Urban nature has the potential to improve air and water quality, mitigate flooding, enhance
physical and mental health, and promote social and cultural well-being. However, the value …

Smart cities are increasingly part of urban sustainability discourses. There is a growing
interest in understanding how citizen engagement, connected technology, and data …

The provision of ecosystem services is a prominent rationale for urban greening, and there
is a prevailing mantra that 'trees are good'. However, understanding how urban trees …

Highlights•Active citizenship contribute to social, environmental and institutional
resilience.•Citizens contribute to innovation, diversification and experimentation.•Challenge …

Compact urban development, social demands and austerity measures are increasing
pressures on urban greenspace. Meanwhile, active citizens, defined as voluntary individuals …

Abstract Urban Green Spaces (UGSs) provide a wide range of ecosystem services to cities.
However, many cities suffer from the uneven spatial distribution of UGSs. This phenomenon …

Urban vegetation, and in particular urban forests, provide a wide range of ecosystem
services to urban societies and may thus be classified as environmental goods. Their status …

In this short communication, we discuss European urban green space (UGS) research from
an environmental justice perspective. We show that European UGS scholarship primarily …

In many countries in the European Union (EU), the popularity of communal urban gardening
(CUG) on allotments and community gardens is on the rise. Given the role of this practice in …

Abstract The first International Conference on Urban Tree Diversity hosted in June 2014 by
the Swedish University of Agricultural Science in Alnarp, Sweden highlighted the need for a …