Purpose This paper explored the socioeconomic factors affecting green cities development.
Extant literature have highlighted green cities as a major path towards sustainability in the …

Current conceptualizations of nature-based solutions have so far served to characterize—
and reproduce—cost-effective remedies, particularly in cities of the global north. Yet nature …

Despite the growing importance of green cities and the contributions in literature, cities still
face challenges such as poor planning, flooding, and slums especially in Africa including …

Urban green spaces (UGS) are a central part of cities and offer multiple ecological and
social benefits necessary for a higher quality of life of inhabitants. However, rapid unguided …

Constructing and optimising ecological networks in high-density cities plays an important
role in mitigating urban ecological problems. Our study uses comprehensive evaluation …

The growing assumption in urban studies literature is that residents of slum communities
struggle to find space to live but not a place to recreate and enjoy green space. However, at …

Urban parks have significant cooling effects, which can both mitigate the urban heat is-land
effect and are crucial to the sustainable development of the human habitat. Although studies …

Globally, the loss of green spaces threatens the sustainability of many cities. Among other
factors, complex land ownership and management regime reportedly disrupt land …

The increase in human activities in urban areas resulting from the urbanisation process
continues to put immense pressure on urban ecological resources including water bodies …

The roles of urban informalities in the advancement of the sustainable city agenda are
contested in conventional literature. However, the contestation does not take account of the …