Biodiversity hypothesis states that contact with natural environments enriches the human
microbiome, promotes immune balance and protects from allergy and inflammatory …

Land use optimization is a promising approach to achieve urban sustainability. Despite the
increasing number of literature on land use optimization, a little investigation is made to …

The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it significant changes to
human mobility patterns and working environments. We aimed to explore how social …

The world has experienced dramatic urbanization in recent decades. However, we still lack
information about the characteristics of urbanization in large cities throughout the world …

Rapid urbanization and the lack of green infrastructure threaten the health of urban dwellers.
Green façades have been proposed as a green infrastructure solution to compensate for the …

Due to the unexpected emergence of COVID-19, different cities improvised responses to
prevent the virus from spreading and infecting the population. Madrid, capital of Spain and …

A growing body of research indicates that visual exposure to nature can enhance mental
well-being. However, the impact of such contact through high-rise building windows remains …

Urban green space (UGS) is although play a vital role in the mitigation of negative impacts of
urbanization, but it often abominably affected by the process of land-use land-cover (LULC) …

Urbanization and industrialization have resulted in an excessive intensity of land use,
structural imbalances, and regional ecological deterioration. To achieve sustainable …

Several studies have indicated that children who grow up in green environments enjoy
beneficial impacts on their development. However, to date, very little attention has been paid …