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E3S Web of Conferences, 2018 The tendency of the last 100 years shows the radical change of the proportion between urbanized areas and those dedicated to wild nature and agriculture. Whether we agree with it or not, cities are our future. Also it is confirmed by the annual reports of UNEP that cities are responsible for 75% of CO2 emissions.
Kucherova Anastasia, Narvaez Hana
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Environmental Responsibility in Urban Forests: A Cognitive Analysis of Visitors’ Behavior
ForestsThe environmentally responsible behavior of urban forest visitors is a key determinant for the conservation of urban forests. Identifying the determinants of individuals’ behavioral intentions and actual behavior in engaging in environmentally ...
Sahar Erfanian +2 more
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Applied SciencesPrevious conventional mist devices can induce a detrimental effect of leaf burn by intense, focused sunlight in summer. A mist generator is designed to prevent particulate matter (PM) damage to trees by combining mist with PM during high PM episodes.
Sin-Yee Yoo +4 more
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Forests, 2020 Soundscape plays a positive, health-related role in urban forests, and there is a competitive allocation of cognitive resources between soundscapes and lightscapes.
Xin-Chen Hong +3 more
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LandWe analyzed the effect of reducing particulate matter in a forest by comparing concentrations and particle number concentrations (PNCs) between urban and background forest areas with the use of aerodynamic particle sizers.
Sumin Choi, Taehee Kim, Chan-Ryul Park
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The Economic Value of Urban Forest In Jakarta (Case Study Srengseng Urban Forest West Jakarta)
Media Konservasi, 2019 The city of Jakarta has many environmental problems, among others it requires the existence of urban forests could ameliorate micro climate. Air temperature and humidity as part of the microclimate element affect the level of comfort that will ultimately
Saqinah Nur Rahmawati +3 more
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Spatial Perception of Urban Forests by Citizens Based on Semantic Differences and Cognitive Maps
Forests, 2020 Urban forests are more about people than trees. The positivist approach faces many obstacles in analyzing current urban forest-related issues; thus, this study adopted semantic differences and cognitive map approaches to evaluate the subjective ...
Zheng Zhao, Jie Ren, Yali Wen
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Upscaling carbon fluxes from towers to the regional scale: Influence of parameter variability and land cover representation on regional flux estimates [PDF]
, 2011 Quantifying the current carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems requires that we translate spatially sparse measurements into consistent, gridded flux estimates at the regional scale.
Davis, Kenneth J. +4 more
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"Edible" urban forests as part of inclusive, sustainable cities [PDF]
, 2018 Feeding an increasingly urban population and ensuring the economic and social well-being of urban dwellers will be the primary challenge for cities in coming decades.
Cari\uf1anos, Paloma +4 more
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