Integrating green infrastructure, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for urban sustainability: A comprehensive literature review

X Fang, J Li, Q Ma - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban nature is critical to addressing sustainability challenges. Three concepts capture the
core of this field: Urban Ecosystem Services (UES, benefits humans derived from urban …

Green roof and green wall benefits and costs: A review of the quantitative evidence

M Manso, I Teotónio, CM Silva, CO Cruz - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Greening the urban environment can be an important strategy to tackle the problems of
urban densification and meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Green …

Co-benefits and synergies between urban climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: A literature review

A Sharifi - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Accounting for over 70% of global CO2 emissions, cities are major contributors to climate
change. Acknowledging this, urban climate change adaptation and mitigation plans are …

Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population

G Manoli, S Fatichi, M Schläpfer, K Yu, TW Crowther… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Urban heat islands (UHIs) exacerbate the risk of heat-related mortality associated with
global climate change. The intensity of UHIs varies with population size and mean annual …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation

F Wang, JD Harindintwali, K Wei, Y Shan… - The Innovation …, 2023 - the-innovation.org
The sustainability of life on Earth is under increasing threat due to human-induced climate
change. This perilous change in the Earth's climate is caused by increases in carbon dioxide …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Utilising green and bluespace to mitigate urban heat island intensity

KR Gunawardena, MJ Wells, T Kershaw - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
It has long been recognised that cities exhibit their own microclimate and are typically
warmer than the surrounding rural areas. This 'mesoscale'influence is known as the urban …

Projecting global urban land expansion and heat island intensification through 2050

K Huang, X Li, X Liu, KC Seto - Environmental Research Letters, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Urban populations are expected to increase by 2–3 billion by 2050, but we have limited
understanding of how future global urban expansion will affect urban heat island (UHI) and …

[BOG][B] Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation in urban areas: Linkages between science, policy and practice

N Kabisch, H Korn, J Stadler, A Bonn - 2017 - library.oapen.org
This book series Theory and Practice of Urban Sustainability Transitions is intended to
explore the different dynamics, challenges, and breakthroughs in accelerating sustainability …

Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance

I Markevych, J Schoierer, T Hartig, A Chudnovsky… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background In a rapidly urbanizing world, many people have little contact with natural
environments, which may affect health and well-being. Existing reviews generally conclude …