Urban green spaces–including parks, trees, and other vegetated areas–are inequitably
distributed in cities worldwide, as underserved groups, such as low-income and people of …

Urban vacant land availability offers revitalisation opportunities in the form of improving
ecological functions. However, less is known about the available planning tools with which …

Demolition is one of shrinking cities' most important strategies to deal with vacant and
abandoned properties, but processes and outcomes vary between nations. How do …

Increasing native vegetation cover on verges, which are underutilized urban lands, can help
build resilient cities under urban densification and climate change. As these areas are …

Problem, research strategy, and findings The negative impact of vacant and abandoned
housing in city neighborhoods is extreme, affecting health and quality of life, promoting …

Attributes of property parcel owners are hypothesized to impact land management
outcomes, because different types of owners are likely to have different capacities and …

The goal of this study was to explore how the recreational use of the Bloomingdale Trail, a
greenway located in gentrifying communities in Chicago, IL, was associated with a sense of …

Between 2014 and 2020, the city of Chicago sold hundreds of city-owned lots for a dollar to
property owners across its South and West Side neighborhoods through the Large Lots …

Physical disorder can cause social disorder and urban decline. The emergence of virtual
auditing via online street-view images provides a brand-new way to study physical disorder …

Plan monitoring is broadly believed to address plan obsolescence. We inquire to what
extent neighborhood plan monitoring meetings enhanced implementation conformance over …