Urban green space, public health, and environmental justice: The challenge of making cities 'just green enough'

JR Wolch, J Byrne, JP Newell - Landscape and urban planning, 2014 - Elsevier
Urban green space, such as parks, forests, green roofs, streams, and community gardens,
provides critical ecosystem services. Green space also promotes physical activity …

Ecosystem services in urban landscapes: practical applications and governance implications

D Haase, N Frantzeskaki, T Elmqvist - Ambio, 2014 - Springer
Urban landscapes are the everyday environment for the majority of the global population,
and almost 80% of the Europeans live in urban areas. The continuous growth in the number …

Inclusive green environment for all? An investigation of spatial access equity of urban green space and associated socioeconomic drivers in China

LU Yutian, C Running, C Bin, WU Jiayu - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2024 - Elsevier
The inequitable distribution of urban green spaces (UGS) has attracted increasing attention
given the important role of green environments for sustainable development. However …

[HTML][HTML] Urban parks as green buffers during the COVID-19 pandemic

J **e, S Luo, K Furuya, D Sun - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In many parts of the world, concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic and city quarantine
policy have led to a general decline in the physical and mental health of residents due to …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and the city: Building capacity for urban adaptation

JG Carter, G Cavan, A Connelly, S Guy, J Handley… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
The significant shifts in climate variables projected for the 21st century, coupled with the
observed impacts of ongoing extreme weather and climate events, ensures that adaptation …

Development of a system for assessing the quality of urban street-level greenery using street view images and deep learning

Y **a, N Yabuki, T Fukuda - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Street greenery has long played a vital role in the quality of urban landscapes and is closely
related to people's physical and mental health. Also, the level of street greenery is an …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in motivations and social impacts across urban agriculture types: Case studies in Europe and the US

CK Kirby, K Specht, R Fox-Kämper, JK Hawes… - Landscape and Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular approach to addressing negative social and
health effects of cities. Social benefits of urban agriculture include improved health and …

Towards a greening city: How does regional cooperation promote urban green space in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area?

Y Li, X Zhang, C **a - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Promoting Urban Green Space (UGS) is one of the major requests of green cities
for urban planners and local officials, and it is linked to myriad environmental and social …

Anticipatory governance: A tool for climate change adaptation

R Quay - Journal of the American Planning Association, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Problem: Human and natural systems will probably have to adapt to climate change impacts,
but this cannot be planned for using the traditional approach based on predictions because …

[HTML][HTML] The landscape and evolution of urban planning science

M Haghani, S Sabri, C De Gruyter, A Ardeshiri… - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
The science of urban planning has drawn on a wide range of disciplines and research
perspectives. This makes it challenging to define the boundaries and directions of the field …