Advancing urban green and blue space contributions to public health

RF Hunter, M Nieuwenhuijsen, C Fabian… - The Lancet Public …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Urban green and blue spaces (UGBS) have the potential to improve public health and
wellbeing, address health inequities, and provide co-benefits for the environment, economy …

Future climate change and urban growth together affect surface runoff in a large-scale urban agglomeration

X Ju, W Li, J Li, L He, J Mao, L Han - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change and urban growth have been shown to alter hydrological processes,
particularly surface runoff. While there is widespread evidence of the combined effects of …

A 10 m resolution urban green space map for major Latin American cities from Sentinel-2 remote sensing images and OpenStreetMap

Y Ju, I Dronova, X Delclòs-Alió - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Mapping is fundamental to studies on urban green space (UGS). Despite a growing archive
of land cover maps (where UGS is included) at global and regional scales, mapping efforts …

Urban green space disparities: Implications of environmental injustice for public health

A Bressane, JP da Cunha Pinto… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Green Spaces (UGS) offer extensive benefits, yet their distribution reveals
significant socioeconomic disparities. Despite the growing body of research, there is a gap …

The global fatty liver disease Sustainable Development Goal country score for 195 countries and territories

JV Lazarus, H Han, HE Mark, SA Alqahtani… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Conclusions: The fatty liver disease–SDG score provides a strategic advocacy tool at the
national and global levels for the liver health field and noncommunicable disease …

[HTML][HTML] Recent greening may curb urban warming in Latin American cities of better economic conditions

Y Ju, I Dronova, DA Rodriguez, M Bakhtsiyarava… - Landscape and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rising temperatures have profound impacts on the well-being of urban residents. However,
factors explaining the temporal variability of urban thermal environment, or urban warming …

[HTML][HTML] Modification of temperature-related human mortality by area-level socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in Latin American cities

M Bakhtsiyarava, LH Schinasi, BN Sánchez… - Social Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In Latin America, where climate change and rapid urbanization
converge, non-optimal ambient temperatures contribute to excess mortality. However, little is …

Assessing Normalized Difference Vegetation Index as a proxy of urban greenspace exposure

Y Ju, I Dronova, Q Ma, J Lin, MR Moran… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a popular proxy of urban
greenspace (UGS). However, it's unclear how NDVI approximates physical characteristics of …

Individual structure mapping over six million trees for New York City USA

Q Ma, J Lin, Y Ju, W Li, L Liang, Q Guo - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Individual tree structure mapping in cities is important for urban environmental studies.
Despite mapping products for tree canopy cover and biomass are reported at multiple …

Urban Environments, Health, and Environmental Sustainability: Findings From the SALURBAL Study

AV Diez Roux, M Alazraqui, T Alfaro… - Journal of Urban …, 2024 - Springer
Despite the relevance of cities and city policies for health, there has been limited
examination of large numbers of cities aimed at characterizing urban health determinants …