Biodiversity in residential gardens: a review of the evidence base

RJ Delahay, D Sherman, B Soyalan… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Residential gardens are a principal component of urban green infrastructure throughout the
world and their potential positive contributions to biodiversity are increasingly recognised …

[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 …

Urban street tree biodiversity and antidepressant prescriptions

MR Marselle, DE Bowler, J Watzema, D Eichenberg… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Growing urbanisation is a threat to both mental health and biodiversity. Street trees are an
important biodiversity component of urban greenspace, but little is known about their effects …

Lawns in cities: from a globalised urban green space phenomenon to sustainable nature-based solutions

M Ignatieva, D Haase, D Dushkova, A Haase - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
This opinion paper discusses urban lawns, the most common part of open green spaces and
urban green infrastructures. It highlights both the ecosystem services and also disservices …

Residential landscapes as social-ecological systems: a synthesis of multi-scalar interactions between people and their home environment

EM Cook, SJ Hall, KL Larson - Urban Ecosystems, 2012 - Springer
Residential landscapes are a common setting of human-environment interactions. These
ubiquitous ecosystems provide social and ecological services, and yard maintenance leads …

How the amount of greenery in city parks impacts visitor preferences in the context of naturalness, legibility and perceived danger

A Lis, K Zalewska, Ł Pardela, E Adamczak… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding how the physical characteristics of city parks impact the perceptions of
visitors is a factor that designers may well find useful. Many studies have been made on the …

The legacy effects of colonial and apartheid imprints on urban greening in South Africa: Spaces, species, and suitability

CM Shackleton, N Gwedla - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Colonialism is a significant legacy across most aspects of urban form, the nature and
distribution of public green spaces, and tree species composition in many cities of the Global …

Emerging urban forests: Opportunities for promoting the wild side of the urban green infrastructure

I Kowarik, A Hiller, G Planchuelo, B Seitz… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Many cities aim to increase urban forest cover to benefit residents through the provision of
ecosystem services and to promote biodiversity. As a complement to traditional forest …

Assessing the vulnerability of urban forests to climate change

C Ordóñez, PN Duinker - Environmental Reviews, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Climate adaptation is being embraced by many municipalities worldwide. An element of this
is the planting and protection of urban trees. However, the fact that climate change will also …

Urban landscape pattern analysis based on 3D landscape models

Z Chen, B Xu, B Devereux - Applied Geography, 2014 - Elsevier
Landscape ecology, urban landscape ecology in particular, has become one of the most
promising subjects in geographical research. Among studies of urban planning, land cover …