Integrating green infrastructure, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for urban sustainability: A comprehensive literature review

X Fang, J Li, Q Ma - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban nature is critical to addressing sustainability challenges. Three concepts capture the
core of this field: Urban Ecosystem Services (UES, benefits humans derived from urban …

Understanding an urbanizing planet: Strategic directions for remote sensing

Z Zhu, Y Zhou, KC Seto, EC Stokes, C Deng… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Scientific contributions from remote sensing over the last fifty years have significantly
advanced our understanding of urban areas. Key contributions of urban remote sensing …

Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth across the world's cities

L Zhang, L Yang, CM Zohner, TW Crowther, M Li… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Urban environments, regarded as “harbingers” of future global change, may exert positive or
negative impacts on urban vegetation growth. Because of limited ground-based …

A global record of annual terrestrial Human Footprint dataset from 2000 to 2018

H Mu, X Li, Y Wen, J Huang, P Du, W Su, S Miao… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Human Footprint, the pressure imposed on the eco-environment by changing ecological
processes and natural landscapes, is raising worldwide concerns on biodiversity and …

[PDF][PDF] 城市景观格局演变的生态环境效应研究进展

陈利顶, 孙然好, 刘海莲 - 生态学报, 2013 - m.duniagaib.com
快速城市化过程剧烈影响着下垫面变化, 直接带来了交通拥挤, 资源短缺, 环境污染,
生态恶化等诸多问题, 所有这些问题的出现均与景观格局演变密切相关, 研究城市景观格局演变 …

Biodiversity in the city: fundamental questions for understanding the ecology of urban green spaces for biodiversity conservation

CA Lepczyk, MFJ Aronson, KL Evans, MA Goddard… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
As urban areas expand, understanding how ecological processes function in cities has
become increasingly important for conserving biodiversity. Urban green spaces are critical …

Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009

O Venter, EW Sanderson, A Magrach, JR Allan… - Scientific data, 2016 - nature.com
Remotely-sensed and bottom-up survey information were compiled on eight variables
measuring the direct and indirect human pressures on the environment globally in 1993 and …

Challenges and strategies for urban green-space planning in cities undergoing densification: A review

C Haaland, CK van Den Bosch - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2015 - Elsevier
The compact city approach has gained global impact as a planning approach for
sustainable development in areas with increasing urban population. Through densification …

Planning of urban green spaces: An ecological perspective on human benefits

T Semeraro, A Scarano, R Buccolieri, A Santino… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the context of urban land-use growth and the consequent impacts on the environment,
green spaces provide ecosystem services for human health. The ecosystem services …

Assessing the contribution of urban green spaces in green infrastructure strategy planning for urban ecosystem conditions and services

OY Liu, A Russo - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Maintaining ecosystem services is a key adaption option towards sustainable cities and
adaptive societies in securing citizens' health and wellbeing. This research investigates the …