Background In a rapidly urbanizing world, many people have little contact with natural
environments, which may affect health and well-being. Existing reviews generally conclude …

Urban ecosystem services provide many benefits for human beings. Given the dramatic
increase of urbanization, maintaining sustainability of cities relies heavily on ecosystem …

As cities around the world undertake large-scale urban afforestation projects, knowledge
gaps continue to exist regarding their impacts on quality of life. Using individual-level life …

The level of biodiversity is in decline, also in forests. As more natural structures are known to
safeguard biodiversity, changes in forest management, including higher amounts of …

Research on recreation in forests often aims at quantifying the recreational area, counting
the numbers of visitors, or assessing the attractiveness of forest characteristics. The nature …

Using a case study approach from past projects in Singapore, Australia, Cambodia,
Thailand and Vietnam, we examine the benefits, but also some of the challenges, to …

Urban rivers are socioecological systems, and restored habitats may be attractive to both
sensitive species and recreationists. Understanding the potential conflicts between …

This literature review shows that there is no up-to-date common approach to assess the
recreational potential of forests. The aim of the study is to present methodological and …

A variety of counting methods exist to analyze visitor numbers of outdoor settings such as
national parks, recreation areas and urban green spaces, with sensor-based approaches …

Cultural ecosystem services (CESs) are non-material benefits generated by natural and
human ecosystems that substantially contribute to human wellbeing. Estimating the …