Highlights•Cities are a centers of demand for ecosystem services and with projected
doubling of urban populations there will be an accelerating demand of these …

Although a number of comprehensive reviews have examined global ecosystem services
(ES), few have focused on studies that assess urban ecosystem services (UES). Given that …

While technological progress has fostered the conception of an urban society that is
increasingly decoupled from ecosystems, demands on natural capital and ecosystem …

Street trees are an integral element of urban life. They provide a vast range of benefits in
residential and commercial precincts, and they support healthy communities by providing …

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 …

We explore the potential of urban ecosystem services for improving resilience and quality of
life in cities. First, we classify and categorize important ecosystem services and disservices …

Urban landscape planners are increasingly becoming aware of the value of ecosystem
services to the quality of life of city residents. However, the ecosystem service framework has …

Heat islands are urban and suburban areas that are significantly warmer than their
surroundings. Traditional, highly absorptive construction materials and a lack of effective …

Tree planting has been proposed by the municipal government as a measure to alleviate air
pollution in Beijing, the capital of China. This study examines that proposal. It is based on …

The carbon balance in urban areas has become a major research challenge and a principal
policy concern in efforts to address anthropogenic climate change. Rapid urbanization and …