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The climate benefits, co-benefits, and trade-offs of green infrastructure: A systematic literature review.

Journal of Environmental Management, 2021
Climate change increases risks to natural and human systems. Green infrastructure (GI) has been increasingly recognized as a promising nature-based solution for climate change adaptation, mitigation, and other societal objectives for sustainable ...
C. Choi, P. Berry, Alison C. Smith
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Revealing the relationship between storm surge risks and coastal urbanization characteristics under sea level rise

Ecological Indicators
Under the pressures of climate change and sea level rise (SLR), coastal cities like Shenzhen face escalating threats from storm surges. A critical research gap remains in the mechanistic understanding of how anthropogenic urbanization processes interact ...
Bo Luan, Xiulin Ye, Jianing Luo, Shiqi Xie, Chenxi Xia, Yangtongci Ning, Mingjian Zhu   +6 more
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Assessing the contribution of urban green spaces in green infrastructure strategy planning for urban ecosystem conditions and services

Sustainable cities and society, 2021
Maintaining ecosystem services is a key adaption option towards sustainable cities and adaptive societies in securing citizens’ health and wellbeing. This research investigates the contribution of using urban green space components as the basic units in ...
O. Liu, A. Russo
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Smart green infrastructure in a smart city – the case study of ecosystem services evaluation in Krakow based on i-Tree Evo software [PDF]

, 2019
It is a common perception that urban greenery does not bring any rational benefits, while profits from real estates are obvious. Therefore, the cities green infrastructure (urban forests, parks, trees, lawns, meadows, etc.) are constantly threatened with
Siedlarczyk, Ewa, Winczek, Monika, Wężyk, Piotr, Zięba-Kulawik, Karolina   +3 more
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Towards Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Cities: Mitigating Urban Heat Islands Through Green Infrastructure

Sustainability
Rapidly increasing construction and agglomeration in urban areas have made the urban heat island (UHI) problem a turning point for the world, as a result of notably rising earth temperature every year.
Pinar Mert Cuce, E. Cuce, Mat Santamouris   +2 more
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A Comprehensive Review of Different Types of Green Infrastructure to Mitigate Urban Heat Islands: Progress, Functions, and Benefits

Land, 2022
Climate change and rapid urbanization increase/amplify urban heat islands (UHIs). Green infrastructure (GI) is an effective and popularly strategy used to moderate UHIs. This paper aims to better understand the progress of different GI types (urban parks,
Huamei Shao, Gunwoo Kim
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Performance of DcMFC-AnMBR coupled system for the treatment of sulfadiazine-containing swine wastewater

Gongye shui chuli
A dual-chamber microbial fuel cell-anaerobic membrane bioreactor(DcMFC-AnMBR) coupled process system was constructed. The power production, pollutant removal, and gas generation performance of the coupled system for treating swine wastewater containing ...
SIMA Cong, ZHANG Xinbo, CHENG Yanbin, WANG Huizhong, DU Qing, ZHONG Lingling, Huu Hao NGO   +6 more
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A ‘green’ chameleon: Exploring the many disciplinary definitions, goals, and forms of “green infrastructure”

, 2021
While the concept of green infrastructure (GI) is increasingly popular, definitions, terminology, and goals differ based on geographic and disciplinary context.
A. Matsler, Sara Meerow, Ian Mell, M. Pavao-Zuckerman   +3 more
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From green fingers and green ring to green mitten: Helsinki’s polycentric urbanisation and its impact on green structure

European Spatial Research and Policy
Urbanisation changes the landscape and fragments spatial structures including greenspaces across much of the world and Europe. The resultant impacts and morphological characteristics are understudied within peri-urban regions of cities.
Richard leBrasseur
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Requirements for Achieving the Social Benefits of Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) [PDF]

JES: Journal of Engineering Sciences
The rapid transformation of urban neighborhoods, alongside changing lifestyles, has prompted cities to prioritize not only mitigating climate stress but also improving the well-being of their residents.
Rehab Mahmoud
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