Landscape metrics in assessing how the configuration of urban green spaces affects their cooling effect: A systematic review of empirical studies

Y Li, C Ren, JY Ho, Y Shi - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces (UGS) are effective mitigations to excessive urban heat. Landscape
metrics (LMs) have been widely used to assess how UGS configuration, ie, edge and area …

Progress in ecosystem services research: A guide for scholars and practitioners

AV Torres, C Tiwari, SF Atkinson - Ecosystem Services, 2021 - Elsevier
The study of ecosystem services enables the understanding of the services that ecosystems
provide at the landscape level by explaining the relationship between natural capital …

landscapemetrics: an open‐source R tool to calculate landscape metrics

MHK Hesselbarth, M Sciaini, KA With, K Wiegand… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying landscape characteristics and linking them to ecological processes is one of the
central goals of landscape ecology. Landscape metrics are a widely used tool for the …

Exploring the seasonal effects of urban morphology on land surface temperature in urban functional zones

Y Liu, W Zhang, W Liu, Z Tan, S Hu, Z Ao, J Li… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization intensifies the urban heat island (UHI) effect, leading to a multitude of
urban challenges. It is important to conduct comprehensive research to understand the …