Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Article	Citations
Demand-side Effects of Urban Green Spaces: How Attractiveness Helps Overcome Subjective Barriers to Health Behaviours	842280240
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use and perceptions of urban green space: An international exploratory study	356
Critical review on the cooling effect of urban blue-green space: A threshold-size perspective	270
Linking public urban green spaces and human well-being: A systematic review	144
How the landscape features of urban green space impact seasonal land surface temperatures at a city-block-scale: An urban heat island study in Beijing, China	102
Towards green roof implementation: Drivers, motivations, barriers and recommendations	87
Tree effects on urban microclimate: Diurnal, seasonal, and climatic temperature differences explained by separating radiation, evapotranspiration, and roughness effects	86
Effects of integration between visual stimuli and auditory stimuli on restorative potential and aesthetic preference in urban green spaces	84
Analysis of urban green space accessibility and distribution inequity in the City of Chicago	79
The increase of impervious cover and decrease of tree cover within urban areas globally (2012–2017)	78
Remote sensing of urban green spaces: A review	74
Association between indoor-outdoor green features and psychological health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: A cross-sectional nationwide study	74
Who benefits from urban green spaces during times of crisis? Perception and use of urban green spaces in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic	73
Development of a system for assessing the quality of urban street-level greenery using street view images and deep learning	73
The effect of exposure to the natural environment on stress reduction: A meta-analysis	71
The physiological and psychosocial effects of forest therapy: A systematic review	69
Stay home, stay safe, stay green: The role of gardening activities on mental health during the Covid-19 home confinement	69
Window view and relaxation: Viewing green space from a high-rise estate improves urban dwellers’ wellbeing	69
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of and attitudes towards urban forests and green spaces: Exploring the instigators of change in Belgium	66
Sina microblog sentiment in Beijing city parks as measure of demand for urban green space during the COVID-19	65
Outdoor recreation and nature’s contribution to well-being in a pandemic situation - Case Turku, Finland	63
The impacts of urbanization and climate change on urban vegetation dynamics in China	63
Detecting Cooling Effect of Landscape from Composition and Configuration: An Urban Heat Island Study on Hangzhou	63
Urban heat stress mitigation potential of green walls: A review	63
Equality in access to urban green spaces: A case study in Hannover, Germany, with a focus on the elderly population	60

Differential air temperature cooling performance of urban vegetation types in the tropics	59
Quantifying landscape-metrics impacts on urban green-spaces and water-bodies cooling effect: The study of Nanjing, China	59
Identifying enablers and barriers to the implementation of the Green Infrastructure for urban flood management: A comparative analysis of the UK and China	56
Urban agriculture as a nature-based solution to address socio-ecological challenges in Australian cities	54
Green roof effects on daytime heat in a prefabricated residential neighbourhood in Berlin, Germany	53
Restorative effects of virtual natural settings on middle-aged and elderly adults	53
Hybrid SWMM and particle swarm optimization model for urban runoff water quality control by using green infrastructures (LID-BMPs)	53
Beyond restorative benefits: Evaluating the effect of forest therapy on creativity	52
How do travel distance and park size influence urban park visits?	51
Variance of the impact of urban green space on the urban heat island effect among different urban functional zones: A case study in Wuhan	51
Particularities of having plants at home during the confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic	50
Aesthetic preference and mental restoration prediction in urban parks: An application of environmental modeling approach	50
Green walls for mitigating urban particulate matter pollution—A review	49
An optimized evaluation method of an urban ecological network: The case of the Minhang District of Shanghai	49
Designing parks for older adults: A qualitative study using walk-along interviews	48
Urban greenery cushions the decrease in leisure-time physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: A natural experimental study	48
“It’s about community”: Exploring social capital in community gardens across Melbourne, Australia	48
Spatiotemporal patterns of vegetation phenology along the urban–rural gradient in Coastal Dalian, China	47
The effects of urban greenspace characteristics and socio-demographics vary among cultural ecosystem services	47
An evaluation of urban green space in Shanghai, China, using eye tracking	47
Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic	46
Benefits of the ecosystem services provided by urban green infrastructures: Differences between perception and measurements	46
Promoting sustainable carbon sequestration of plants in urban greenspace by planting design: A case study in parks of Beijing	46
General, stress relief and perceived safety preferences for green spaces in the historic city of Padua (Italy)	46
Spatial distributive effects of public green space and COVID-19 infection in London	45
Perceptions of park visitors on access to urban parks and benefits of green spaces	45
Reexamine the value of urban pocket parks under the impact of the COVID-19	45
Quantifying carbon stocks in urban parks under cold climate conditions	45
Urban green space and health in low and middle-income countries: A critical review	44
Humanization of nature: Testing the influences of urban park characteristics and psychological factors on collegers’ perceived restoration	44
Fear and fascination: Use and perceptions of New York City’s forests, wetlands, and landscaped park areas	44
Biodiverse urban forests, happy people: Experimental evidence linking perceived biodiversity, restoration, and emotional wellbeing	44
Effects of physical and psychological factors on users’ attitudes, use patterns, and perceived benefits toward urban parks	43
A geographical detector study on factors influencing urban park use in Nanjing, China	42
Edible cities – An innovative nature-based solution for urban sustainability transformation? An explorative study of urban food production in German cities	42
Efficient cooling of cities at global scale using urban green space to mitigate urban heat island effects in different climatic regions	41
Perceptions of nature-based solutions for Urban Water challenges: Insights from Australian researchers and practitioners	41
Research on visual behavior characteristics and cognitive evaluation of different types of forest landscape spaces	40
Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green in residential yards: A case study from Helsinki	40
Revisiting the cooling effects of urban greening: Planning implications of vegetation types and spatial configuration	40
Urban green space optimization based on a climate health risk appraisal – A case study of Beijing city, China	40
Forest therapy can prevent and treat depression: Evidence from meta-analyses	40
Relationship between environmental factors and facial expressions of visitors during the urban forest experience	39
Governance of nature-based solutions through intermediaries for urban transitions – A case study from Melbourne, Australia	39
Urban forest monitoring based on multiple features at the single tree scale by UAV	39
Association of street greenery and physical activity in older adults: A novel study using pedestrian-centered photographs	38
Development of the urban green space quality assessment tool (RECITAL)	38
Traits of a bloom: a nationwide survey of U.S. urban tree planting initiatives (TPIs)	38
Applying the food-energy-water nexus approach to urban agriculture: From FEW to FEWP (Food-Energy-Water-People)	38
Usage and perception of urban green space of older adults in the high-density city of Hong Kong	37

Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges	37
Accessibility of green spaces in a metropolitan network using space syntax to objectively evaluate the spatial locations of parks and promenades in Doha, State of Qatar	37
The development of a tool for assessing the environmental qualities of urban blue spaces	37
The motivation and factors influencing visits to small urban parks in Shanghai, China	37
Functional adaptations and trait plasticity of urban trees along a climatic gradient	36
Scaling up nature-based solutions for climate-change adaptation: Potential and benefits in three European cities	36
The impact of gardening on mental resilience in times of stress: A case study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore	36
Quantifying emotional differences in urban green spaces extracted from photos on social networking sites: A study of 34 parks in three cities in northern China	36
The equity of urban forest ecosystem services and benefits in the Bronx, NY	36
Urban green equity and COVID-19: Effects on park use and sense of belonging in New York City	36
The capitalized amenity of green infrastructure in single-family housing values: An application of the spatial hedonic pricing method	36
Urban green spaces and stress during COVID-19 lockdown: A case study for the city of Madrid	35
Local cultural beliefs and practices promote conservation of large old trees in an ethnic minority region in southwestern China	35
Green infrastructures for urban sustainability: Issues, implications, and solutions for underdeveloped areas	35
Do landscape amenities impact private housing rental prices? A hierarchical hedonic modeling approach based on semantic and sentimental analysis of online housing advertisements across five Chinese me	35
The microclimatic interaction of a small urban park in central Melbourne with its surrounding urban environment during heat events	35
Fractal analysis of green roof spatial implementation in European cities	34
Urban-greenway factors’ influence on older adults’ psychological well-being: A case study of Taichung, Taiwan	34
Vacant lands as refuges for native birds: An opportunity for biodiversity conservation in cities	34
Public perception and preferences of small urban green infrastructures: A case study in Guangzhou, China	33
Promoting wildflower biodiversity in dense and green cities: The important role of small vegetation patches	33
Home gardens can be more important than other urban green infrastructure for mental well-being during COVID-19 pandemics	33
And the winner is? Comparing urban green space provision and accessibility in eight European metropolitan areas using a spatially explicit approach	32
London Plane trees (Platanus x acerifolia) before, during and after a heatwave: Losing leaves means less cooling benefit	32
Impact of summer heat on urban park visitation, perceived health and ecosystem service appreciation	32
Verifying an ENVI-met simulation of the thermal environment of Yanzhong Square Park in Shanghai	32
Internet of Things and autonomous control for vertical cultivation walls towards smart food growing: A review	32
Research on public health and well-being associated to the vegetation configuration of urban green space, a case study of Shanghai, China	31
Landscape characteristics of university campus in relation to aesthetic quality and recreational preference	31
Quantifying urban forest structure with open-access remote sensing data sets	31
Perceived sensory dimensions: An evidence-based approach to greenspace aesthetics	31
Seasonal variations of park visitor volume and park service area in Tokyo: A mixed-method approach combining big data and field observations	31
Advancing the green infrastructure approach in the Province of Barcelona: integrating biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services into landscape planning	31
Urban Landscape Heterogeneity Influences the Relationship between Tree Canopy and Land Surface Temperature	31
Effects of brightness levels on stress recovery when viewing a virtual reality forest with simulated natural light	31
Predicting citizens’ participatory behavior in urban green space governance: Application of the extended theory of planned behavior	31
Assessing city-scale green roof development potential using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery	31
What to do in, and what to expect from, urban green spaces – Indicator-based approach to assess cultural ecosystem services	31
Urban green space interaction and wellbeing – investigating the experience of international students in Berlin during the first COVID-19 lockdown	30
A data-informed analytical approach to human-scale greenway planning: Integrating multi-sourced urban data with machine learning algorithms	30
Mapping urban tree species by integrating multi-seasonal high resolution pléiades satellite imagery with airborne LiDAR data	30
Scale-dependent effects of urban greenspace on particulate matter air pollution	30
Spatial-temporal distribution characteristics and evolution mechanism of urban parks in Beijing, China	30
Praise for diversity: A functional approach to reduce risks in urban forests	30
From the ground up: Using structured community engagement to identify objectives for urban green infrastructure planning	30
Gardens’ contribution to people and urban green space	30
Carbon Pools of Berlin, Germany: Organic Carbon in Soils and Aboveground in Trees	30
Maintenance of public and private urban green infrastructure provides significant employment in Eastern Cape towns, South Africa	30
Neighbourhood green space, perceived stress and sleep quality in an urban population	29
Environmental and social benefits, and their coupling coordination in urban wetland parks	29
Temperature and air pollution reductions by urban green spaces are highly valued in a tropical city-state	29
Application of NDVI for identify potentiality of the urban forest for the design of a green corridors system in intermediary cities of Latin America: Case study, Temuco, Chile	28
Towards quantifying forest recreation: Exploring outdoor thermal physiology and human well-being along exemplary pathways in a central European urban forest (Augsburg, SE-Germany)	28
Urban foraging of wild plants in two medium-sized South African towns: People, perceptions and practices	28
The restorative effects of campus landscape biodiversity: Assessing visual and auditory perceptions among university students	28
Can smaller parks limit green gentrification? Insights from Hangzhou, China	28
How does urban green space feature influence physical activity diversity in high-density built environment? An on-site observational study	28
A landscape scale study in Southeast China investigating the effects of varied green space types on atmospheric PM2.5 in mid-winter	28
Garden city without parks: an assessment of the availability and conditions of parks in Kumasi	28
Multiscale watershed landscape infrastructure: Integrated system design for sponge city development	27
Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of Green Infrastructure in climate change scenarios using TOPSIS	27
Eliciting users’ preferences and values in urban parks: Evidence from analyzing social media data from Hong Kong	27
University campuses as valuable resources for urban biodiversity research and conservation	27
The healthy green living room at one’s doorstep? Use and perception of residential greenery in Berlin, Germany	27
Intended wilderness as a Nature-based Solution: Status, identification and management of urban spontaneous vegetation in cities	27
The potential of geospatial analysis and Bayesian networks to enable i-Tree Eco assessment of existing tree inventories	26
Building biodiversity into the urban fabric: A case study in applying Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design (BSUD)	26
Mismatch of regulating ecosystem services for sustainable urban planning: PM10 removal and urban heat island effect mitigation in the municipality of Rome (Italy)	26
Comparing the impact of forest walking and forest viewing on psychological states	26
Why is dense vegetation in city parks unpopular? The mediative role of sense of privacy and safety	26
Mapping aboveground biomass and carbon in Shanghai's urban forest using Landsat ETM+ and inventory data	26
Tourist perceptions and uses of urban green infrastructure: An exploratory cross-cultural investigation	26
Spatial variation analysis of urban forest vegetation carbon storage and sequestration in built-up areas of Beijing based on i-Tree Eco and Kriging	26
Urban growth and topographical factors shape patterns of spontaneous plant community diversity in a mountainous city in southwest China	26
Mapping the diversity of street tree inventories across eight cities internationally using open data	26
Spatiotemporal fluctuations in urban park spatial vitality determined by on-site observation and behavior mapping: A case study of three parks in Zhengzhou City, China	26
Investigating the usability pattern and constraints of pocket parks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	26
Does street greenery always promote active travel? Evidence from Beijing	26
The good things children notice in nature: An extended framework for reconnecting children with nature	26
Designing collaborative governance for nature-based solutions	26

Bridging landscape preference and landscape design: A study on the preference and optimal combination of landscape elements based on conjoint analysis	26
Large urban parks summertime cool and wet island intensity and its influencing factors in Beijing, China	25
Integrating nature-based solutions and the conservation of urban built heritage: Challenges, opportunities, and prospects	25
Is biodiversity of greenspace important for human health and wellbeing? A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review	25
Urban forest responses to climate change: A case study in Canberra	25
Assessing Machine Learning Based Supervised Classifiers For Built-Up Impervious Surface Area Extraction From Sentinel-2 Images	25
Estimating aboveground biomass of urban forest trees with dual-source UAV acquired point clouds	25
Audio-visual interaction and visitor characteristics affect perceived soundscape restorativeness: Case study in five parks in China	25
Factors contributing to the usage of pocket parks―A review of the evidence	25
Guidelines for urban community gardening: Proposal of preliminary indicators for several ecosystem services (Rome, Italy)	25
Allergenicity of the urban green areas in the city of Córdoba (Spain)	25
Soundscape components, perceptions, and EEG reactions in typical mountainous urban parks	25
Urban Green infrastructures: How much did they affect property prices in Singapore?	25
Green infrastructure space and traits (GIST) model: Integrating green infrastructure spatial placement and plant traits to maximize multifunctionality	25
Why don’t people plant trees? Uncovering barriers to participation in urban tree planting initiatives	25
Planning the “unknown”: Perception of urban green infrastructure concept in Romania	25
Quantifying the contributions of native and non-native trees to a city’s biodiversity and ecosystem services	25
Daytime dynamic of spontaneous expressions of pedestrians in an urban forest park	24
Ten years of greening a wide brown land: A synthesis of Australian green roof research and roadmap forward	24
A systematic review of alternative protocols for evaluating non-spatial dimensions of urban parks	24
Big cities with small green areas hold a lower species richness and proportion of migrant birds: A global analysis	24
The right mix: Residential urban green-blue space combinations are correlated with physical exercise in a tropical city-state	24
Benefits of implementing vertical greening in tropical climates	24
An in-depth analysis of the effect of trees on human energy fluxes	24
A breakthrough in urban rain-harvesting schemes through planning for urban greening: Case studies from Stockholm and Barcelona	24
Which ornamental features of bamboo plants will attract the people most?	24
Do physical activity, social interaction, and mental health mediate the association between green space quality and child prosocial behaviour?	24
China’s Green space system planning: Development, experiences, and characteristics	24
Visitor access, use, and desired improvements in urban parks	23
Heterogeneous landscapes of urban greenways in Shenzhen: Traffic impact, corridor width and land use	23
Revealing the differences of urban parks’ services to human wellbeing based upon social media data	23
An application of artificial intelligence techniques in prediction of birds soundscape impact on tourists’ mental restoration in natural urban areas	23
Keep trees for bees: Pollen collection by Osmia bicornis along the urbanization gradient	23
Spatial-temporal differences and evolution of eco-efficiency in China’s forest park	23
The effects of tree root density on water infiltration in urban soil based on a Ground Penetrating Radar in Shanghai, China	23
Learning from the gardeners of the oldest community garden in Seattle: Resilience explained through ecosystem services analysis	23
Can we integrate ecological approaches to improve plant selection for green infrastructure?	23
How to promote residents’ use of green space: An empirically grounded agent-based modeling approach	23
Spatial relationship between green view index and normalized differential vegetation index within the Sixth Ring Road of Beijing	23
Perceived influence of street-level visible greenness exposure in the work and residential environment on life satisfaction: Evidence from Beijing, China	23
How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact urban green spaces? A multi-scale assessment of Jeddah megacity (Saudi Arabia)	23
Comparative analysis of shade and underlying surfaces on cooling effect	23
A simple and easy method to quantify the cool island intensity of urban greenspace	22
Deep learning-based tree species mapping in a highly diverse tropical urban setting	22
Casual evaluation of the effects of a large-scale greenway intervention on physical and mental health: A natural experimental study in China	22
Natural outdoor environments and subjective well-being in Guangzhou, China: Comparing different measures of access	22
Psychosocial outcomes as motivations for urban gardening: A cross-cultural comparison of Swiss and Chilean gardeners	22
Exploring the interactive influence on landscape preference from multiple visual attributes: Openness, richness, order, and depth	22
Integrating ecological correlation into cellular automata for urban growth simulation: A case study of Hangzhou, China	22
The future urban forest – A survey of tree planting programs in the Northeastern United States	22
Assessing the performance of urban open space for achieving sustainable and resilient cities: A pilot study of two urban parks in Dublin, Ireland	22
Drivers of spontaneous plant richness patterns in urban green space within a biodiversity hotspot	22
Impact of the quality and quantity of eye-level greenery on park usage	22
Analyzing the impact of changing landscape pattern and dynamics on land surface temperature in Lucknow city, India	22
Cemeteries as public urban green space: Management, funding and form	22
Green and open space factor Vienna: A steering and evaluation tool for urban green infrastructure	21
A study on the impact of Visible Green Index and vegetation structures on brain wave change in residential landscape	21
Psychological benefits of green exercise in wild or urban greenspaces: A meta-analysis of controlled trials	21
Effects of urban park environment on recreational jogging activity based on trajectory data: A case of Chongqing, China	21
Using a geographical detector to identify the key factors that influence urban forest spatial differences within China	21
Do seasons matter? Exploring the dynamic link between blue-green space and mental restoration	21
What makes urban forest governance successful? – A study among Canadian experts	21
Pull and push factors for use of urban green spaces and priorities for their ecosystem services: Case study of Vilnius, Lithuania	21
Advancing urban green infrastructure through participatory integrated planning: A case from Slovakia	21
Complexifying the urban lawn improves heat mitigation and arthropod biodiversity	21
Contributions of the quantity and quality of neighborhood green space to residential satisfaction in suburban Shanghai	21
Is eye-level greening associated with the use of dockless shared bicycles?	21
Spatial prioritization for urban Biodiversity Quality using biotope maps and expert opinion	21
Are greenspace attributes associated with perceived restorativeness? A comparative study of urban cemeteries and parks in Edinburgh, Scotland	21
An Assessment of Street Tree Diversity: Findings and Implications in the United States	21
Audio-visual interactions enhance soundscape perception in China’s protected areas	21
Towards the design of biodiverse green roofs in Argentina: Assessing key elements for different functional groups of arthropods	21
Investigating the barriers preventing adolescents from physical activities in urban green spaces	20
Association between residential greenness and general health among older adults in rural and urban areas in China	20
Remote sensing for the assessment of ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation: A review of the methods applied	20
Planning urban community gardens strategically through multicriteria decision analysis	20
Modelling the relationships between urban land cover change and local climate regulation to estimate urban heat island effect	20
Mapping the urban forest in detail: From LiDAR point clouds to 3D tree models	20
Visualizing evaluation model of human perceptions and characteristic indicators of landscape visual quality in urban green spaces by using nomograms	20
Both native and invasive bark beetles threaten exotic conifers within the spa towns in the Czech part of “The Great Spas of Europe”	20
Association between green space, outdoor leisure time and physical activity	19
A global basis of urban tree inventories: What comes first the inventory or the program	19
The heterogeneous preferences for conservation and management in urban wetland parks: A case study from China	19
Measuring visitor satisfaction toward peri-urban green and open spaces based on social media data	19
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on green space use in Turkey: Is closing green spaces for use a solution?	19
Attractiveness and preference of extensive green roofs depend on vegetation types and past experience with plants in Japan	19
Testing the limitations of buffer zones and Urban atlas population data in urban green space provision analyses through the case study of Szeged, Hungary	19
Linking urban tree inventories to remote sensing data for individual tree mapping	19
Ecological potentials of trees, shrubs and hedge species for urban green spaces by multi criteria decision making	19
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?	19
Critical factors influencing adolescents’ active and social park use: A qualitative study using walk-along interviews	19
Ethnic inequalities in green space availability: Evidence from Australia	19
Addressing psychosocial issues caused by the COVID-19 lockdown: Can urban greeneries help?	19
Planning for green infrastructure and mapping synergies and trade-offs: A case study in the Yanshuei River Basin, Taiwan	19
Public Open space, Green exercise and well-being in Chittagong, Bangladesh	19