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Urban Forest and Urban Microclimate

Forests, 2023
Urban environments are challenging places for urban greenspaces, especially for trees, which have the greatest impact on ecosystem service provisions [...]
Thomas Rötzer, Astrid Moser-Reischl, Mohammad A. Rahman, Stephan Pauleit   +3 more
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Evapotranspiration of an Abandoned Grassland in the Italian Alps: Influence of Local Topography, Intra- and Inter-Annual Variability and Environmental Drivers

Atmosphere, 2022
Evapotranspiration is a key variable of the hydrological cycle but poorly studied in Alpine ecosystems. The current study aimed to characterise the impact of topography and temporal variability on actual evapotranspiration (ETa) and its environmental ...
Davide Gisolo, Ivan Bevilacqua, Justus van Ramshorst, Alexander Knohl, Lukas Siebicke, Maurizio Previati, Davide Canone, Stefano Ferraris   +7 more
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Working together: the roles of geographic proximity, homophilic organizational characteristics, and neighborhood context in civic stewardship collaboration networks in Philadelphia and New York City

Ecology and Society, 2019
We examine networks of collaboration among civic environmental stewardship organizations in Philadelphia and New York City to understand which factors shape collaborative ties between organizations.
Lorien Jasny, Michelle Johnson, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Josh Redmond   +4 more
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Developing a New Hourly Forest Fire Risk Index Based on Catboost in South Korea

Applied Sciences, 2020
Forest fires can cause enormous damage, such as deforestation and environmental pollution, even with a single occurrence. It takes a lot of effort and long time to restore areas damaged by wildfires.
Yoojin Kang, Eunna Jang, Jungho Im, Chungeun Kwon, Sungyong Kim   +4 more
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Context matters: influence of organizational, environmental, and social factors on civic environmental stewardship group intensity

Ecology and Society, 2019
Civic environmental stewardship groups actively take care of their local environment and are known to work in urban contexts. Research on the geographies of this urban environmental stewardship is young.
Michelle L. Johnson, Dexter H. Locke, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Lynne M. Westphal, Michele Romolini, J. Morgan Grove   +6 more
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Variation in Urban Forest Regulation of Air Particulate Matter Concentration [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2022
Urban forest was vital to adjusting Air Particulate Matter Concentration (APMC). The purpose of this study was designed to provide a more detailed analysis of the urban forest long-time scales effect on APMC.
Ma Fengfeng, Zhou Xiang, Deng Nan, Li Xiquan   +3 more
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Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) as biodiversity indicators for assessing urban forest habitats

Acta Silvae et Ligni, 2022
Urban and peri-urban forests are important habitats for maintaining biodiversity in cities. In this paper, we report a method for using hoverflies as biodiversity indicators in urban forest habitats.
Maarten De Groot, Primož Simončič, Andrej Verlič, Urša Vilhar   +3 more
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Aplikasi Metode Forest Health Monitoring dalam Penilaian Kerusakan Pohon di Hutan Kota Metro (Application of Forest Health Monitoring Method in Assessing Tree Damage in Metro Urban Forests)

Jurnal Sylva Lestari, 2019
The assessment of tree condition is very important to ensure visitor safety and to maintain the sustainability of Metro Urban Forest. However, data and information on the condition of trees in six locations of Metro Urban Forest are not yet available ...
Bondan Abimanyu, Rahmat Safe’i, Wahyu Hidayat   +2 more
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Remote Sensing of Urban Forests [PDF]

Remote Sensing, 2019
Urban forests and green infrastructures at large are of critical importance for contemporary cities as they provide a wide range of ecosystem services (ESS) that enhance the quality of life of urban dwellers. Remote sensing technologies have greatly contributed to assessing and mapping the spatial distribution of ESS in urban areas, although more ...
Giovanni Sanesi, Vincenzo Giannico, Mario Elia, Raffaele Lafortezza   +3 more
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The economic benefits of reductions in nitrogen loads from stormwater runoff by street trees

Blue-Green Systems, 2020
It is increasingly recognised that urban trees can contribute to reducing stormwater runoff by intercepting and retaining a fraction of rainfall received.
Mariana D. Baptista, Marco Amati, Tim D. Fletcher, Matthew J. Burns   +3 more
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