Remote sensing of urban green spaces: A review

AR Shahtahmassebi, C Li, Y Fan, Y Wu, M Gan… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
A knowledge of the characteristics of urban green spaces (UGSs) such as their abundance,
spatial distribution and species composition, has an important role in a range of fields such …

Map** of urban vegetation with high-resolution remote sensing: A review

R Neyns, F Canters - Remote sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Green space is increasingly recognized as an important component of the urban
environment. Adequate management and planning of urban green space is crucial to …

Nature-based solutions for urban climate change adaptation: linking science, policy, and practice communities for evidence-based decision-making

N Frantzeskaki, T McPhearson, MJ Collier… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Nature-based solutions offer an exciting prospect for resilience building and advancing
urban planning to address complex urban challenges simultaneously. In this article, we …

Examining the association between the built environment and pedestrian volume using street view images

L Chen, Y Lu, Y Ye, Y ** sky, tree, and building view factors of street canyons in a high-density urban environment
FY Gong, ZC Zeng, F Zhang, X Li, E Ng… - Building and …, 2018 - Elsevier
View factors for sky, trees, and buildings are three important parameters of the urban
outdoor environment that describe the geometrical relationship between different surfaces …

Social inequalities in neighborhood visual walkability: Using street view imagery and deep learning technologies to facilitate healthy city planning

H Zhou, S He, Y Cai, M Wang, S Su - Sustainable cities and society, 2019 - Elsevier
It is of great significance both in theory and in practice to propose an efficient approach to
approximating visual walkability given urban residents' growing leisure needs. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Relative importance of quantitative and qualitative aspects of urban green spaces in promoting health

L Zhang, PY Tan, D Richards - Landscape and urban planning, 2021 - Elsevier
The health benefits of urban green spaces (UGS) are important considerations in the design
of urban environments. Researchers have analysed how the quantity of UGS impacts health …

Quantifying the shade provision of street trees in urban landscape: A case study in Boston, USA, using Google Street View

X Li, C Ratti, I Seiferling - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2018 - Elsevier
Shade provision by street trees during the hot summer months is a primary factor for the
thermal comfort of people in urban areas. In this study we present a novel method to …