Lidar boosts 3D ecological observations and modelings: A review and perspective

Q Guo, Y Su, T Hu, H Guan, S **… - … and Remote Sensing …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The advent of lidar has revolutionized the way we observe and measure vegetation structure
from the ground and from above and represents a major advance toward the quantification …

LiDAR applications to estimate forest biomass at individual tree scale: Opportunities, challenges and future perspectives

D Xu, H Wang, W Xu, Z Luan, X Xu - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accurate forest biomass estimation at the individual tree scale is the foundation of timber
industry and forest management. It plays an important role in explaining ecological issues …

Nature-based solutions for resilient landscapes and cities

R Lafortezza, J Chen, CK Van Den Bosch… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly applied to guide the design of resilient
landscapes and cities to enable them to reach economic development goals with beneficial …

[LIBRO][B] An impact evaluation framework to support planning and evaluation of nature-based solutions projects. Report prepared by the EKLIPSE Expert Working …

C Raymond, M Breil, M Nita, N Kabisch, M de Bel… - 2017 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Nature‐Based Solutions (NBS) are solutions to societal challenges that are inspired and
supported by nature. The European Commission requested the EKLIPSE project to help …

Green spaces, quality of life, and citizen perception in European cities

V Giannico, G Spano, M Elia, M D'Este, G Sanesi… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces generate a number of perceived benefits toward human health and
well-being, including an overall improvement in the quality of life. To date, processes …

Nature-based solutions: Settling the issue of sustainable urbanization

R Lafortezza, G Sanesi - Environmental research, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization presents one of the most urgent challenges of our times. Cities must
cope with poor air quality, heat island effects, increased flood risk and the frequency/severity …

Urban green infrastructure in Europe: Is greenspace planning and policy compliant?

C Davies, R Lafortezza - Land use policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure (UGI) planning, based on certain principles, has emerged as a
way to conceptualise connected greenspace in urbanised environments. This is achieved …

A new method for 3D individual tree extraction using multispectral airborne LiDAR point clouds

W Dai, B Yang, Z Dong, A Shaker - ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Characterization of individual trees is essential for many applications in forest
management and ecology. Previous studies relied on single tree detection from …

The role of nature-based solutions for improving environmental quality, health and well-being

HY Liu, M Jay, X Chen - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nature-based solutions (NbS) have been positioned and implemented in urban areas as
solutions for enhancing urban resilience in the face of a wide range of urban challenges …

Forest biomass estimation over three distinct forest types using TanDEM-X InSAR data and simulated GEDI lidar data

W Qi, S Saarela, J Armston, G Ståhl… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Global Ecosystem Dynamic Investigation (GEDI) mission has been successfully
launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 5th, 2018. While the …