[HTML][HTML] Urban green spaces and sustainability: Exploring the ecosystem services and disservices of grassy lawns versus floral meadows

S Paudel, SL States - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces provide important ecological, environmental, and cultural benefits,
including biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. However, a significant portion of …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and threats for pollinator conservation in global towns and cities

KCR Baldock - Current opinion in insect science, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Threats to urban pollinators include urban intensification, climate change,
pesticides and pollution.•Adding honey bee hives could negatively affect wild pollinators in …

The role of urban agriculture as a nature-based solution: A review for develo** a systemic assessment framework

M Artmann, K Sartison - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Urbanization and achieving sustainable agriculture are both major societal challenges. By
reducing food miles and connecting people with nature, food cultivation in cities has several …

Map** the benefits of nature in cities with the InVEST software

P Hamel, AD Guerry, S Polasky, B Han… - Npj Urban …, 2021 - nature.com
Natural infrastructure such as parks, forests, street trees, green roofs, and coastal vegetation
is central to sustainable urban management. Despite recent progress, it remains challenging …

Scenario analysis in urban ecosystem services research: Progress, prospects, and implications for urban planning and management

LIU Lumeng, WU Jianguo - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
Scenario analysis (SA) provides a useful tool to envision the future conditions of urban
ecosystem services (UES), but our understanding of how SA has been used in UES …

A large-scale dataset reveals taxonomic and functional specificities of wild bee communities in urban habitats of Western Europe

A Fauviau, M Baude, N Bazin, W Fiordaliso… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Wild bees are declining, mainly due to the expansion of urban habitats that have led to land-
use changes. Effects of urbanization on wild bee communities are still unclear, as shown by …

Bundling ecosystem services at a high resolution in the UK: Trade-offs and synergies in urban landscapes

JD Karimi, R Corstanje, JA Harris - Landscape Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Context Ecosystem service bundles can be defined as the spatial co-occurrence of
ecosystem services in a landscape. The understanding of the delivery of multiple ecosystem …

Modeling the ecosystem services of native vegetation management practices at solar energy facilities in the Midwestern United States

LJ Walston, Y Li, HM Hartmann, J Macknick… - Ecosystem Services, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing pressure on land resources for food and energy production along with efforts
to maintain natural systems necessitates the development of compatible land uses that …

The relationship between pollinator community and pollination services is mediated by floral abundance in urban landscapes

H Cohen, SM Philpott, H Liere, BB Lin, S Jha - Urban Ecosystems, 2021 - Springer
It is often argued that biodiversity and ecosystem functioning are linked by both habitat and
species composition, and that this relationship is particularly critical for mobile ecosystem …

A review of diversity of bees, the attractiveness of host plants and the effects of landscape variables on bees in urban gardens

E Rahimi, S Barghjelveh, P Dong - Agriculture & Food Security, 2022 - Springer
Background The world's growing population and growing need for food have increased
attention to urban agriculture around the world. Most crops grown in urban environments …