Elevation in wildfire frequencies with respect to the climate change

S Mansoor, I Farooq, MM Kachroo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forests have been undergoing through immense pressure due to the factors like human
activities; procurement of forest products and climate change which is a major factor …

The benefits of trees for livable and sustainable communities

JB Turner‐Skoff, N Cavender - Plants, People, Planet, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Trees play a critical role for people and the planet. Numerous
studies have demonstrated that the presence of trees and urban nature can improve …

Climate change increases global risk to urban forests

M Esperon-Rodriguez, MG Tjoelker, J Lenoir… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change threatens the health and survival of urban trees and the various benefits
they deliver to urban inhabitants. Here, we show that 56% and 65% of species in 164 cities …

Beyond 'trees are good': Disservices, management costs, and tradeoffs in urban forestry

LA Roman, TM Conway, TS Eisenman, AK Koeser… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
The provision of ecosystem services is a prominent rationale for urban greening, and there
is a prevailing mantra that 'trees are good'. However, understanding how urban trees …

Urban forests, ecosystem services, green infrastructure and nature-based solutions: Nexus or evolving metaphors?

FJ Escobedo, V Giannico, CY Jim, G Sanesi… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Approaches and concepts nurturing interdisciplinary knowledge on urban ecosystems have
evolved over recent decades and adopted a series of metaphors, including Ecosystem …

[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 …

Assessing street-level urban greenery using Google Street View and a modified green view index

X Li, C Zhang, W Li, R Ricard, Q Meng… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract We explored Google Street View (GSV) as a street-level, urban greenery
assessment tool. Street-level greenery has long played a critical role in the visual quality of …

Urban ecology and sustainability: The state-of-the-science and future directions

J Wu - Landscape and urban planning, 2014 - Elsevier
Ecosystems and landscapes around the world have become increasingly domesticated
through urbanization. Cities have been the engines of socioeconomic development but also …

[图书][B] Urban ecology: science of cities

RTT Forman - 2014 - books.google.com
How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is
ecology-including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations-spatially entwined …

A systematic quantitative review of urban tree benefits, costs, and assessment methods across cities in different climatic zones

S Roy, J Byrne, C Pickering - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2012 - Elsevier
Urban trees can potentially mitigate environmental degradation accompanying rapid
urbanisation via a range of tree benefits and services. But uncertainty exists about the extent …