Towards an integrative approach to evaluate the environmental ecosystem services provided by urban forest

S Roeland, M Moretti, JH Amorim… - Journal of Forestry …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract As a Nature-Based Solution, urban forests deliver a number of environmental
ecosystem services (EESs). To quantify these EESs, well-defined, reliable, quantifiable and …

3D tree reconstruction in support of urban microclimate simulation: a comprehensive literature review

H Xu, CC Wang, X Shen, S Zlatanova - Buildings, 2021 - mdpi.com
The negative climate change induced by rapid urbanization has become a global
environmental issue. Numerous studies have been devoted to microclimate regulation …

Understanding the cooling capacity and its potential drivers in urban forests at the single tree and cluster scales

C Wang, Z Ren, X Chang, G Wang, X Hong… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban forests can mitigate the urban heat island effect by serving as cooling islands.
However, urban forest cooling potentials and their influencing factors at the single tree and …

Evaluating the impact of roads on the diversity pattern and density of trees to improve the conservation of species

UA Bhatti, Z Yu, A Hasnain, SA Nawaz, L Yuan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Roadside trees alter biotic and abiotic factors of plants diversity in an ecosystem. Rows of
plants grow along the roadside due to the interplay between the arrival of propagule and …

Urban vegetation cooling capacity was enhanced under rapid urbanization in China

C Wang, Z Ren, Y Du, Y Guo, P Zhang, G Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cooling capacity of urban vegetation, which forms “urban cooling islands”(UCI), can play
an important role in mitigating urban heat islands (UHI). However, the spatiotemporal …

Big data-based urban greenness in Chinese megalopolises and possible contribution to air quality control

W Wang, P Tian, J Zhang, E Agathokleous… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban greenness is essential for people's daily lives, while its contribution to air quality
control is unclear. In this study, Streetview big data of urban greenness and air quality data …

Forestry contributed to warming of forest ecosystems in northern Germany during the extreme summers of 2018 and 2019

JS Blumröder, F May, W Härdtle… - Ecological Solutions and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Forest management influences a variety of ecosystem structures and processes relevant to
meso‐and microclimatic regulation, but little research has been done on how forest …

Assessment of street forest characteristics in four African cities using google street view measurement: Potentials and implications

C Liang, A Serge, X Zhang, H Wang, W Wang - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate information on urban forests of tree sizes, health state, community structures, and
spatial distribution is still limited in African cities. Using a Google Street View (GSV)-based …

Effects of urbanization on woody plant phylogenetic diversity and its associations with landscape features in the high latitude northern hemisphere region, Northeast …

Y Yang, C Wei, L Xiao, Z Zhong, Q Li, H Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urbanization is one of the primary drivers of terrestrial modification, with marked biological
homogenization worldwide but relatively poor knowledge of woody phylogenetic diversity …

Urbanization led to a decline in glomalin-soil-carbon sequestration and responsible factors examination in Changchun, Northeastern China

Q Wang, D Zhang, W Zhou, X He, W Wang - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) is a proxy for soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
and is crucial for soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. Urbanization has been recognized one …