Remote sensing in environmental justice research—a review

M Weigand, M Wurm, S Dech… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Human health is known to be affected by the physical environment. Various environmental
influences have been identified to benefit or challenge people's physical condition. Their …

Residential greenery: state of the art and health-related ecosystem services and disservices in the city of Berlin

L Battisti, L Pille, T Wachtel, F Larcher, I Säumel - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Inclusively accessible green areas are essential for livable cities. The residential greenery
on a door's step of urban dwellers has rarely been the subject of research. Here we provide …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the socioeconomic equity of publicly accessible greenspace distribution: The example of Sheffield, UK

M Mears, P Brindley, R Maheswaran, A Jorgensen - Geoforum, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban greenspace can improve the health of local residents by facilitating physical activity,
psychological restoration, and social contacts, as well as through amelioration of the …

Examining the distributional equity of urban tree canopy cover and ecosystem services across United States cities

CB Riley, MM Gardiner - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Examining the distributional equity of urban tree canopy cover (UTCC) has increasingly
become an important interdisciplinary focus of ecologists and social scientists working within …

Edible city solutions—one step further to foster social resilience through enhanced socio-cultural ecosystem services in cities

I Säumel, SE Reddy, T Wachtel - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nature-based solutions have not been able to actively involve citizens and to address
successfully food security, poverty alleviation, and inequality in urban areas. The Edible City …

[HTML][HTML] Wealthy, educated, and… non-millennial? Variable patterns of distributional inequity in 31 Canadian cities

J Quinton, L Nesbitt, A Czekajlo - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
This article assesses the distribution of urban vegetation in 31 Canadian cities to determine
whether certain social-economic/demographic factors are associated with increased …

Staying cool in the compact city: Vacant land and urban heating in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

H Pearsall - Applied geography, 2017 - Elsevier
This study analyzes socio-spatial patterns in land surface temperature (LST) and vacant
land across Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a city with an estimated 30,000–40,000 vacant lots …

What might 'just green enough'urban development mean in the context of climate change adaptation? The case of urban greenspace planning in Taipei Metropolis …

L Mabon, WY Shih - World development, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper argues that climate change adaptation through strategic greenspace planning
requires scholars and planners to think differently about what equity means in an urban …

Understanding the changes in spatial fairness of urban greenery using time-series remote sensing images: A case study of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater …

G Yang, Y Zhao, H **ng, Y Fu, G Liu, X Kang… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban greenery is essential to the living environment of humans. Objectively assessing the
rationality of the spatial distribution of green space resources will contribute to regional …

Predicting the surface urban heat island intensity of future urban green space development using a multi-scenario simulation

J Liu, L Zhang, Q Zhang, G Zhang, J Teng - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The distribution and morphology of urban green space (UGS) have a significant impact on
its ability to mitigate surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII). In this study, the Future Land …