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Emerging Urban Forests: Opportunities for Promoting the Wild Side of the Urban Green Infrastructure [PDF]
Sustainability, 2019 Many cities aim to increase urban forest cover to benefit residents through the provision of ecosystem services and to promote biodiversity. As a complement to traditional forest plantings, we address opportunities associated with “emerging urban forests”
Buchholz, Sascha +5 more
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Cooling effect of urban forests on the urban heat island in Seoul, South Korea. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Air pollution and climate change amplify the urban heat island (UHI) effect, which has an adverse effect on human health. Urban forests (UFs) are important to reduce the UHI effect; however, the quantitative effect of UFs on UHI, relative to time and ...
Hwang B, Sou HD, Oh JH, Park CR.
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AIMS Environmental Science, 2020 Rapid urbanization poses major challenges to the mankind with huge impact on the society and the economy. This paper aims to review relevant literature, mainly recent studies, focused on significant aspects of the interrelations of urban forests and ...
Kumari Anjali +2 more
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Participatory intention and behavior towards riparian peri-urban forests management; an extended theory of planned behavior application. [PDF]
Front PsycholIntroduction Peri-urban forests play crucial role in quality of life and environment for citizens. To effectively utilize the services provided by these forests, it is essential to establish an integrated forest management system that aims to achieve a ...
Maleknia R, ChamCham J.
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Facial expressions of Asian people exposed to constructed urban forests: Accuracy validation and variation assessment. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 An outcome of building sustainable urban forests is that people’s well-being is improved when they are exposed to trees. Facial expressions directly represents one’s inner emotions, and can be used to assess real-time perception. The emergence and change
Guan H, Wei H, Hauer RJ, Liu P.
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Land, 2023 Urban forests by the riverside are important habitats for various animals and contribute various soundscapes for citizens. Unfortunately, urban forests are exposed to the influence of riverside traffic noises from freeways. This study aims to explore the
Xinchen Hong +6 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 Out of nowhere the COVID-19 pandemic has turned people’s everyday lives upside down. Public places in urban areas were closed. However, leaving the house for recreational and leisure purposes in nature was still allowed in Germany – even during lockdown ...
Hannes Weinbrenner +6 more
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Forests, 2022 Air quality issues caused by nitrogen dioxide (NO2) have become increasingly serious in Chinese cities in recent years. As important urban green infrastructure, urban forests can mitigate gaseous nitrogen pollution by absorbing NO2 through leaf gas ...
Cheng Gong, Chaofan Xian, Zhiyun Ouyang
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Review on Urban Forests and Trees as Nature-Based Solutions over 5 Years
Forests, 2021 As human living environments face increasing challenges with resilience, the concept of nature-based solutions (NBS) was proposed in recent years as a way to promote sustainable living in urban environments.
Xiangqi Kong +3 more
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Forests, 2022 Cities are affected by the impact of rapid urbanization on changes to soil properties. The aim of this study was to assess the physical and chemical properties of the soil of urban and peri-urban forests and to define which soil property is more ...
R. Enescu +4 more
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