A review on the adoption of AI, BC, and IoT in sustainability research

SR Wu, G Shirkey, I Celik, C Shao, J Chen - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain (BC), and the internet of things (IoT) has had
significant applications in the advancement of sustainability research. This review examines …

[HTML][HTML] Core themes for an urban green systems thinker: A review of complexity management in provisioning cultural ecosystem services

ME Menconi, L Palazzoni, D Grohmann - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
The urban green system is complex because it comprises heterogeneous small and large
areas and linear elements connected to each other and with the city system with variable …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 pandemic changes the recreational use of Moscow parks in space and time: Outcomes from crowd-sourcing and machine learning

V Matasov, V Vasenev, D Matasov, Y Dvornikov… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
The limited access to urban green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative
impact on the human-nature interaction in cities and human well-being. Number of visitors to …

A proposal for a forest digital twin framework and its perspectives

L Buonocore, J Yates, R Valentini - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increasing importance of forest ecosystems for human society and planetary health is
widely recognized, and the advancement of data collection technologies enables new and …

Compass: Towards better causal analysis of urban time series

Z Deng, D Weng, X Xie, J Bao, Y Zheng… - … on Visualization and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The spatial time series generated by city sensors allow us to observe urban phenomena like
environmental pollution and traffic congestion at an unprecedented scale. However …

Towards more-than-human-centred design: Learning from gardening

A Poikolainen Rosén, M Normark… - International Journal of …, 2022 - diva-portal.org
More-than-human-centred design is a growing field in HCI (human-computer interaction)
that account for non-human actors in design processes (such as animals, plants, and …

Geomatic data fusion for 3D tree modeling: The case study of monumental chestnut trees

M Balestra, E Tonelli, A Vitali, C Urbinati, E Frontoni… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, advancements in remote and proximal sensing technology have driven
innovation in environmental and land surveys. The integration of various geomatics devices …

Effects of wildfire on growth, transpiration and hydraulic properties of Pinus pinaster Aiton forest

F Niccoli, A Pacheco-Solana, S Delzon, JP Kabala… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the last decades, forests have been seriously threatened by the effects of climate change.
In Mediterranean regions, increasing fire occurrence and drought have a substantial impact …

Towards a “City in nature”: Evaluating the cultural ecosystem services approach using online public participation GIS to support urban green space management

YF Koh, HH Loc, E Park - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The concept of cultural ecosystem services has been increasingly influential in both
environmental research and policy decision making, such as for urban green spaces …

Macro-morphological traits of leaves for urban tree selection for air pollution biomonitoring: A review

K Rodríguez-Santamaría, CA Zafra-Mejía… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban trees provide different ecosystem benefits, such as improving air quality due to the
retention of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) on their leaves. The main objective of this …