Traits of trees for cooling urban heat islands: A meta-analysis

MA Rahman, LMF Stratopoulos, A Moser-Reischl… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A more detailed understanding of the micro-climatic thermal benefits of different urban tree
species and the retrospective species characteristics is necessary to guide management …

Advancing urban green infrastructure in Europe: Outcomes and reflections from the GREEN SURGE project

S Pauleit, B Ambrose-Oji, E Andersson, B Anton… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure (UGI) is a promising concept when develo** multifunctional
green space systems to address major challenges of urbanization such as increasing social …

[HTML][HTML] Reconciling cities with nature: Identifying local Blue-Green Infrastructure interventions for regional biodiversity enhancement

GFA Donati, J Bolliger, A Psomas, M Maurer… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing urbanization degrades quantity, quality, and the functionality of spatial cohesion
of natural areas essential to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning worldwide. The …

Mosaic governance for urban green infrastructure: Upscaling active citizenship from a local government perspective

A Buijs, R Hansen, S Van der Jagt… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Compact urban development, social demands and austerity measures are increasing
pressures on urban greenspace. Meanwhile, active citizens, defined as voluntary individuals …

Innovations in Urban Green and Blue Infrastructure: Tackling local and global challenges in cities

JAP de Oliveira, RA Bellezoni, W Shih… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional engineering approaches alone (gray infrastructure) are not able to meet all the
challenges of sustainability posed by growing urban population and consumption. Urban …

The added value of public participation GIS (PPGIS) for urban green infrastructure planning

E Rall, R Hansen, S Pauleit - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure (UGI) planning is a new approach to planning that aims to
develop multifunctional networks of green and blue spaces designed and managed to …

Management of slum-based urban farming and economic empowerment of the community of Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

B Surya, S Syafri, H Hadijah, B Baharuddin, AT Fitriyah… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The handling of slums based on urban farming and community empowerment is oriented
toward improving the welfare and independence of the community. This study aimed to (1) …

Rethinking urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services from the perspective of sub-Saharan African cities

S Lindley, S Pauleit, K Yeshitela, S Cilliers… - Landscape and Urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure and its ecosystem services are often conceptualised in terms of a
predominantly western perspective of cities and their wider social, economic and …

Using green to cool the grey: Modelling the cooling effect of green spaces with a high spatial resolution

F Grilo, P Pinho, C Aleixo, C Catita, P Silva… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The urban heat island effect creates warmer and drier conditions in urban areas than in their
surrounding rural areas. This effect is predicted to be exacerbated in the future, under a …

Moving beyond the nature-based solutions discourse: introducing nature-based thinking

TB Randrup, A Buijs, CC Konijnendijk, T Wild - Urban Ecosystems, 2020 - Springer
Suites of concepts and approaches have been launched during recent years to promote
urban nature and greener cities. However, it is doubtable whether tinkering within the …