Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Papers
(The median citation count of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board261
Insights from negative reviews in high-ratings, and the associations between park attributes: A case study in Park City, Chengdu125
Rediscovering circularity in productive urban landscapes121
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on green space use in Turkey: Is closing green spaces for use a solution?111
Spatiotemporal fluctuations in urban park spatial vitality determined by on-site observation and behavior mapping: A case study of three parks in Zhengzhou City, China103
Sensitivity analysis of isoprene and aerosol emission in a suburban plantation using long short-term memory model102
Exploring the spatial potential of neglected or unmanaged blue spaces in the city of Warsaw, Poland85
Tree species composition, growing space and management in Hong Kong’s commercial sky gardens84
Risk of tick-borne zoonoses in urban green areas: A case study from Turin, northwestern Italy82
Two decades of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening: Taking stock and looking forward81
Bridging the land use gap: Examining tree canopy cover and connectivity by land use in 10 U.S. cities81
Impacts of 2D/3D building morphology on vegetation greening trends in Hong Kong: An urban-rural contrast perspective78
Urbanization affects population connectivity, reproductive success and phenotypic traits in the Mediterranean cliff species Brassica incana (Brassicaceae)77
It’s not easy being cool: Residents’ perceived cooling ability in relation to different types of green infrastructure in their neighbourhood76
Assessing the performance of centralized blue-green infrastructure in dynamic stormwater storage and runoff assignment68
Urban fruit orchards: Biodiversity and management restoration effects in the context of land use67
Evaluating airborne, mobile and terrestrial laser scanning for urban tree inventories: A case study in Ghent, Belgium66
Perception and preferred reuse of vegetated vacant lots along main streets in a shrinking city65
Preference for multi-layered, flowering, woody streetscape plantings in a mediterranean-type climate64
Green roof cooling and carbon mitigation benefits in a subtropical city64
Health clinic gardens as models for social-ecological systems: Floristic composition and potential utilization of plants in the Bojanala Platinum District North-West Province, South Africa63
The multidimensionality of urban nature: The well-being and integration of immigrants in Finland63
Best practices to use the iPad Pro LiDAR for some procedures of data acquisition in the urban forest61
Advancing urban green infrastructure through participatory integrated planning: A case from Slovakia59
Editorial Board57
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) for low-input lawns in the Mediterranean environment57
Support for a new credential in urban forestry: Results from a survey of urban forest professionals57
Bioreceptivity of living walls: Interactions between building materials and substrates, and effect on plant growth57
Book Review57
Eight recommendations to improve the reporting of qualitative social research in urban nature studies56
Methodology for urban vegetation segmentation based on cartesian hue and saturation characteristics using UAV images55
Detection of unfavourable urban areas with higher temperatures and lack of green spaces using satellite imagery in sixteen Spanish cities55
Comparing green spaces provision and accessibility indicators over a latitudinal gradient and multiple climate zones54
Editorial Board52
The image recognition of urban greening tree species based on deep learning and CAMP-MKNet model52
Hydric vegetation communities across rural, peri-urban, and urban zones within the Prairie Pothole Region51
Occupancy and detectability of African crowned eagles in an urban mosaic landscape: The importance of natural forest areas51
New morphological features for urban tree species identification using LiDAR point clouds50
Modeling the cooling effect of urban green spaces: The neglected control variables of ‘soil moisture’ and ‘biotope types’50
Suitability of a single imager multispectral sensor for tree health analysis48
Granivorous rodent loss poses greater threats to oak trees with large acorns than those with small ones in urban forests48
UAV leaf-on, leaf-off and ALS-aided tree height: A case study on the trees in the vicinity of roads47
Exploring socio-ecological inequalities in heat by multiple and composite greenness metrics: A case study in Belfast, UK47
Informal natural greenspaces as places for urban leisure: Perspectives, uses and values from Quebec, Canada47
Formative audience research to increase consumer demand for professional wildlife-friendly landscape maintenance47
Editorial Board46
The street tree distribution across a streetscape reflects the social inequality of Latin American cities46
Christian eco-theology and urban climate adaptation in the Yorubaland, Nigeria45
Visitors’ perceptions of traditional homestead windbreaks from user-generated comments45
Editorial Board45
Monitoring canopy quality and improving equitable outcomes of urban tree planting using LiDAR and machine learning45
Identifying causal changes in landscape greenness with very high-resolution airborne multispectral imagery and a panel data model44
Using robotics to detect footpath displacement caused by tree roots: A proof of concept44
Editorial Board44
Can parkland mitigate mental health burden imposed by the COVID-19? A national study in China43
Editorial Board43
Patchwork quilt: A methodology proposed for the study of historic gardens42
Examining the role of business improvement districts (BIDs) as contemporary alternatives for Green Infrastructure funding in London, UK42
Utilizing LiDAR to quantify aboveground tree biomass within an urban university42
Exploring geographical, curricular, and demographic factors of nature use by children in urban schoolyards in Raleigh, NC, USA42
Evaluating the quality of street trees in Washington, D.C.: Implications for environmental justice42
Diversity and structure in California’s urban forest: What over six million data points tell us about one of the world's largest urban forests42
Status, determinants and challenges of tree planting in Dodoma district, Tanzania42
Adolescents’ perceptions of park characteristics that discourage park visitation42
Does intensive cutting regime maintain lowland dry heathlands habitat? The case study of Milano Malpensa airport (Northern Italy)41
In the bleak mid-winter: The value of brownfield sites for birds during the winter41
The role of greenspace deprivation in children’s decision-making41
Modelling the spread of tree pests and pathogens in urban forests40
A “magic teleportation machine”: Ethnically diverse green space users derive similar cultural ecosystem benefits from urban nature40
Advancing social equity in urban tree planting: Lessons learned from an integrative review of the literature40
Stress-resistant trees are more common in urban than rural forests: A case study of Cleveland, Ohio’s natural parks40
Seasonal fluctuations of urban birds and their responses to immigration: An example from Macau, China39
Adding a mosaic mowing regime to urban lawns is the key to city biodiversity management for pollinators39
Phenological advance of blossoming over the past century in one of the world’s largest urban forests, Gauteng City-Region, South Africa39
Book Review39
Assessing challenges and opportunities for schools’ access to nature in England39
Reorienting urban green infrastructure planning towards biodiversity – Perspectives and ongoing debates from Germany39
In situ psycho-cognitive assessments support self-determined urban green exercise time39
Estimating the alignment of tree species composition with foraging practice in Philadelphia's urban forest: Toward a rapid assessment of provisioning services38
Finding justice in wild, novel ecosystems: A review through a multispecies lens38
Root adaptation of urban trees to a more precise irrigation system: Mature olive as a case study38
Where the wild things are: How urban foraging and food forests can contribute to sustainable cities in the Global North37
Examining strain propagation in the branch unions of Quercus alba L. and Quercus montana Willd.37
The advantage of mobile technologies in crowdsourcing landscape preferences: Testing a mobile app to inform planning decisions36
A systematic review of the relationship between urban forest quality and socioeconomic status or race36
More than green: Tree structure and biodiversity patterns differ across canopy change regimes in Baltimore’s urban forest36
Envisioning the future—Creating sustainable, healthy and resilient BioCities36
Factors influencing efficacy of an area-wide pest management program in three urban forests36
Complex floral traits shape pollinator attraction to flowering plants in urban greenspaces36
Monitoring of urban forests using 3D spatial indices based on LiDAR point clouds and voxel approach35
Using urban landscape pattern to understand and evaluate infectious disease risk35
Can microbial inoculants boost soil food webs and vegetation development on newly constructed extensive green roofs?35
Plant diversity on green roofs in the wild: Testing practitioner and ecological predictions in three midwestern (USA) cities35
The role and potential of residential open space in a suburban green space network35
Native plant establishment on a custom modular living wall system in a humid subtropical climate35
Influence of urban-form and sociodemographic factors on street tree abundance transpire across scales in Houston, TX34
Nature-based solutions for changing urban landscapes: Lessons from Australia34
Development of a system for assessing the quality of urban street-level greenery using street view images and deep learning34
Field evaluation of the cotton-strip assay for quantifying decomposition rates in extensive green roof substrates34
Negotiating the green obstacle course: Ranking priorities and problems for municipal green infrastructure implementation34
The comparisons of on-site and off-site applications in surveys on perception of and preference for urban green spaces: Which approach is more reliable?34
Spatial pattern of urban forest diversity and its potential drivers in a snow climate city, Northeast China34
A framework of biophilic urbanism for improving climate change adaptability in urban environments33
A comparison of global and regional open datasets for urban greenspace mapping33
The equity of tree distribution in the most ruthlessly hot city in the United States: Phoenix, Arizona33
Environmental and social benefits, and their coupling coordination in urban wetland parks33
Changes in recreation use in response to urban heat differ between migrant and non-migrant green space users in Vienna, Austria33
Associations between recent land use history and urban forest composition32
Malaysians’ perception on the contribution of urban green spaces to the UN sustainable development goals32
Urban forest fragmentation can highly influence pollinator-plant interactions in close contrasting habitats of a local herb, Ajuga decumbens (Labiatae)32
Urban transitions towards Nature-based Solutions31
Urban green spaces and stress during COVID-19 lockdown: A case study for the city of Madrid31
Pruning stormwater biofilter vegetation influences water quality improvement differently in Carex appressa and Ficinia nodosa31
Drivers of avian diversity in urban greenspaces in the Atlantic Forest31
Comparison of UAV-based LiDAR and digital aerial photogrammetry for measuring crown-level canopy height in the urban environment31
Urban forests as a strategy for transforming towards healthy cities31
How can forest fragments support protected areas connectivity in an urban landscape in Brazil?31
Renaturing cities: from utopias to contested realities and futures30
Moving green infrastructure planning from theory to practice in sub-Saharan African cities requires collaborative operationalization30
Urban environment, drought events and climate change strongly affect the growth of common urban tree species in a temperate city30
Vegetation complexity and greenspace diversity in urban schools29
Climate change threatens carbon storage in Europe’s urban trees29
How does urbanization affect the fauna of the largest urban forest in Mexico?29
Comparing subjective and objective greenspace accessibility: Implications for real greenspace usage among adults29
Adaptive shading: How microclimates and surface types amplify tree cooling effects?29
Machine learning-based prediction of tree crown development in competitive urban environments29
Construction, assessment, and protection of green infrastructure networks from a dynamic perspective: A case study of Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China29
Assessing the relationship between trait-based and horticultural classifications of plant responses to drought29
Tokyo’s urban tree challenge: Decline in tree canopy cover in Tokyo from 2013 to 202229
Renaturalisation and natural rewilding of the Manzanares river in Madrid, Spain: Mapping recreation potential and actual use29
Challenges and opportunities for Hawai‘i’s Exceptional Tree Program based on the lived experiences of urban forestry practitioners29
Exploring the interplay of urban form and greenery in residents’ affective and cognitive responses29
Microhabitat coverage influences avian species composition more than habitat heterogeneity in Hong Kong urban parks28
Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges28
The effect of eye-level street greenness exposure on walking satisfaction: The mediating role of noise and PM2.528
The motivation and factors influencing visits to small urban parks in Shanghai, China28
Urban greenery distribution and its link to social vulnerability28
Spatio-temporal monitoring of urban street-side vegetation greenery using Baidu Street View images28
Sniff the urban park: Unveiling odor features and landscape effect on smellscape in Guangzhou, China28
Study on the daily thermal radiation iso-disturbance on a building by trees in summer27
Why is dense vegetation in city parks unpopular? The mediative role of sense of privacy and safety27
Non-native plants and illegitimate interactions are highly relevant for supporting hummingbird pollinators in the urban environment27
Urban green space preferences for various health-related psychological benefits of adolescent pupils, university students and adults27
The role of urban parks in affecting health outcomes and the differences between vulnerable groups: Evidence from the central city of Beijing27
Verifying an ENVI-met simulation of the thermal environment of Yanzhong Square Park in Shanghai27
The interaction between human demand and urban greenspace supply for promoting positive emotions with sentiment analysis from twitter27
Sacred sites provide urban green spaces that maintain bird diversity in the megacity of Tokyo, Japan27
How does urban green space feature influence physical activity diversity in high-density built environment? An on-site observational study27
Does tree canopy moderate the association between neighborhood walkability and street crime?27
Artificial lawns exhibit increased runoff and decreased water retention compared to living lawns following controlled rainfall experiments26
COVID-19 and the importance of urban green spaces26
Association between local airborne tree pollen composition and surrounding land cover across different spatial scales in Northern Belgium26
River-city recreational interaction: A classification of urban riverfront parks and walks26
Spatial impacts of multimodal accessibility to green spaces on housing price in Cook County, Illinois26
Mental health in winter cities: The effect of vegetation on streets26
How do species richness and colour diversity of plants affect public perception, preference and sense of restoration in urban green spaces?26
Rediscovering the amenity value of urban landscapes in the mountainous areas with high-rise buildings from the perspective of 3D vertical urban systems26
Exploring the restorative capacity of urban green spaces and their biodiversity through an adapted One Health approach: A scoping review26
The role of green space in Chicago’s gentrification26
Is it sufficient? Assessment of two sampling methods for urban plant species richness investigations25
Local and landscape features of wooded streets influenced bird taxonomic and functional diversity25
Urban plant assemblages by land use type in Milan: Floristic, ecological and functional diversities and refugium role of railway areas25
Providing contact with nature for young generation - A case study of preschools in the City of Poznań, Poland25
Bridging landscape preference and landscape design: A study on the preference and optimal combination of landscape elements based on conjoint analysis25
Measuring the quality and accessibility of urban greenery using free data sources: A case study in Bratislava, Slovakia25
Indirect root distribution characterization using electrical resistivity tomography in different soil conditions25
Using geographical information systems to measure accessibility of green areas in the urban center of Nevşehir, Turkey25
Quantification of thermal stress abatement by trees, its dependence on morphology and wind: A case study at Patna, Bihar, India25
‘Letting my mind run wild’: Exploring the role of individual engagement in nature experiences24
Emotional perceptions of people exposed to green and blue spaces in forest parks of cities at rapid urbanization regions of East China24
Assessing ecological interactions in urban areas using citizen science data: Insights from hummingbird–plant meta-networks in a tropical megacity24
Spatial preference heterogeneity in policies for improving urban green spaces24
Relationships between residents’ ratings of place attachment and the restorative potential of natural and urban park settings24
Demographic, social, and environmental factors predicting Danish children’s greenspace use24
Urban green spaces and sustainability: Exploring the ecosystem services and disservices of grassy lawns versus floral meadows23
The relationship between urban green space and social health of individuals: A scoping review23
Nature at work: The effects of day-to-day nature contact on workers’ stress and psychological well-being23
Spatio-temporal analysis of the urban green infrastructure of the city of Granada (Spain) as a heat mitigation measure using high-resolution images Sentinel 323
Assessing multiple dimensions of distributional justice: Access, biodiversity and landscape structure of green spaces for multiple social groups of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile23
Restorative properties of green sheltered spaces and their morphological characteristics in urban parks23
Promoting wildflower biodiversity in dense and green cities: The important role of small vegetation patches23
The impact of landscape complexity on preference ratings and eye fixation of various urban green space settings23
Review on the multi-scale interactions of urban forests and atmospheric particles: Affecting factors are scale-dependent among tree, stand and region23
Evaluating green resource branding using user-generated content data: The case study of a greenway in eastern Guangzhou, China23
Are social media data and survey data consistent in measuring park visitation, park satisfaction, and their influencing factors? A case study in Shanghai23
Vacant lot plant establishment techniques alter urban soil ecosystem services22
Developing a mapping procedure for urban forests using online map services and Sentinel-2A images22
Structure of an urban green space indirectly affects the distribution of airborne particulate matter: A study based on structural equation modelling22
People’s preferences and perceptions toward low-input versus conventional park design approaches using 3D images and interview-based questionnaires22
Hybrid SWMM and particle swarm optimization model for urban runoff water quality control by using green infrastructures (LID-BMPs)22
Green wall plant tolerance to ambient urban air pollution22
Coarse-to-fine segmentation of individual street trees from side-view point clouds22
Accessibility measurements for urban parks considering age-grouped walkers’ sectorial travel behavior and built environment22
Soil water stress at young urban street-tree sites in response to meteorology and site parameters22
When does greener mean slimmer? Longitudinal analysis of green space, trees, grass, and body mass index in a cohort of 50,672 Australians: Exploring potential non-linearities and modifying influences 22
Perceptions of stakeholders on nature-based solutions in urban planning: A thematic analysis in six European cities22
The healthy green living room at one’s doorstep? Use and perception of residential greenery in Berlin, Germany22
Evaluating the accessibility of urban parks and waterfronts through online map services: A case study of Shaoxing, China22
Patterns and determinants of plant, butterfly and beetle diversity reveal optimal city grassland management and green urban planning22
Opportunities and constraints of implementing the 3–30–300 rule for urban greening21
Maintenance, operational costs, and plant performance in three extensive green roof designs from Northwest México21
Urban forests’ recreation and habitat potentials in China: A nationwide synthesis21
Rethinking urban park accessibility in the context of demographic change: A population structure perspective21
A three-layer evapotranspiration model considering the vertical structure of urban green spaces21
Residential heat environment in relation to blue-green space sustainability in Beijing, China21
Contribution of park visits to daily physical activity levels among older adults: Evidence using GPS and accelerometery data21
Estimating aboveground biomass of tropical urban forests with UAV-borne hyperspectral and LiDAR data21
Identity of a historic garden: The view of the international literature and committies on the role of the botanical elements21
Park and neighbourhood environmental characteristics associated with park-based physical activity among children in a high-density city21
Dependence of urban park visits on thermal environment and air quality21
Challenges for computer vision as a tool for screening urban trees through street-view images20
How do contextual factors mediate and moderate the association between green infrastructure and respiratory health? A systematic review and meta-analysis20
Understanding citizens' willingness to contribute to urban greening programs20
Perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices in urban greenspaces: Insights from a shrinking city20
Predictors of street tree survival in Philadelphia: Tree traits, biophysical environment, and socioeconomic context20
Using big data to analyze how and why users value urban blue spaces in Spain20
How to implement nature-based interventions in hospitals, long-term care facilities for elderly, and rehabilitation centers: A scoping review20
Corrigendum to “The moderating effects of mobile applications on the use of urban green space and mental health of older people: A mixed-method investigation in Hong Kong” [Urban Forestry & Urban 20
Assessing tree canopy cooling efficiency in different local climate zones: A cost-benefit analysis20
The influence of greening management and landscape patterns on plant diversity in urban green spaces in Danzhou, China20
Global approaches for ecological restoration in urban environments: A PRISMA review20
Is the grass greener or the water bluer? Drivers of local park visitation patterns in Phoenix, Arizona20
Interactions between management context and tree water use influence stormwater management potential of urban forests20
Energy performance assessment on vertical greening systems with green roof in hot summer and cold winter regions based on long-term experimental data20
Phytophthora nicotianae and Ph. mediterranea: A biosecurity threat to Platanus orientalis and P. x acerifolia in urban green areas in Greece20
Visitor mood, restorativeness and connectedness to nature across four unmanaged urban outdoor swimming sites of varying naturalness20
Characteristics and influencing factors of taxonomic and functional diversity of butterflies in urban green spaces20
Impact of urban green spaces and maintenance regimes on flora and fauna diversity20
Editorial Board20
Reconstructing urban vegetation evolution in China using multimodal deep learning and 30-years Landsat archive20
Beyond the ‘usual suspects’? Engaging children in diverse communities in co-producing an arboretum-meadow: Professional partner perspectives19
Garden characteristics and types of program involvement associated with sustained garden membership in an urban gardening support program19
Editorial Board19
Adaptation and mitigation potential of roadside trees with bio-extraction of heavy metals under vehicular emissions and their impact on physiological traits during seasonal regimes19
Cooling effect of urban greenery: A bibliometric analysis19
How managers and city dwellers relate to spontaneous vegetation in cities: Towards an integrative approach19
Crassulacean plant succession over eight years on an unirrigated green roof in Beijing19
Green infrastructure inequality in the context of COVID-19: Taking parks and trails as examples19
Can restoring vacant lots help reduce crime? An examination of a program in Baltimore, MD19
Association between residential greenness and general health among older adults in rural and urban areas in China19
Can green roofs help with stormwater floods? A geospatial planning approach19
Community perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices linked to urban tree plantings19
Establishing a "dynamic two-step floating catchment area method" to assess the accessibility of urban green space in Shenyang based on dynamic population data and multiple modes of transportation19
Landscaping preferences influence neighborhood satisfaction and yard management decisions19
Connection to nature and time spent in gardens predicts social cohesion19
Blue-green infrastructure and biodiversity: Urbanization and forestation have an important influence on bird diversity in water habitats19
The influence of plant morphological structure characteristics on PM2.5 retention of leaves under different wind speeds19
The unequal connectivity of parks and tree canopy in 10 U.S. cities19
A quasi-experimental analysis on the causal effects of COVID-19 on urban park visits: The role of park features and the surrounding built environment19
Using high-density UAV-Lidar for deriving tree height of Araucaria Angustifolia in an Urban Atlantic Rain Forest19
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