[HTML][HTML] Urban green spaces and sustainability: Exploring the ecosystem services and disservices of grassy lawns versus floral meadows

S Paudel, SL States - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Urban green spaces provide important ecological, environmental, and cultural benefits,
including biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. However, a significant portion of …

Urban forest invertebrates: how they shape and respond to the urban environment

DJ Kotze, EC Lowe, JS MacIvor, A Ossola, BA Norton… - Urban …, 2022‏ - Springer
Invertebrates comprise the most diversified animal group on Earth. Due to their long
evolutionary history and small size, invertebrates occupy a remarkable range of ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond urban parks: Map** informal green spaces in an urban–peri-urban gradient

M Biernacka, J Kronenberg, E Łaszkiewicz… - Land use policy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Urban green space (UGS) is a broad and potentially very inclusive term. Although most
discussions on UGS focus on urban parks, there are many other vegetated areas in cities …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting wildflower biodiversity in dense and green cities: The important role of small vegetation patches

KA Vega, C Küffer - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The conservation and promotion of biodiversity in urban spaces has become a core concern
in urban greening. As cities continue to densify, however, urban green spaces are becoming …

Ecological and economic benefits of low‐intensity urban lawn management

CJ Watson, L Carignan‐Guillemette… - Journal of Applied …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Intensive management of urban lawns is globally widespread, predominantly for aesthetic
reasons. However, a growing body of knowledge demonstrates negative ecological and …

Dwelling in the city: A qualitative exploration of the human-nature relationship in three types of urban greenspace

EE Noe, O Stolte - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The combination of increasing numbers of people in cities, coupled with decreasing levels of
biodiversity, is hypothesised to result in the extinction of experience, or the continued …

Public attitudes toward biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management in Europe

LK Fischer, L Neuenkamp, J Lampinen… - Conservation …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Increasing urbanization worldwide calls for more sustainable urban development.
Simultaneously, the global biodiversity crisis accentuates the need of fostering biodiversity …

Impact of mowing frequency on arthropod abundance and diversity in urban habitats: a meta-analysis

A Proske, S Lokatis, J Rolff - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Urbanization is an important driver of global insect decline. Yet, recent studies have
demonstrated the potential of greenspaces in cities to promote biodiversity conservation …

[HTML][HTML] The association between maintenance and biodiversity in urban green spaces: A review

X Hu, MF Lima - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Most urban green spaces (UGSs) today are under intensive maintenance practices,
including mowing, cutting and/or chemical input, among many other practices. A growing …

[HTML][HTML] Wild bees and hoverflies respond differently to urbanisation, human population density and urban form

AS Persson, J Ekroos, P Olsson, HG Smith - Landscape and Urban …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
While urbanisation contributes to global biodiversity declines, flower-rich urban habitats may
provide beneficial pollinator habitats. We investigated the potential of urban residential …