Integrating green infrastructure, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for urban sustainability: A comprehensive literature review

X Fang, J Li, Q Ma - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban nature is critical to addressing sustainability challenges. Three concepts capture the
core of this field: Urban Ecosystem Services (UES, benefits humans derived from urban …

Green roof and green wall benefits and costs: A review of the quantitative evidence

M Manso, I Teotónio, CM Silva, CO Cruz - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Greening the urban environment can be an important strategy to tackle the problems of
urban densification and meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Green …

Cities, settlements and key infrastructure

D Dodman, B Hayward, M Pelling, V Castán Broto… - 2022 - cambridge.org
In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

Greening smart cities: An investigation of the integration of urban natural resources and smart city technologies for promoting environmental sustainability

CX Hui, G Dan, S Alamri, D Toghraie - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
The integration of urban natural resources and smart city technologies as a means to
promote sustainability is investigated in this study using a descriptive-analytical literature …

[HTML][HTML] Intersectional climate justice: A conceptual pathway for bridging adaptation planning, transformative action, and social equity

AT Amorim-Maia, I Anguelovski, E Chu, J Connolly - Urban climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Local governments around the world are formulating different ways to address climate
change. However, the compounding and overlap** vulnerabilities of historically …

Urban nature as a source of resilience during social distancing amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

K Samuelsson, S Barthel, J Colding, G Macassa… - 2020 - diva-portal.org
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused countries across the world to implement measures
of social distancing to curb spreading of COVID-19. The large and sudden disruptions to …

Spatial dimensions of the influence of urban green-blue spaces on human health: A systematic review

SM Labib, S Lindley, JJ Huck - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
Background There is an increasing volume of literature investigating the links between
urban environments and human health, much of which involves spatial conceptualisations …

Urban green spaces for the social interaction, health and well-being of older people—An integrated view of urban ecosystem services and socio-environmental justice

F Enssle, N Kabisch - Environmental science & policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces provide multiple ecosystem services to city residents and are
considered an important element of socio-environmental justice. For older people, urban …

Nature-based solutions for urban climate change adaptation: linking science, policy, and practice communities for evidence-based decision-making

N Frantzeskaki, T McPhearson, MJ Collier… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Nature-based solutions offer an exciting prospect for resilience building and advancing
urban planning to address complex urban challenges simultaneously. In this article, we …

[HTML][HTML] Using deep learning to examine street view green and blue spaces and their associations with geriatric depression in Bei**g, China

M Helbich, Y Yao, Y Liu, J Zhang, P Liu… - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Residential green and blue spaces may be therapeutic for the mental health.
However, solid evidence on the linkage between exposure to green and blue spaces and …