Social media data for environmental sustainability: A critical review of opportunities, threats, and ethical use

A Ghermandi, J Langemeyer, D Van Berkel, F Calcagni… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Social media data are transforming sustainability science. However, challenges from
restrictions in data accessibility and ethical concerns regarding potential data misuse have …

Conducting qualitative content analysis in urban planning research and urban studies

A Sheydayi, H Dadashpoor - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
Qualitative content analysis as a kind of systematic analysis of qualitative data in which the
latent values and meanings of the text are tried to be identified, described, and interpreted, is …

[HTML][HTML] Back to nature: Norwegians sustain increased recreational use of urban green space months after the COVID-19 outbreak

ZS Venter, DN Barton, V Gundersen, H Figari… - Landscape and urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
In Oslo, as elsewhere, the COVID-19 outbreak and the following lockdown measures during
spring 2020 led to increased use of urban green infrastructure. Whether this has led to more …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the impacts of urban expansion on green spaces availability and delivery of ecosystem services in the Accra metropolis

DA Puplampu, YA Boafo - Environmental Challenges, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract As Accra, Ghana's capital city, expands at an unprecedented rate, the fragmentation
and loss of natural and semi-natural ecosystems may be the greatest challenge to achieving …

COVID-19 is spatial: Ensuring that mobile Big Data is used for social good

A Poom, O Järv, M Zook, T Toivonen - Big Data & Society, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The mobility restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in the biggest
disruption to individual mobilities in modern times. The crisis is clearly spatial in nature, and …

Using social media photos and computer vision to assess cultural ecosystem services and landscape features in urban parks

S Huai, F Chen, S Liu, F Canters, T Van de Voorde - Ecosystem Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban parks are important public places that provide an opportunity for city dwellers to
interact with nature. In recent years, social media data have become a promising data …

Current methods for evaluating people's exposure to green space: a scoping review

Y Liu, MP Kwan, MS Wong, C Yu - Social Science & Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
People's exposure to green space is a critical link between urban green space and urban
residents' health. Since green space may affect human health through multiple pathways …

Optimizing urban green space patterns to improve spatial equity using location-allocation model: A case study in Wuhan

Y Chen, H Men, X Ke - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Green space allocation aims to support the UNs sustainable development goals (SDGs) and
to mitigate the conflicts between supply and demand. Previous studies have shown that the …

[HTML][HTML] Blue space exposure, health and well-being: Does freshwater type matter?

CW McDougall, N Hanley, RS Quilliam… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that spending time in or around water bodies or 'blue spaces' can
result in improved human health. To date, investigations of the health-promoting potential of …

A geographical detector study on factors influencing urban park use in Nanjing, China

Z Fan, J Duan, Y Lu, W Zou, W Lan - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Even though urban parks are widely recognized to be of immense benefits for urban
residents and environment alike, developing a direct and effective method to estimate urban …