Social media data for environmental sustainability: A critical review of opportunities, threats, and ethical use

A Ghermandi, J Langemeyer, D Van Berkel, F Calcagni… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Social media data are transforming sustainability science. However, challenges from
restrictions in data accessibility and ethical concerns regarding potential data misuse have …

Using social media photos and computer vision to assess cultural ecosystem services and landscape features in urban parks

S Huai, F Chen, S Liu, F Canters, T Van de Voorde - Ecosystem Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban parks are important public places that provide an opportunity for city dwellers to
interact with nature. In recent years, social media data have become a promising data …

Spatial identification of restored priority areas based on ecosystem service bundles and urbanization effects in a megalopolis area

Z Liu, Q Huang, Y Zhou, X Sun - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has altered the structure and function of urban ecosystems with respect
to the demand for planning ecological restoration to inhibit ecological degradation …

In the AI of the beholder: A comparative analysis of computer vision-assisted characterizations of human-nature interactions in urban green spaces

A Ghermandi, Y Depietri, M Sinclair - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
Big data from photo-sharing platforms offer unique opportunities for the study of human-
nature interactions and landscape planning. Research increasingly relies on computer …

Dynamics of urban landscape nexus spatial dependence of ecosystem services in rapid agglomerate cities of Ethiopia

MA Degefu, M Argaw, GL Feyisa, S Degefa - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the dependence of ecosystem services (ESs) on the dynamics of human-
semi nature-coupled ecosystems is crucial for urban ecosystem resilience. In the present …

Seagrass ecosystem services show complex spatial patterns and associations

J McHenry, A Rassweiler, SE Lester - Ecosystem Services, 2023 - Elsevier
Seagrass beds support rich biodiversity and provide a range of important ecosystem
services, and thus widespread seagrass degradation and decline has prompted broader …

Causes and effects of mangrove ecosystem damage on carbon stocks and absorption in East Java, Indonesia

R Rudianto, DG Bengen, F Kurniawan - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The mangrove ecosystems in East Java are widely exploited and converted for other land.
Mangrove forests help decrease carbon dioxide concentration, are very efficient carbon …

Remote sensing to study mangrove fragmentation and its impacts on leaf area index and gross primary productivity in the South of Peninsular Malaysia

KD Kanniah, CS Kang, S Sharma, AA Amir - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mangrove is classified as an important ecosystem along the shorelines of tropical and
subtropical landmasses, which are being degraded at an alarming rate despite numerous …

Valuing cultural ecosystem services combining deep learning and benefit transfer approach

F Lingua, NC Coops, VC Griess - Ecosystem Services, 2022 - Elsevier
The importance placed by policy-makers on cultural ecosystem services (CES) is on the rise
worldwide, inducing a growing interest in the development of innovative approaches for their …

Beyond land cover: How integrated remote sensing and social media data analysis facilitates assessment of cultural ecosystem services

O Karasov, S Heremans, M Külvik, A Domnich… - Ecosystem …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coupled usage of remote sensing and geotagged social media data responds to the
growing interest in the spatially explicit operationalisation of cultural ecosystem services …