Executive summary The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that
independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing …

Managing and adapting to climate change in urban areas will become increasingly
important as urban populations grow, especially because unique features of cities amplify …

As cities warm and the need for climate adaptation strategies increases, a more detailed
understanding of the cooling effects of land cover across a continuum of spatial scales will …

Urban areas are often perceived to have lower biodiversity than the wider countryside, but a
few small-scale studies suggest that some urban land uses can support substantial …

As urban areas expand, understanding how ecological processes function in cities has
become increasingly important for conserving biodiversity. Urban green spaces are critical …

Urban green space (UGS) has positive impacts on people's physical and mental health.
Equal access to UGS for all people, regardless of their individual characteristics, is key to the …

The increasing urbanization process is hypothesized to drastically alter (semi‐) natural
environments with a concomitant major decline in species abundance and diversity. Yet …

Cities are both embedded within and ecologically linked to their surrounding landscapes.
Although urbanization poses a substantial threat to biodiversity, cities also support many …

Urban green spaces can provide habitat and resources for urban dwelling fauna. Suburban
green spaces occur most commonly as parks and roadside vegetation, but as human …

Urban green infrastructure (UGI) is a promising concept when develo** multifunctional
green space systems to address major challenges of urbanization such as increasing social …