Urban growth management policies (UGMPs), which include green belts and urban growth
boundaries seek to prevent urban sprawl in neighbouring peri-urban and rural landscapes …

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought profound changes in the world. Consequently, it has
affected global forests, forest-dependent communities, and the forest industry. The current …

Urban forest fragments are highly multifunctional and provide many ecosystem services to
people. However, the expansion and densification of cities is threatening this particular type …

The problem that limited green spaces do not meet the increasingly demands of people
living in urbanized areas is a global concerning. This study employed an improved 3SFCA …

While quality environments (eg, greenery) have been widely reported to alleviate residents'
psychological stress during COVID-19 quarantines, this study argues that roles of the built …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a global public health threat. In this
crisis period, urban parks provided multiple ecosystem services and direct/indirect benefits …

This work aims to map and assess the recreational culture ecosystem services (CES) supply
and demand in Vilnius. A novel framework individually assessed natural recreational CES …

Reducing trade-offs among ecosystem services (ES) from urban and peri‑urban forests
(UPF) is crucial for human wellbeing. We performed spatial analyses and quantified the …

Urban and peri-urban forests provide a wide range of benefits especially by providing the
inhabitants with numerous ecosystem services that contribute to maintaining and improving …

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on people's mental wellbeing. Few
studies have investigated how the neighborhood environment might help to moderate the …