[HTML][HTML] Multiple ecosystem services of informal green spaces: A literature review

S Luo, A Patuano - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Informal green spaces (IGS) such as overgrown vacant lots and urban brownfields constitute
a considerable amount of green resources in the city. Given that the increasingly competitive …

Asset or liability? Ecological and sociological tradeoffs of urban spontaneous vegetation on vacant land in shrinking cities

CB Riley, KI Perry, K Ard, MM Gardiner - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The increase of minimally managed vacant land resulting from population loss and the
subsequent removal of infrastructure is a reoccurring feature in shrinking cities around the …

[HTML][HTML] Wildness and habitat quality drive spatial patterns of urban biodiversity

C Aznarez, JC Svenning, G Taveira, F Baró… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban green and blue spaces (UGBS) are key for biodiversity conservation. Many studies
focus on UGBS benefits for well-being, but how UGBS ecological and quality influence …

The value of doing nothing–How informal green spaces can provide comparable ecosystem services to cultivated urban parks

P Sikorski, B Gawryszewska, D Sikorska… - Ecosystem …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces have been widely recognized for their ecosystem services (ES)
provisioning, but their resources are insufficient. Informal green spaces (IGS), the neglected …

How do urban green spaces increase well-being? The role of perceived wildness and nature connectedness

A Samus, C Freeman, Y van Heezik, K Krumme… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nature connectedness is recognised for its potential to promote pro-environmental behavior
and well-being. While urban green spaces are the main form of direct contact with nature for …

Wild or neat? Personal traits affect public preference for wildness of urban lakeshores in France and China

C Tan, WY Chen, Y Su, A Fritsch, P Canu, Y Cao… - Landscape and Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban natural spaces with high wildness degrees could harbor greater biodiversity and
provide more experiences of nature for urbanites than green–blue spaces that are perfectly …

Conceptualizing social-ecological drivers of change in urban forest patches

LR Johnson, ML Johnson, MFJ Aronson… - Urban …, 2021 - Springer
We introduce a conceptual model of the urban forest patch as a complex social-ecological
system, incorporating cross-scale interactions. We developed this model through an …

Understanding drivers of global urban bird diversity

AC Hughes, MC Orr, F Lei, Q Yang, H Qiao - Global Environmental Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Around 56% of the world's population live in cities, with rapid urbanisation in develo**
regions. However, most ecological studies focus on developed countries. Here, we conduct …

Bird species richness across a Northern Andean city: Effects of size, shape, land cover, and vegetation of urban green spaces

JA Garizabal-Carmona… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities are human-dominated ecosystems where landscape transformation decreases
biodiversity, a conservation concern when urbanization sprawls into biodiversity hotspots …

[HTML][HTML] Map** wild nature areas to identify priority areas for urban rewilding in cities: A process-oriented approach

BM Zoderer, C Hainz-Renetzeder, F Vuolo - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban rewilding initiatives are gaining traction in cities, yet little remains known about the
spatial opportunities for transitioning greenspaces into rewilding sites. This paper advances …