Urban green infrastructure is critical to sustainable cities and society, especially in rapidly
urbanising developing countries. This paper provides a review of studies on urban greening …

This paper builds on the expansion of urban ecology from a biologically based discipline—
ecology in the city—to an increasingly interdisciplinary field—ecology of the city—to a …

Urban areas are hot spots of complex and dynamic interactions between society and
ecosystems. Studies on such areas, however, have partially captured the coupled socio …

Ecosystem service provision varies temporally in response to natural and human-induced
factors, yet research in this field is dominated by analyses that ignore the time-lags and …

In recent years, a critical understanding of human–nature interactions has become central to
studies exploring the dynamics of urban morphology and the sustainability of growing cities …

Visions of sustainable cities mostly conjure up well tended home and community gardens,
where owners and residents plant fruits and vegetables that supply some of their livelihood …

Home gardens have been recognized as repositories of agricultural biodiversity across the
world. The influence of socioeconomics and location-specific factors on urban gardening …

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 …

An accurate description of spatial urban growth is a prerequisite step in order to implement
appropriated policies to improve the ecosystem service performance of green spaces in a …

Household perception of urban greenery is a vehicle for understanding socio-ecological
dimensions of grassroots urban sustainability. It also helps in advancing public participation …