Urban green space cooling effect in cities

F Aram, EH García, E Solgi, S Mansournia - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Urban green spaces are considered an appropriate way to reduce urban heat island effects
and provide comfort to the nearby occupants. In addition to cooling the actual space, urban …

[HTML][HTML] A 'green'chameleon: Exploring the many disciplinary definitions, goals, and forms of “green infrastructure”

AM Matsler, S Meerow, IC Mell… - Landscape and Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
While the concept of green infrastructure (GI) is increasingly popular, definitions,
terminology, and goals differ based on geographic and disciplinary context. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Ecosystem service delivery by urban agriculture and green infrastructure–a systematic review

DL Evans, N Falagán, CA Hardman, S Kourmpetli… - Ecosystem Services, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability for urban ecosystems to deliver provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting
services is vital for the health, sustainability, and resilience of urban environments. The …

[HTML][HTML] Urban sustainability assessment: An overview and bibliometric analysis

A Sharifi - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Following the recognition of the significance of urban areas for achieving sustainable
development in the late 1980′ s, first studies on 'urban sustainability assessment'were …

Green infrastructure planning principles: An integrated literature review

R Monteiro, JC Ferreira, P Antunes - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas,
including green and blue spaces and other ecosystems, designed and managed to deliver a …

[PDF][PDF] Green infrastructure: Systematic literature review

J Ying, X Zhang, Y Zhang, S Bilan - Economic research-Ekonomska …, 2022 - hrcak.srce.hr
Green infrastructure can effectively coordinate environmental, social and economic
development, and has become one of the important strategies to achieve sustainable …

Planning green infrastructure to mitigate urban surface water flooding risk–A methodology to identify priority areas applied in the city of Ghent

L Li, P Uyttenhove, V Van Eetvelde - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban surface water floods pose growing threats in urban areas, which cause not only
massive physical water disturbance, but also loss of human lives, destruction of social and …

The potential of nature-based solutions to deliver ecologically just cities: Lessons for research and urban planning from a systematic literature review

M Pineda-Pinto, N Frantzeskaki, CA Nygaard - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
Planning for and implementing multifunctional nature-based solutions can improve urban
ecosystems' adaptation to climate change, foster urban resilience, and enable social and …

Access to nature in a post Covid-19 world: Opportunities for green infrastructure financing, distribution and equitability in urban planning

I Mell, M Whitten - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Covid-19 changed the way many people viewed and interacted with the natural
environment. In the UK, a series of national lockdowns limited the number of places that …

Urban green and blue infrastructure: A critical analysis of research on developing countries

LSV de Macedo, MEB Picavet, JAP de Oliveira… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article reviews the current status of research on urban green and blue infrastructure
(GBI) in developing countries. We critically analyzed a total of 283 papers addressing urban …