Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Douglas William Cirino, Leandro Reverberi Tambosi, Thais Mauad, Simone Rodrigues de Freitas, Jean Paul Metzger
Summary: The spatial distribution and type of green areas have different effects on human health. Land sharing configuration is beneficial for preventing cardiovascular diseases, while land sparing and arboreal vegetation are relevant to reduce hospitalizations by lower respiratory diseases. Forests, on the other hand, are associated with increased rates of hospitalization by respiratory allergies causes. Therefore, a balanced distribution of green areas in urban spaces can create healthier environments.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Shawky Mansour, Noura Al Nasiri, Ammar Abulibdeh, Elnazir Ramadan
Summary: This study analyzed the spatial patterns of accessibility to public parks on a neighborhood scale in Sohar Wilayat, Oman using GIS techniques and landscape metrics. The results showed a correlation between large green space patches in neighborhoods and large population size, with central neighborhoods having lower scores and further distances to parks, while neighborhoods in the south and north had shorter distances and higher scores for residents' accessibility. High rates of fragmentation and irregular shapes in urban green spaces were attributed to rapid urbanization and sprawl, transforming green spaces and vacant land into dwellings.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
P. M. Picard, T. T. H. Tran
Summary: This study investigates the size and location of small urban green areas in city spaces, and their impact on land value and population density. The research shows that the land share dedicated to small urban green areas is influenced by a trade-off between land value and population density, and is a single peaked function of distance to the city center. The spatial pattern of small urban green areas is found to be robust to various measures of urban land uses based on an empirical study of 305 largest EU cities using GIS data.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mahyar Masoudi, Puay Yok Tan, Marjan Fadaei
Summary: The study found that land use not only impacts the composition of urban green spaces (UGS), but also influences their configuration and cooling effect. Land uses with simpler shapes and more connected UGS patches were associated with lower land surface temperatures and higher cooling effects.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hnin Wuit Yee Kyaw, Angeliki Chatzidimitriou, Jocelyne Hellwig, Michael Buehler, Johannes Hawlik, Michael Herrmann
Summary: The multi-faceted stresses of social, environmental, and economic nature pose increasing challenges to the existence and sustainability of our societies. This research proposes lightweight green bridges as an effective land value capture mechanism to address limited urban space while accommodating growing populations, providing new methodologies for urban sustainability.
Article
Ecology
Maria Luiza Petroni, Juliana Siqueira-Gay, Amarilis Lucia Casteli Figueiredo Gallardo
Summary: Protected Areas (PAs) aim to protect biodiversity and cultural values by regulating land use and land cover. This study explores ecosystem services (ES) within PAs in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and analyzes the impacts of land use and land cover changes on ES supply and demand over 28 years.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Hui Li, Kunqiu Chen, Lei Yan, Yulin Zhu, Liuwen Liao, Yangle Chen
Summary: Urbanization and land use transformation are typical characteristics of China in recent decades. Studying the effects of urban land use transitions on the economic spatial spillovers of central cities can help optimize cities' land space layout. The current urban land use transitions have positive but small effects on economic spatial spillovers, with urban land intensive use having the greatest impact.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Natalia Janczewska, Magdalena Matysik, Damian Absalon, Lukasz Pieron
Summary: This passage describes several databases in Poland that contain information on land use and water bodies. The data from these databases are referenced in scientific analyses and the Polish water management system, and thus the processing results should be consistent. However, the quality of these data was examined through multi-criteria analyses, revealing discrepancies between the databases. The author suggests using water land cover data with caution and considering remote sensed data depending on the analysis scales.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Longfeng Wu, Seung Kyum Kim
Summary: This study examines the impact of green space on self-rated health in urban Beijing. It found that proximity to parks (300m and 500m) has a positive effect on health, while vegetation coverage has a negative impact. Different types of parks have varying effects on health at different distances, and different demographic groups experience disproportionate health effects from green space.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Marta Sylla, Malgorzata Swiader, Jose Luis Vicente-Vicente, Gustavo Arciniegas, Dirk Wascher
Summary: The resilience of the local food system is highlighted as a key strategic goal for a sustainable future. The definition of the local scale depends on the product and supply chain, ranging from site scale to regional and national levels. This study explores the potential for functional urban areas (FUAs) to provide vegetarian diets to their residents, using the MFSS model methodology. The results show that the first five FUAs in the nine European city regions analyzed can meet the demand for vegetarian and local food, with only the first three having enough agricultural land to sustain this diet.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Eyasu Markos Woldesemayat, Paolo Vincenzo Genovese
Summary: This study assessed the compositions and configurations of urban green spaces in Addis Ababa, finding that two-thirds of the green spaces were located in residential areas with high fragmentation. Strong correlations among landscape metrics were observed, with a moderate relationship between urban form and landscape metrics. Further studies using very high-resolution images are needed to understand the spatial pattern characteristics of urban green spaces. Urban planning, design, and management should take into account the composition and configuration of urban green spaces.
Article
Environmental Studies
Francisco Cebrian Abellan, Gonzalo Andres Lopez, Carme Bellet Sanfeliu
Summary: In recent decades, Spanish urban areas have undergone significant changes due to demographic and urbanization transformations, leading to a shift in the city model from compact forms to urban sprawl. The expansion and fragmentation of structures have resulted in increased land consumption in the peripheries. This study focuses on the changes in 34 cities and their urban areas in inland Spain, proposing a methodology for delimiting and characterizing these areas using six variables and GIS tools.
Article
Microbiology
Babette Muyshondt, Karen Wuyts, Anskje Van Mensel, Wenke Smets, Sarah Lebeer, Cristiana Aleixo, Marta Alos Orti, Joan Casanelles-Abella, Francois Chiron, Puglielli Giacomo, Lauri Laanisto, Marco Moretti, Ulo Niinemets, Pedro Pinho, Piotr Tryjanowski, Patrycja Woszczylo, Roeland Samson
Summary: This study found that phyllosphere bacterial communities in European cities are associated with urban intensity, and this association is influenced by several combined stress factors.
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wenli Wu, Ye Yuan, Chunbo Huang, Wei Dong, Zongchi Fu
Summary: This study evaluated the suitability of urban green space in Beitun city using GIS spatial analysis capabilities, delineating five different levels of urban green space ecological suitability zones and proposing corresponding green space resource allocation and protection measures.
POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ziqian Kang, Shuo Wang, Ling Xu, Fenglin Yang, Shushen Zhang
Summary: The study adopted PNN coupled with GIS to assess land use suitability, revealing that the south is suitable for residential land, the north is suitable for ecological reserve, and the central area is suitable for industrial land.
Article
Ecology
Xuezheng Zong, Xiaorui Tian, Xianli Wang
Summary: Climate change has caused longer fire seasons and more intense wildfires worldwide, leading to significant economic and environmental impacts. A study conducted in Southwest China evaluated the effectiveness of different fuel treatment designs in mitigating wildfire risk under varying fire severity conditions. The results showed that fuel treatments were effective in reducing risk under low and normal fire severity scenarios, but their effectiveness was limited under high fire severity conditions.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jian Peng, Xiaoyu Wang, Huining Zheng, Zihan Xu
Summary: This study developed an index system to evaluate the trade-off between grain production service and water purification service in the Dongting Lake Basin. The results showed that converting cropland with high nitrogen output into forest land can minimize this trade-off.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Francois Chiron, Romain Lorrilliere, Carmen Bessa-Gomes, Piotr Tryjanowski, Joan Casanelles-Abella, Lauri Laanisto, Ana Leal, Anskje Van Mensel, Marco Moretti, Babette Muyshondt, Ulo Niinemets, Marta Alos Orti, Pedro Pinho, Roeland Samson, Nicolas Deguines
Summary: In cities, green areas play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, and the heterogeneity of land cover is an important factor. The relationship between area and heterogeneity affects the richness of bird species in urban green areas, with urban avoider species benefiting from large and heterogeneous patches.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Aleksandra Lis, Karolina Zalewska, Pawel Iwankowski, Katarzyna Betkier, Paulina Bilska, Viktoriia Dudar, Aleksandra L. Lagiewka
Summary: Appleton's prospect-refuge theory suggests that the presence of dense vegetation, topography, and people in a park can influence the safety and privacy felt by visitors in different ways. This study aimed to understand the relationship between observation point height, vegetation location, presence of other people, and perceived privacy and safety. The results showed that flat or lower ground without the presence of others was considered the safest, while landscapes higher up with dense vegetation and no other people were rated highest in terms of privacy. The findings have practical implications in terms of providing privacy without compromising safety.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jianting Zhao, Guibo Sun, Chris Webster
Summary: This study developed a geospatial database to document the locations and urban environments of pandemic-induced street experiments on a global scale, and conducted quantitative analysis based on spatial and temporal visualizations. The study aims to enhance comparability of built environment indicators between cities and provide a robust foundation for future research on tactical urbanism.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Huaqing Wang, Louis G. Tassinary
Summary: This study investigated the influence of urban greenspace spatial morphology on non-communicable diseases and found that neighborhoods with more connected, aggregated, coherent, and complex-shaped greenspace had a lower prevalence of these diseases. Such associations were mediated by air pollution and physical inactivity. The results suggest that the spatial morphology of designed urban greenspace plays a significant role in neighborhood health.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Chiwei Xiao, Yi Wang, Mingyan Yan, Jeffrey Chiwuikem Chiaka
Summary: Regional integration initiatives, such as cross-border transportation corridors, have significant impacts on land use changes and landscape patterns. This study examines the China-Laos Railway as a case study to evaluate the extent and significance of these impacts. Using land-use data and geospatial analysis, the study quantifies and compares the effects of the railway on land use changes within a buffer zone along the corridor.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Review
Ecology
Astrid Zabel, Mara-Magdalena Hausler
Summary: Developing a green infrastructure is an important environmental policy goal in many countries around the world. Different countries have different requirements on the spatial allocation of conservation sites for green infrastructure. Price-type and procedural instruments are commonly used, but the utilization of incentive mechanisms that internalize the benefit of clustering is relatively low. There is a need for more studies on incentive mechanisms and green infrastructure policies in the global South.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Timothy Fraser, Olivia Feeley, Andres Ridge, Ava Cervini, Vincent Rago, Kelly Gilmore, Gianna Worthington, Ilana Berliavsky
Summary: This study examines the inequality of social infrastructure in Boston, finding significant racial and income disparities in access. These disparities have implications for the health and resilience of neighborhoods.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Yutian Lu, Running Chen, Bin Chen, Jiayu Wu
Summary: The inequitable distribution of urban green spaces has become a significant concern, with variations found between cities in different development stages, and socioeconomic factors playing a crucial role in the spatial equity of urban green spaces.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Di Chen, Jie Yin, Chia-Pin Yu, Shengjing Sun, Charlotte Gabel, John D. Spengler
Summary: Observational and experimental studies have shown that exposure to greenness is beneficial for long-term health and well-being. However, more evidence is needed regarding the short-term health impacts of nearby nature in urban areas. This study used immersive virtual reality technology to investigate how transitions between built and natural environments affect urban residents. Results showed that transitioning from built to natural environments led to reductions in negative mood and transient anxiety, while transitions from natural to built environments had the opposite effect. Additionally, participants showed more emotional responses to nature through physiological measures. The study also highlighted the influence of contextual factors, such as physical health conditions, stress levels, experience with nature, and growth environments, on stress recovery. Overall, this study provides empirical evidence supporting the promotion of nearby nature in urban built environments.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Daniele Codato, Francesca Peroni, Massimo De Marchi
Summary: This study examines climate justice in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region (EAR), highlighting the multiple injustices caused by oil extraction activities. Using spatial analysis, the study shows that the EAR has been a major producer of oil since 1972, leading to environmental impacts such as oil spills and pollution. The results emphasize the need to include these territories in climate justice discussions and promote the rights to a non-toxic environment.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jingli Yan, Wendy Y. Chen, Zixiao Zhang, Wenxing Zhao, Min Liu, Shan Yin
Summary: Vegetation barriers are an effective strategy in urban planning to mitigate traffic-induced air pollution and reduce exposure. This study uses field measurements and numerical modeling to show that constructing vegetation barriers with short bushes can effectively reduce PM2.5 pollution in open-road environments, while higher coverage of tall bushes may worsen the pollution.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)