Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Article	Citations
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use and perceptions of urban green space: An international exploratory study	362
Linking public urban green spaces and human well-being: A systematic review	154
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	105
Tree effects on urban microclimate: Diurnal, seasonal, and climatic temperature differences explained by separating radiation, evapotranspiration, and roughness effects	92
Towards green roof implementation: Drivers, motivations, barriers and recommendations	89
Analysis of urban green space accessibility and distribution inequity in the City of Chicago	84
Effects of integration between visual stimuli and auditory stimuli on restorative potential and aesthetic preference in urban green spaces	84
Remote sensing of urban green spaces: A review	79
Association between indoor-outdoor green features and psychological health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: A cross-sectional nationwide study	77
Development of a system for assessing the quality of urban street-level greenery using street view images and deep learning	77
The effect of exposure to the natural environment on stress reduction: A meta-analysis	75
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	74
Window view and relaxation: Viewing green space from a high-rise estate improves urban dwellers’ wellbeing	74
The physiological and psychosocial effects of forest therapy: A systematic review	71
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	69
Stay home, stay safe, stay green: The role of gardening activities on mental health during the Covid-19 home confinement	69
Urban heat stress mitigation potential of green walls: A review	66
Detecting Cooling Effect of Landscape from Composition and Configuration: An Urban Heat Island Study on Hangzhou	65
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	64
The impacts of urbanization and climate change on urban vegetation dynamics in China	64
Differential air temperature cooling performance of urban vegetation types in the tropics	62
Equality in access to urban green spaces: A case study in Hannover, Germany, with a focus on the elderly population	61
Quantifying landscape-metrics impacts on urban green-spaces and water-bodies cooling effect: The study of Nanjing, China	60
Identifying enablers and barriers to the implementation of the Green Infrastructure for urban flood management: A comparative analysis of the UK and China	58

Urban agriculture as a nature-based solution to address socio-ecological challenges in Australian cities	55
Hybrid SWMM and particle swarm optimization model for urban runoff water quality control by using green infrastructures (LID-BMPs)	54
Particularities of having plants at home during the confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic	54
How do travel distance and park size influence urban park visits?	54
Restorative effects of virtual natural settings on middle-aged and elderly adults	53
Green roof effects on daytime heat in a prefabricated residential neighbourhood in Berlin, Germany	53
Beyond restorative benefits: Evaluating the effect of forest therapy on creativity	53
Aesthetic preference and mental restoration prediction in urban parks: An application of environmental modeling approach	52
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
Designing parks for older adults: A qualitative study using walk-along interviews	51
Green walls for mitigating urban particulate matter pollution—A review	50
An evaluation of urban green space in Shanghai, China, using eye tracking	50
Urban greenery cushions the decrease in leisure-time physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: A natural experimental study	50
An optimized evaluation method of an urban ecological network: The case of the Minhang District of Shanghai	50
Spatial distributive effects of public green space and COVID-19 infection in London	47
Benefits of the ecosystem services provided by urban green infrastructures: Differences between perception and measurements	47
Reexamine the value of urban pocket parks under the impact of the COVID-19	47
Spatiotemporal patterns of vegetation phenology along the urban–rural gradient in Coastal Dalian, China	47
Humanization of nature: Testing the influences of urban park characteristics and psychological factors on collegers’ perceived restoration	46
Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic	46
General, stress relief and perceived safety preferences for green spaces in the historic city of Padua (Italy)	46
Promoting sustainable carbon sequestration of plants in urban greenspace by planting design: A case study in parks of Beijing	46
Perceptions of park visitors on access to urban parks and benefits of green spaces	45
Biodiverse urban forests, happy people: Experimental evidence linking perceived biodiversity, restoration, and emotional wellbeing	45
Urban green space and health in low and middle-income countries: A critical review	45
A geographical detector study on factors influencing urban park use in Nanjing, China	44
Effects of physical and psychological factors on users’ attitudes, use patterns, and perceived benefits toward urban parks	44
Efficient cooling of cities at global scale using urban green space to mitigate urban heat island effects in different climatic regions	44
Governance of nature-based solutions through intermediaries for urban transitions – A case study from Melbourne, Australia	43
Research on visual behavior characteristics and cognitive evaluation of different types of forest landscape spaces	43
Revisiting the cooling effects of urban greening: Planning implications of vegetation types and spatial configuration	43
Traits of a bloom: a nationwide survey of U.S. urban tree planting initiatives (TPIs)	42
Perceptions of nature-based solutions for Urban Water challenges: Insights from Australian researchers and practitioners	42
Relationship between environmental factors and facial expressions of visitors during the urban forest experience	41
Association of street greenery and physical activity in older adults: A novel study using pedestrian-centered photographs	41
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	40
Forest therapy can prevent and treat depression: Evidence from meta-analyses	40
Urban green space optimization based on a climate health risk appraisal – A case study of Beijing city, China	40
Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green in residential yards: A case study from Helsinki	40
Urban forest monitoring based on multiple features at the single tree scale by UAV	39
Development of the urban green space quality assessment tool (RECITAL)	39
Functional adaptations and trait plasticity of urban trees along a climatic gradient	39
Applying the food-energy-water nexus approach to urban agriculture: From FEW to FEWP (Food-Energy-Water-People)	39
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	38
Urban green equity and COVID-19: Effects on park use and sense of belonging in New York City	38
The motivation and factors influencing visits to small urban parks in Shanghai, China	38
Usage and perception of urban green space of older adults in the high-density city of Hong Kong	38
The equity of urban forest ecosystem services and benefits in the Bronx, NY	38
The impact of gardening on mental resilience in times of stress: A case study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore	37
Urban green spaces and stress during COVID-19 lockdown: A case study for the city of Madrid	37

Scaling up nature-based solutions for climate-change adaptation: Potential and benefits in three European cities	37
Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges	37
The microclimatic interaction of a small urban park in central Melbourne with its surrounding urban environment during heat events	36
Green infrastructures for urban sustainability: Issues, implications, and solutions for underdeveloped areas	36
Promoting wildflower biodiversity in dense and green cities: The important role of small vegetation patches	35
Home gardens can be more important than other urban green infrastructure for mental well-being during COVID-19 pandemics	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
London Plane trees (Platanus x acerifolia) before, during and after a heatwave: Losing leaves means less cooling benefit	34
Internet of Things and autonomous control for vertical cultivation walls towards smart food growing: A review	34
Perceived sensory dimensions: An evidence-based approach to greenspace aesthetics	33
Impact of summer heat on urban park visitation, perceived health and ecosystem service appreciation	33
Public perception and preferences of small urban green infrastructures: A case study in Guangzhou, China	33
Seasonal variations of park visitor volume and park service area in Tokyo: A mixed-method approach combining big data and field observations	33
What to do in, and what to expect from, urban green spaces – Indicator-based approach to assess cultural ecosystem services	33
From the ground up: Using structured community engagement to identify objectives for urban green infrastructure planning	32
Can smaller parks limit green gentrification? Insights from Hangzhou, China	32
Mapping urban tree species by integrating multi-seasonal high resolution pléiades satellite imagery with airborne LiDAR data	32
Predicting citizens’ participatory behavior in urban green space governance: Application of the extended theory of planned behavior	32
Research on public health and well-being associated to the vegetation configuration of urban green space, a case study of Shanghai, China	32
Verifying an ENVI-met simulation of the thermal environment of Yanzhong Square Park in Shanghai	32
Gardens’ contribution to people and urban green space	31
Scale-dependent effects of urban greenspace on particulate matter air pollution	31
The restorative effects of campus landscape biodiversity: Assessing visual and auditory perceptions among university students	31
Urban Landscape Heterogeneity Influences the Relationship between Tree Canopy and Land Surface Temperature	31
Urban green space interaction and wellbeing – investigating the experience of international students in Berlin during the first COVID-19 lockdown	31
Advancing the green infrastructure approach in the Province of Barcelona: integrating biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services into landscape planning	31
Spatial-temporal distribution characteristics and evolution mechanism of urban parks in Beijing, China	31
Effects of brightness levels on stress recovery when viewing a virtual reality forest with simulated natural light	31
Landscape characteristics of university campus in relation to aesthetic quality and recreational preference	31
Assessing city-scale green roof development potential using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery	31
Quantifying urban forest structure with open-access remote sensing data sets	31
Praise for diversity: A functional approach to reduce risks in urban forests	31
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
A data-informed analytical approach to human-scale greenway planning: Integrating multi-sourced urban data with machine learning algorithms	30
Environmental and social benefits, and their coupling coordination in urban wetland parks	30
Neighbourhood green space, perceived stress and sleep quality in an urban population	29
Temperature and air pollution reductions by urban green spaces are highly valued in a tropical city-state	29
How does urban green space feature influence physical activity diversity in high-density built environment? An on-site observational study	29
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	29
Intended wilderness as a Nature-based Solution: Status, identification and management of urban spontaneous vegetation in cities	29
Does street greenery always promote active travel? Evidence from Beijing	28
University campuses as valuable resources for urban biodiversity research and conservation	28
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
Garden city without parks: an assessment of the availability and conditions of parks in Kumasi	28
Building biodiversity into the urban fabric: A case study in applying Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design (BSUD)	28
Audio-visual interaction and visitor characteristics affect perceived soundscape restorativeness: Case study in five parks in China	27
Urban growth and topographical factors shape patterns of spontaneous plant community diversity in a mountainous city in southwest China	27
Multiscale watershed landscape infrastructure: Integrated system design for sponge city development	27
Soundscape components, perceptions, and EEG reactions in typical mountainous urban parks	27
Factors contributing to the usage of pocket parks―A review of the evidence	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
Investigating the usability pattern and constraints of pocket parks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	27
Mismatch of regulating ecosystem services for sustainable urban planning: PM10 removal and urban heat island effect mitigation in the municipality of Rome (Italy)	27
China’s Green space system planning: Development, experiences, and characteristics	27
The healthy green living room at one’s doorstep? Use and perception of residential greenery in Berlin, Germany	27
Estimating aboveground biomass of urban forest trees with dual-source UAV acquired point clouds	26
Large urban parks summertime cool and wet island intensity and its influencing factors in Beijing, China	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
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
How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact urban green spaces? A multi-scale assessment of Jeddah megacity (Saudi Arabia)	26
The potential of geospatial analysis and Bayesian networks to enable i-Tree Eco assessment of existing tree inventories	26
Designing collaborative governance for nature-based solutions	26
Mapping the diversity of street tree inventories across eight cities internationally using open data	26
Why don’t people plant trees? Uncovering barriers to participation in urban tree planting initiatives	26
Mapping aboveground biomass and carbon in Shanghai's urban forest using Landsat ETM+ and inventory data	26
Integrating nature-based solutions and the conservation of urban built heritage: Challenges, opportunities, and prospects	26
Urban Green infrastructures: How much did they affect property prices in Singapore?	26
An in-depth analysis of the effect of trees on human energy fluxes	26
Bridging landscape preference and landscape design: A study on the preference and optimal combination of landscape elements based on conjoint analysis	26
Effects of urban park environment on recreational jogging activity based on trajectory data: A case of Chongqing, China	26
Quantifying the contributions of native and non-native trees to a city’s biodiversity and ecosystem services	25
Assessing the performance of urban open space for achieving sustainable and resilient cities: A pilot study of two urban parks in Dublin, Ireland	25
Urban forest responses to climate change: A case study in Canberra	25
A breakthrough in urban rain-harvesting schemes through planning for urban greening: Case studies from Stockholm and Barcelona	25
Do physical activity, social interaction, and mental health mediate the association between green space quality and child prosocial behaviour?	25
A systematic review of alternative protocols for evaluating non-spatial dimensions of urban parks	25
Guidelines for urban community gardening: Proposal of preliminary indicators for several ecosystem services (Rome, Italy)	25

Assessing Machine Learning Based Supervised Classifiers For Built-Up Impervious Surface Area Extraction From Sentinel-2 Images	25
Daytime dynamic of spontaneous expressions of pedestrians in an urban forest park	25
Benefits of implementing vertical greening in tropical climates	25
Is biodiversity of greenspace important for human health and wellbeing? A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review	25
Planning the “unknown”: Perception of urban green infrastructure concept in Romania	25
The effects of tree root density on water infiltration in urban soil based on a Ground Penetrating Radar in Shanghai, China	24
An application of artificial intelligence techniques in prediction of birds soundscape impact on tourists’ mental restoration in natural urban areas	24
Ten years of greening a wide brown land: A synthesis of Australian green roof research and roadmap forward	24
Big cities with small green areas hold a lower species richness and proportion of migrant birds: A global analysis	24
Perceived influence of street-level visible greenness exposure in the work and residential environment on life satisfaction: Evidence from Beijing, China	24
Spatial relationship between green view index and normalized differential vegetation index within the Sixth Ring Road of Beijing	24
Which ornamental features of bamboo plants will attract the people most?	24
The right mix: Residential urban green-blue space combinations are correlated with physical exercise in a tropical city-state	24
Comparative analysis of shade and underlying surfaces on cooling effect	23
Keep trees for bees: Pollen collection by Osmia bicornis along the urbanization gradient	23
The future urban forest – A survey of tree planting programs in the Northeastern United States	23
Drivers of spontaneous plant richness patterns in urban green space within a biodiversity hotspot	23
Mapping the urban forest in detail: From LiDAR point clouds to 3D tree models	23
Visitor access, use, and desired improvements in urban parks	23
How to promote residents’ use of green space: An empirically grounded agent-based modeling approach	23
Spatial-temporal differences and evolution of eco-efficiency in China’s forest park	23
Exploring the interactive influence on landscape preference from multiple visual attributes: Openness, richness, order, and depth	23
Learning from the gardeners of the oldest community garden in Seattle: Resilience explained through ecosystem services analysis	23
Integrating ecological correlation into cellular automata for urban growth simulation: A case study of Hangzhou, China	23
Casual evaluation of the effects of a large-scale greenway intervention on physical and mental health: A natural experimental study in China	23
Analyzing the impact of changing landscape pattern and dynamics on land surface temperature in Lucknow city, India	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
Can we integrate ecological approaches to improve plant selection for green infrastructure?	23
Audio-visual interactions enhance soundscape perception in China’s protected areas	22
Impact of the quality and quantity of eye-level greenery on park usage	22
Pull and push factors for use of urban green spaces and priorities for their ecosystem services: Case study of Vilnius, Lithuania	22
Ecological potentials of trees, shrubs and hedge species for urban green spaces by multi criteria decision making	22
Psychosocial outcomes as motivations for urban gardening: A cross-cultural comparison of Swiss and Chilean gardeners	22
A simple and easy method to quantify the cool island intensity of urban greenspace	22
What makes urban forest governance successful? – A study among Canadian experts	22
Natural outdoor environments and subjective well-being in Guangzhou, China: Comparing different measures of access	22
Psychological benefits of green exercise in wild or urban greenspaces: A meta-analysis of controlled trials	22
Deep learning-based tree species mapping in a highly diverse tropical urban setting	22
A study on the impact of Visible Green Index and vegetation structures on brain wave change in residential landscape	22
Cemeteries as public urban green space: Management, funding and form	22
An Assessment of Street Tree Diversity: Findings and Implications in the United States	22
Green and open space factor Vienna: A steering and evaluation tool for urban green infrastructure	21
Towards the design of biodiverse green roofs in Argentina: Assessing key elements for different functional groups of arthropods	21
Urban parks, value uplift and green gentrification: An application of the spatial hedonic model in the city of Brisbane	21
Visualizing evaluation model of human perceptions and characteristic indicators of landscape visual quality in urban green spaces by using nomograms	21
Contributions of the quantity and quality of neighborhood green space to residential satisfaction in suburban Shanghai	21
Linking urban tree inventories to remote sensing data for individual tree mapping	21
Do seasons matter? Exploring the dynamic link between blue-green space and mental restoration	21
Are greenspace attributes associated with perceived restorativeness? A comparative study of urban cemeteries and parks in Edinburgh, Scotland	21
Both native and invasive bark beetles threaten exotic conifers within the spa towns in the Czech part of “The Great Spas of Europe”	21
A global basis of urban tree inventories: What comes first the inventory or the program	21
Is eye-level greening associated with the use of dockless shared bicycles?	21
Planning urban community gardens strategically through multicriteria decision analysis	21
Investigating the barriers preventing adolescents from physical activities in urban green spaces	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
Analyzing the effects of nature exposure on perceived satisfaction with running routes: An activity path-based measure approach	20
Exploring public preferences and preference heterogeneity for green and blue infrastructure in urban green spaces	20
Measuring visitor satisfaction toward peri-urban green and open spaces based on social media data	20
River-city recreational interaction: A classification of urban riverfront parks and walks	20
Remote sensing for the assessment of ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation: A review of the methods applied	20
Planning for green infrastructure and mapping synergies and trade-offs: A case study in the Yanshuei River Basin, Taiwan	20
Association between residential greenness and general health among older adults in rural and urban areas in China	20
Urban forests’ recreation and habitat potentials in China: A nationwide synthesis	20
Critical factors influencing adolescents’ active and social park use: A qualitative study using walk-along interviews	20
Testing the limitations of buffer zones and Urban atlas population data in urban green space provision analyses through the case study of Szeged, Hungary	20
Urban forest usage and perception of ecosystem services – A comparison between teenagers and adults	20
Modelling the relationships between urban land cover change and local climate regulation to estimate urban heat island effect	20
Attractiveness and preference of extensive green roofs depend on vegetation types and past experience with plants in Japan	19
Association between green space, outdoor leisure time and physical activity	19
The heterogeneous preferences for conservation and management in urban wetland parks: A case study from China	19
Influence of roadside vegetation barriers on air quality inside urban street canyons	19
Public Open space, Green exercise and well-being in Chittagong, Bangladesh	19
Planting Stormwater Solutions: A methodology for siting nature-based solutions for pollution capture, habitat enhancement, and multiple health benefits	19
Ethnic inequalities in green space availability: Evidence from Australia	19
Soundscape mapping for spatial-temporal estimate on bird activities in urban forests	19
The impact of landscape complexity on preference ratings and eye fixation of various urban green space settings	19
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on green space use in Turkey: Is closing green spaces for use a solution?	19
Linking pollinators and city flora: How vegetation composition and environmental features shapes pollinators composition in urban environment	19
Addressing psychosocial issues caused by the COVID-19 lockdown: Can urban greeneries help?	19
Wealth and land use drive the distribution of urban green space in the tropical coastal city of Haikou, China	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
Can parkland mitigate mental health burden imposed by the COVID-19? A national study in China	18
An uncertainty framework for i-Tree eco: A comparative study of 15 cities across the United States	18
Urban residential quarter green space and life satisfaction	18
Using high-density UAV-Lidar for deriving tree height of Araucaria Angustifolia in an Urban Atlantic Rain Forest	18
Mental health in winter cities: The effect of vegetation on streets	18
Relationships between nature connectedness, biodiversity of private gardens, and mental well-being during the Covid-19 lockdown	18
Adaptive planting design and management framework for urban climate change adaptation and mitigation	18
Assessing macro-scale patterns in urban tree canopy and inequality	18
Relationships between residents’ ratings of place attachment and the restorative potential of natural and urban park settings	18
Taking “social relations” as a cultural ecosystem service: A triangulation approach	18
Residents’ place attachment to urban green spaces in Greater Tokyo region: An empirical assessment of dimensionality and influencing socio-demographic factors	18
Public Land manager discourses on barriers and opportunities for a transition to Low input turfgrass in urban areas	18