The literature on human experience in green environments had widely showed the positive
outcomes of getting in contact with nature. This study addresses the issue of whether urban …

Residential landscapes with private gardens are major land covers in cities and their
sustainable management is paramount for achieving a resilient urban future. Here we focus …

In arid and semiarid regions, where few if any trees are native, city trees are largely human
planted. Societal factors such as resident preferences for tree traits, nursery offerings, and …

Gardens are ubiquitous in western cities, comprising up to a third of the total urban area and
often containing a majority of the vegetation present. Gardens are the cumulative result of …

Landscape preferences shape decision-making and drive the ecological outcomes of urban
landscapes. We investigate how people's landscape preferences are shaped by the green …

Visual characteristics of the built environment affect how people perceive and experience
cities. For a long time, many studies have examined visual perception in cities. Such efforts …

Up to 70% of residential water use goes to maintaining landscape plantings. With increasing
water scarcity, changing the landscape preferences and choices of individual homeowners …

Destructive wildfire disasters are escalating globally, challenging existing fire management
paradigms. The establishment of defensible space around homes in wildland and rural …

Understanding the factors that influence biodiversity in urban areas is important for informing
management efforts aimed at enhancing the ecosystem services in urban settings and …

In cities, humans directly and indirectly affect plant and wildlife communities. These human–
species interactions are not included in traditional ecological approaches used to …