A systematic quantitative review of urban tree benefits, costs, and assessment methods across cities in different climatic zones

S Roy, J Byrne, C Pickering - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2012 - Elsevier
Urban trees can potentially mitigate environmental degradation accompanying rapid
urbanisation via a range of tree benefits and services. But uncertainty exists about the extent …

People needs in the urban landscape: analysis of landscape and urban planning contributions

RH Matsuoka, R Kaplan - Landscape and urban planning, 2008 - Elsevier
The articles published in Landscape and Urban Planning during the past 16 years provide
valuable insights into how humans interact with outdoor urban environments. This review …

[PDF][PDF] Urban ecosystem services

E Gómez-Baggethun, Å Gren, DN Barton… - … and opportunities: A …, 2013 - library.oapen.org
We explore the potential of urban ecosystem services for improving resilience and quality of
life in cities. First, we classify and categorize important ecosystem services and disservices …

[BOG][B] The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity: ecological and economic foundations

P Kumar - 2012 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples
include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination …

Hedonic pricing and different urban green space types and sizes: Insights into the discussion on valuing ecosystem services

P Czembrowski, J Kronenberg - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to differentiate the potential key benefits associated with different urban green
spaces, we divided green spaces into nine categories, depending on their type and size …

[BOG][B] Soundscape and the built environment

J Kang, B Schulte-Fortkamp - 2016 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Recent work in soundscape disciplines provides a new multidisciplinary approach and
clearly represents a paradigm shift in environmental noise and annoyance research. It …

Ecology and urban planning

J Niemelä - Biodiversity & Conservation, 1999 - Springer
Urban areas harbour diverse nature ranging from semi-natural habitats to wastelands, parks
and other highly human-influenced biotopes with their associated species assemblages …

Property prices and urban forest amenities

L Tyrväinen, A Miettinen - Journal of environmental economics and …, 2000 - Elsevier
Quantitative information on residents' valuations attached to urban forests is needed for
assessing urban land-use. The aim of this study is to value implicitly non-priced urban forest …

Using GIS and landscape metrics in the hedonic price modeling of the amenity value of urban green space: A case study in **an City, China

F Kong, H Yin, N Nakagoshi - Landscape and urban planning, 2007 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces have important amenity values that include provision of leisure
opportunities and aesthetic enjoyment. However, most of these values lack a market price …

An ecological perspective on the valuation of ecosystem services

YE Chee - Biological conservation, 2004 - Elsevier
Ecosystem services are the conditions and processes through which natural ecosystems
and the species that make them up, sustain and fulfil human life. Ecosystem service …