin et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Ecosystem services in a changing environment

(2019) Paulo Pereira   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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

An overview of carbon sequestration of green roofs in urban areas

(2019) Muhammad Shafique et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Risk assessment concerning urban ecosystem disservices: The example of street trees in Berlin, Germany

(2019) Peer von Döhren et al.   Ecosystem Services

Water quality response to sustainable restoration measures – Case study of urban Swarzędzkie Lake

(2018) Joanna Rosińska et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Review of plants to mitigate particulate matter, ozone as well as nitrogen dioxide air pollutants and applicable recommendations for green roofs in Montreal, Quebec

(2018) Shannon Gourdji   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Future heat waves and surface ozone

(2018) Gerald A Meehl et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves

(2018) Lei Zhao et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Contribution of Mangroves and Salt Marshes to Nature-Based Mitigation of Coastal Flood Risks in Major Deltas of the World

(2018) Rebecca Van Coppenolle et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

Flood reduction as an ecosystem service of constructed wetlands for combined sewer overflow

(2018) A. Rizzo et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Visits to urban green-space and the countryside associate with different components of mental well-being and are better predictors than perceived or actual local urbanisation intensity

(2018) Deborah F. Coldwell et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Local- and landscape-scale land cover affects microclimate and water use in urban gardens

(2018) Brenda B. Lin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Connection between urban green areas and visitors’ physical and mental well-being

(2018) Maja Vujcic et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Non-monetary valuation using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: Sensitivity of additive aggregation methods to scaling and compensation assumptions

(2018) D.M. Martin et al.   Ecosystem Services

Nature-based solutions for protection and restoration of degraded Bielsko Lake

(2018) Renata Dondajewska et al.   ECOHYDROLOGY & HYDROBIOLOGY

Effects of urban green spaces on residents’ well-being

(2018) Ben Ma et al.   ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

The use of vegetation as a natural strategy for landfill restoration

(2018) Magdalena D. Vaverková et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Influence of evaporative cooling by urban forests on cooling demand in cities

(2018) Joseph L. Moss et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

An alternative urban green carpet

(2018) Maria Ignatieva et al.   SCIENCE

Does urbanization cause increasing energy demand in Pakistan? Empirical evidence from STIRPAT model

(2017) Muhammad Shahbaz et al.   ENERGY

Challenges for tree officers to enhance the provision of regulating ecosystem services from urban forests

(2017) Helen J. Davies et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

“Accidental” urban wetlands: ecosystem functions in unexpected places

(2017) Monica M Palta et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Rapid initial recovery and long-term persistence of a bee community in a former landfill

(2017) Thomas M. Onuferko et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Eco-engineering urban infrastructure for marine and coastal biodiversity: Which interventions have the greatest ecological benefit?

(2017) Elisabeth M. A. Strain et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The urban heat island effect, its causes, and mitigation, with reference to the thermal properties of asphalt concrete

(2017) Abbas Mohajerani et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Planning for a sustainable desert city: The potential water buffering capacity of urban green infrastructure

(2017) Jiachuan Yang et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Access to urban green space and environmental inequalities in Germany

(2017) Henry Wüstemann et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Long-term Stability of Trace Element Concentrations in a Spontaneously Vegetated Urban Brownfield With Anthropogenic Soils

(2017) Allyson B. Salisbury et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Assessing the performance of urban forest carbon sequestration models using direct measurements of tree growth

(2017) Vanessa K.S. Boukili et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Lake and wetland ecosystem services measuring water storage and local climate regulation

(2017) Christina P. Wong et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

The multifunctionality of urban farming: perceived benefits for neighbourhood improvement

(2017) Melissa N. Poulsen et al.   Local Environment

Restoration treatments in urban park forests drive long-term changes in vegetation trajectories

(2016) Lea R. Johnson et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Potential constitutional constraints on the regulation of flood plain development: three case studies

(2016) D. Tarlock et al.   Journal of Flood Risk Management

Evaluation of green walls as a passive acoustic insulation system for buildings

(2015) Z. Azkorra et al.   APPLIED ACOUSTICS

Ecosystem disservices research: A review of the state of the art with a focus on cities

(2015) Peer von Döhren et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Quantitative analysis on the urban flood mitigation effect by the extensive green roof system

(2013) J.Y. Lee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Urban flood impact assessment: A state-of-the-art review

(2013) M.J. Hammond et al.   Urban Water Journal

Hopping on one leg – The challenge of ecosystem disservices for urban green management

(2009) Jari Lyytimäki et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Plants in urban ecosystems: Essential role of urban forests in urban metabolism and succession toward sustainability

(2008) William J. Manning   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD ECOLOGY