Global variation in contributions to human well-being from urban vegetation ecosystem services

DR Richards, RN Belcher, LR Carrasco, PJ Edwards… - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
Urbanization has caused multiple environmental grand challenges that impair urban
sustainability. Urban vegetation (UV), a mainstream nature-based solution (NBS), can …

Research progress on urban forest ecosystem services and multifunctionality

C Miao, J Wang, D Wang - International Journal of Environmental Science …, 2024 - Springer
Urban forests are crucial components of the urban ecosystem, playing a pivotal role in
maintaining ecological balance, mitigating the urban heat island effect, and enhancing air …

Quantification of heat mitigation by urban green spaces using InVEST model—a scenario analysis of Nagpur City, India

R Kadaverugu, C Gurav, A Rai, A Sharma… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Urban green spaces (UGS) are known for providing a cooling effect by evapotranspiration,
shade, and by altering the albedo. Heat mitigation by UGS reduces the space cooling …

Litter decomposition and infiltration capacities in soils of different tropical urban land covers

TK Fung, DR Richards, RAT Leong, S Ghosh… - Urban …, 2022 - Springer
Healthy soil ecosystems are important for urban sustainability, because they provide the
basis for ecosystem services such as flood regulation, nutrient cycling and carbon …

Where did the ecosystem services value go? Adaptive supply, demand and valuation of new urban green spaces

Y Yan, W Jaung, DR Richards, LR Carrasco - … , Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
The value of ecosystem services (ES) is typically presented as static 'snapshot'maps. Static
maps have however limited value for urban planning since ES value is determined by the …