Urban nature has the potential to improve air and water quality, mitigate flooding, enhance
physical and mental health, and promote social and cultural well-being. However, the value …

Increasing urbanisation, changing disease scenarios, and current predictions of climate
change impacts require innovative strategies for providing healthy and sustainable cities …

Supported by a large body of scholarship, it is increasingly orthodox practice for cities to
deploy urban greening interventions to address diverse socioenvironmental challenges …

In cities, land-use decisions made during planning processes determine the availability of
ecosystem services fundamental to the wellbeing of urban population. Hence, the inclusion …

Urban green infrastructure planning aims to develop green space networks on limited space
in compact cities. Multifunctionality is considered key to achieving this goal as it supports …

Green infrastructure (GI) has been identified as a promising approach to help cities adapt to
climate change through the provision of multiple ecosystem services. However, GI …

Natural infrastructure such as parks, forests, street trees, green roofs, and coastal vegetation
is central to sustainable urban management. Despite recent progress, it remains challenging …

Land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics and the resulting changes in ecosystems, as well as
the services they provide, are a consequence of human activities and environmental drivers …

Traditional engineering approaches alone (gray infrastructure) are not able to meet all the
challenges of sustainability posed by growing urban population and consumption. Urban …

City dwellers have fewer opportunities to connect with nature, with urban green space (UGS)
often one of the few places where this can occur. Natural environments are known to …