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	409
Linking public urban green spaces and human well-being: A systematic review	217
Tree effects on urban microclimate: Diurnal, seasonal, and climatic temperature differences explained by separating radiation, evapotranspiration, and roughness effects	113
Analysis of urban green space accessibility and distribution inequity in the City of Chicago	111
The effect of exposure to the natural environment on stress reduction: A meta-analysis	105
Remote sensing of urban green spaces: A review	102
Towards green roof implementation: Drivers, motivations, barriers and recommendations	99
Development of a system for assessing the quality of urban street-level greenery using street view images and deep learning	98
Window view and relaxation: Viewing green space from a high-rise estate improves urban dwellers’ wellbeing	96
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	96
Association between indoor-outdoor green features and psychological health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: A cross-sectional nationwide study	85
Stay home, stay safe, stay green: The role of gardening activities on mental health during the Covid-19 home confinement	81
Equality in access to urban green spaces: A case study in Hannover, Germany, with a focus on the elderly population	79
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	78
Sina microblog sentiment in Beijing city parks as measure of demand for urban green space during the COVID-19	77
Urban heat stress mitigation potential of green walls: A review	74
Variance of the impact of urban green space on the urban heat island effect among different urban functional zones: A case study in Wuhan	73
Quantifying landscape-metrics impacts on urban green-spaces and water-bodies cooling effect: The study of Nanjing, China	72
Restorative effects of virtual natural settings on middle-aged and elderly adults	72
Outdoor recreation and nature’s contribution to well-being in a pandemic situation - Case Turku, Finland	71
Promoting sustainable carbon sequestration of plants in urban greenspace by planting design: A case study in parks of Beijing	66
Efficient cooling of cities at global scale using urban green space to mitigate urban heat island effects in different climatic regions	65
Perceptions of park visitors on access to urban parks and benefits of green spaces	64
Green walls for mitigating urban particulate matter pollution—A review	64
An optimized evaluation method of an urban ecological network: The case of the Minhang District of Shanghai	64

An evaluation of urban green space in Shanghai, China, using eye tracking	63
Hybrid SWMM and particle swarm optimization model for urban runoff water quality control by using green infrastructures (LID-BMPs)	62
Urban agriculture as a nature-based solution to address socio-ecological challenges in Australian cities	61
Particularities of having plants at home during the confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic	60
Reexamine the value of urban pocket parks under the impact of the COVID-19	59
Urban greenery cushions the decrease in leisure-time physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: A natural experimental study	57
Humanization of nature: Testing the influences of urban park characteristics and psychological factors on collegers’ perceived restoration	57
A geographical detector study on factors influencing urban park use in Nanjing, China	56
Revisiting the cooling effects of urban greening: Planning implications of vegetation types and spatial configuration	55
Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green in residential yards: A case study from Helsinki	55
Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic	54
Development of the urban green space quality assessment tool (RECITAL)	54
Biodiverse urban forests, happy people: Experimental evidence linking perceived biodiversity, restoration, and emotional wellbeing	54
Spatial distributive effects of public green space and COVID-19 infection in London	53
Scaling up nature-based solutions for climate-change adaptation: Potential and benefits in three European cities	52
Can smaller parks limit green gentrification? Insights from Hangzhou, China	51
Association of street greenery and physical activity in older adults: A novel study using pedestrian-centered photographs	51
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	51
Applying the food-energy-water nexus approach to urban agriculture: From FEW to FEWP (Food-Energy-Water-People)	51
Usage and perception of urban green space of older adults in the high-density city of Hong Kong	50
Traits of a bloom: a nationwide survey of U.S. urban tree planting initiatives (TPIs)	50
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	49
Governance of nature-based solutions through intermediaries for urban transitions – A case study from Melbourne, Australia	49
Urban green equity and COVID-19: Effects on park use and sense of belonging in New York City	48
Promoting wildflower biodiversity in dense and green cities: The important role of small vegetation patches	47
Urban forest monitoring based on multiple features at the single tree scale by UAV	47
Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges	47
Perceptions of nature-based solutions for Urban Water challenges: Insights from Australian researchers and practitioners	47
Urban green spaces and stress during COVID-19 lockdown: A case study for the city of Madrid	47
Urban green space optimization based on a climate health risk appraisal – A case study of Beijing city, China	46
Gardens’ contribution to people and urban green space	45
Green infrastructures for urban sustainability: Issues, implications, and solutions for underdeveloped areas	45
The impact of gardening on mental resilience in times of stress: A case study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore	45
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	45
Forest therapy can prevent and treat depression: Evidence from meta-analyses	45
The motivation and factors influencing visits to small urban parks in Shanghai, China	45
Home gardens can be more important than other urban green infrastructure for mental well-being during COVID-19 pandemics	44
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	43
Audio-visual interaction and visitor characteristics affect perceived soundscape restorativeness: Case study in five parks in China	42
How does urban green space feature influence physical activity diversity in high-density built environment? An on-site observational study	42
Predicting citizens’ participatory behavior in urban green space governance: Application of the extended theory of planned behavior	42
Internet of Things and autonomous control for vertical cultivation walls towards smart food growing: A review	42
Bridging landscape preference and landscape design: A study on the preference and optimal combination of landscape elements based on conjoint analysis	42
Factors contributing to the usage of pocket parks―A review of the evidence	41
Seasonal variations of park visitor volume and park service area in Tokyo: A mixed-method approach combining big data and field observations	41
The restorative effects of campus landscape biodiversity: Assessing visual and auditory perceptions among university students	41
Verifying an ENVI-met simulation of the thermal environment of Yanzhong Square Park in Shanghai	41
Urban green space interaction and wellbeing – investigating the experience of international students in Berlin during the first COVID-19 lockdown	41
Perceived sensory dimensions: An evidence-based approach to greenspace aesthetics	41
Research on public health and well-being associated to the vegetation configuration of urban green space, a case study of Shanghai, China	40

Landscape characteristics of university campus in relation to aesthetic quality and recreational preference	40
Intended wilderness as a Nature-based Solution: Status, identification and management of urban spontaneous vegetation in cities	40
Spatial-temporal distribution characteristics and evolution mechanism of urban parks in Beijing, China	39
A data-informed analytical approach to human-scale greenway planning: Integrating multi-sourced urban data with machine learning algorithms	39
Integrating nature-based solutions and the conservation of urban built heritage: Challenges, opportunities, and prospects	38
From the ground up: Using structured community engagement to identify objectives for urban green infrastructure planning	38
Garden city without parks: an assessment of the availability and conditions of parks in Kumasi	38
Impact of summer heat on urban park visitation, perceived health and ecosystem service appreciation	38
Does street greenery always promote active travel? Evidence from Beijing	37
Praise for diversity: A functional approach to reduce risks in urban forests	37
Scale-dependent effects of urban greenspace on particulate matter air pollution	37
Effects of brightness levels on stress recovery when viewing a virtual reality forest with simulated natural light	37
Advancing the green infrastructure approach in the Province of Barcelona: integrating biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services into landscape planning	37
Why don’t people plant trees? Uncovering barriers to participation in urban tree planting initiatives	37
Effects of urban park environment on recreational jogging activity based on trajectory data: A case of Chongqing, China	36
Urban Landscape Heterogeneity Influences the Relationship between Tree Canopy and Land Surface Temperature	36
How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact urban green spaces? A multi-scale assessment of Jeddah megacity (Saudi Arabia)	36
Why is dense vegetation in city parks unpopular? The mediative role of sense of privacy and safety	36
Quantifying the contributions of native and non-native trees to a city’s biodiversity and ecosystem services	35
Spatial variation analysis of urban forest vegetation carbon storage and sequestration in built-up areas of Beijing based on i-Tree Eco and Kriging	35
Eliciting users’ preferences and values in urban parks: Evidence from analyzing social media data from Hong Kong	35
Designing collaborative governance for nature-based solutions	35
What to do in, and what to expect from, urban green spaces – Indicator-based approach to assess cultural ecosystem services	35
Environmental and social benefits, and their coupling coordination in urban wetland parks	35
Urban growth and topographical factors shape patterns of spontaneous plant community diversity in a mountainous city in southwest China	35
China’s Green space system planning: Development, experiences, and characteristics	35
Assessing city-scale green roof development potential using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery	34
Estimating aboveground biomass of urban forest trees with dual-source UAV acquired point clouds	34
Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of Green Infrastructure in climate change scenarios using TOPSIS	34
Analyzing the effects of nature exposure on perceived satisfaction with running routes: An activity path-based measure approach	34
Effects of urban waterfront park landscape elements on visual behavior and public preference: Evidence from eye-tracking experiments	34
Exploring the interactive influence on landscape preference from multiple visual attributes: Openness, richness, order, and depth	33
The impact of landscape complexity on preference ratings and eye fixation of various urban green space settings	33
Comparative analysis of shade and underlying surfaces on cooling effect	33
Urban parks, value uplift and green gentrification: An application of the spatial hedonic model in the city of Brisbane	33
A simple and easy method to quantify the cool island intensity of urban greenspace	32
Mismatch of regulating ecosystem services for sustainable urban planning: PM10 removal and urban heat island effect mitigation in the municipality of Rome (Italy)	32
Building biodiversity into the urban fabric: A case study in applying Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design (BSUD)	32
University campuses as valuable resources for urban biodiversity research and conservation	32
Large urban parks summertime cool and wet island intensity and its influencing factors in Beijing, China	32
Visualizing evaluation model of human perceptions and characteristic indicators of landscape visual quality in urban green spaces by using nomograms	32
Urban forest responses to climate change: A case study in Canberra	31
An application of artificial intelligence techniques in prediction of birds soundscape impact on tourists’ mental restoration in natural urban areas	31
Urban Green infrastructures: How much did they affect property prices in Singapore?	31
Adaptation and mitigation potential of roadside trees with bio-extraction of heavy metals under vehicular emissions and their impact on physiological traits during seasonal regimes	31
Soundscape components, perceptions, and EEG reactions in typical mountainous urban parks	31
Residents’ place attachment to urban green spaces in Greater Tokyo region: An empirical assessment of dimensionality and influencing socio-demographic factors	31
Urban green spaces and sustainability: Exploring the ecosystem services and disservices of grassy lawns versus floral meadows	31
Do seasons matter? Exploring the dynamic link between blue-green space and mental restoration	31
Contributions of the quantity and quality of neighborhood green space to residential satisfaction in suburban Shanghai	30
Exploring public preferences and preference heterogeneity for green and blue infrastructure in urban green spaces	30
Drivers of spontaneous plant richness patterns in urban green space within a biodiversity hotspot	30
Temperature and air pollution reductions by urban green spaces are highly valued in a tropical city-state	30
A study on the impact of Visible Green Index and vegetation structures on brain wave change in residential landscape	30
Perceived influence of street-level visible greenness exposure in the work and residential environment on life satisfaction: Evidence from Beijing, China	30
Mapping the urban forest in detail: From LiDAR point clouds to 3D tree models	30
River-city recreational interaction: A classification of urban riverfront parks and walks	30
Daytime dynamic of spontaneous expressions of pedestrians in an urban forest park	29
Association between green space, outdoor leisure time and physical activity	29
The potential of geospatial analysis and Bayesian networks to enable i-Tree Eco assessment of existing tree inventories	29
Just weeds? Comparing assessed and perceived biodiversity of urban spontaneous vegetation in informal greenspaces in the context of two American legacy cities	29
Comparing the impact of forest walking and forest viewing on psychological states	29
Heterogeneous landscapes of urban greenways in Shenzhen: Traffic impact, corridor width and land use	29
The healthy green living room at one’s doorstep? Use and perception of residential greenery in Berlin, Germany	29
Revealing the differences of urban parks’ services to human wellbeing based upon social media data	29
Ten years of greening a wide brown land: A synthesis of Australian green roof research and roadmap forward	29
Do physical activity, social interaction, and mental health mediate the association between green space quality and child prosocial behaviour?	29
Quantification of carbon sequestration by urban forest using Landsat 8 OLI and machine learning algorithms in Jodhpur, India	29
Assessing the performance of urban open space for achieving sustainable and resilient cities: A pilot study of two urban parks in Dublin, Ireland	29
Is biodiversity of greenspace important for human health and wellbeing? A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review	29
Can we integrate ecological approaches to improve plant selection for green infrastructure?	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	29
Deep learning-based tree species mapping in a highly diverse tropical urban setting	29
Visitor access, use, and desired improvements in urban parks	29
Mapping the diversity of street tree inventories across eight cities internationally using open data	29
Psychological benefits of green exercise in wild or urban greenspaces: A meta-analysis of controlled trials	29
Air pollution removal through deposition on urban vegetation: The importance of vegetation characteristics	28
Multiscale watershed landscape infrastructure: Integrated system design for sponge city development	28
Impact of mowing frequency on arthropod abundance and diversity in urban habitats: A meta-analysis	28
Spatial relationship between green view index and normalized differential vegetation index within the Sixth Ring Road of Beijing	28

Complexifying the urban lawn improves heat mitigation and arthropod biodiversity	28
Association between residential greenness and general health among older adults in rural and urban areas in China	28
Casual evaluation of the effects of a large-scale greenway intervention on physical and mental health: A natural experimental study in China	27
Analyzing the impact of changing landscape pattern and dynamics on land surface temperature in Lucknow city, India	27
Planning for green infrastructure and mapping synergies and trade-offs: A case study in the Yanshuei River Basin, Taiwan	27
The right mix: Residential urban green-blue space combinations are correlated with physical exercise in a tropical city-state	27
The urban heat island mitigation potential of vegetation depends on local surface type and shade	27
Green and open space factor Vienna: A steering and evaluation tool for urban green infrastructure	27
Spatial impacts of multimodal accessibility to green spaces on housing price in Cook County, Illinois	27
Impact of the quality and quantity of eye-level greenery on park usage	27
How to promote residents’ use of green space: An empirically grounded agent-based modeling approach	27
Guidelines for urban community gardening: Proposal of preliminary indicators for several ecosystem services (Rome, Italy)	27
Remote sensing for the assessment of ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation: A review of the methods applied	26
Global patterns in urban green space are strongly linked to human development and population density	26
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?	26
Big cities with small green areas hold a lower species richness and proportion of migrant birds: A global analysis	26
Learning from the gardeners of the oldest community garden in Seattle: Resilience explained through ecosystem services analysis	26
Reclamation of urban brownfields through phytoremediation: Implications for building sustainable and resilient towns	26
Keep trees for bees: Pollen collection by Osmia bicornis along the urbanization gradient	26
Ecological potentials of trees, shrubs and hedge species for urban green spaces by multi criteria decision making	26
Which ornamental features of bamboo plants will attract the people most?	26
Critical factors influencing adolescents’ active and social park use: A qualitative study using walk-along interviews	26
The future urban forest – A survey of tree planting programs in the Northeastern United States	26
Mental health in winter cities: The effect of vegetation on streets	26
Audio-visual interactions enhance soundscape perception in China’s protected areas	26
What makes urban forest governance successful? – A study among Canadian experts	25
Soundscape mapping for spatial-temporal estimate on bird activities in urban forests	25
Connection to nature and time spent in gardens predicts social cohesion	25
Pull and push factors for use of urban green spaces and priorities for their ecosystem services: Case study of Vilnius, Lithuania	25
Planning urban community gardens strategically through multicriteria decision analysis	25
An Assessment of Street Tree Diversity: Findings and Implications in the United States	25
Natural outdoor environments and subjective well-being in Guangzhou, China: Comparing different measures of access	25
Urban forest usage and perception of ecosystem services – A comparison between teenagers and adults	25
Urban forests’ recreation and habitat potentials in China: A nationwide synthesis	25
Drivers of spontaneous and cultivated species diversity in the tropical city of Zhanjiang, China	24
Linking urban tree inventories to remote sensing data for individual tree mapping	24
Cemeteries as public urban green space: Management, funding and form	24
Testing the limitations of buffer zones and Urban atlas population data in urban green space provision analyses through the case study of Szeged, Hungary	24
A global basis of urban tree inventories: What comes first the inventory or the program	24
Multiple ecosystem services of informal green spaces: A literature review	24
Tree crowns and their associated summertime microclimatic adjustment and thermal comfort improvement in urban parks in a subtropical city of China	24
Linking pollinators and city flora: How vegetation composition and environmental features shapes pollinators composition in urban environment	24
Relationships between nature connectedness, biodiversity of private gardens, and mental well-being during the Covid-19 lockdown	24
Advancing urban green infrastructure through participatory integrated planning: A case from Slovakia	24
Relationships between residents’ ratings of place attachment and the restorative potential of natural and urban park settings	23
Urban park use and self-reported physical, mental, and social health during the COVID-19 pandemic: An on-site survey in Beijing, China	23
Ethnic inequalities in green space availability: Evidence from Australia	23
Towards the design of biodiverse green roofs in Argentina: Assessing key elements for different functional groups of arthropods	23
Adaptive planting design and management framework for urban climate change adaptation and mitigation	23
The relationship between urban green space and social health of individuals: A scoping review	23
Estimating CO2 balance through the Life Cycle Assessment prism: A case – Study in an urban park	23
Pocket parks in English and Chinese literature: A review	23
Effects of forest-derived visual, auditory, and combined stimuli	23
Assessing the inequities in access to peri-urban parks at the regional level: A case study in China’s largest urban agglomeration	23
Contributions of green spaces and isolated trees to landscape connectivity in an urban landscape	23
Taking “social relations” as a cultural ecosystem service: A triangulation approach	23
Spatial-temporal differences and evolution of eco-efficiency in China’s forest park	23
Where is environmental justice? A review of US urban forest management plans	22
Comparison of bird diversity between temperate floodplain forests and urban parks	22
A UAV-derived thermal infrared remote sensing three-temperature model and estimation of various vegetation evapotranspiration in urban micro-environments	22
The role of green space in Chicago’s gentrification	22
How do urban park features affect cultural ecosystem services: Quantified evidence for design practices	22
Urban residential quarter green space and life satisfaction	22
The heterogeneous preferences for conservation and management in urban wetland parks: A case study from China	22
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on green space use in Turkey: Is closing green spaces for use a solution?	22
The effect of place attachment and greenway attributes on well-being among older adults in Taiwan	22
Addressing psychosocial issues caused by the COVID-19 lockdown: Can urban greeneries help?	22
Comparing conventional manual measurement of the green view index with modern automatic methods using google street view and semantic segmentation	22
Wealth and land use drive the distribution of urban green space in the tropical coastal city of Haikou, China	22
Can parkland mitigate mental health burden imposed by the COVID-19? A national study in China	22
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 transportation	21
More than nature: Linkages between well-being and greenspace influenced by a combination of elements of nature and non-nature in a New York City urban park	21
Emotional perceptions of people exposed to green and blue spaces in forest parks of cities at rapid urbanization regions of East China	21
Numerical characteristics and spatial distribution of panoramic Street Green View index based on SegNet semantic segmentation in Savannah	21
Potential nature-based solutions and greenwashing to generate green spaces: Developers’ claims versus reality in new housing offers	21
How do humans value urban nature? Developing the perceived biophilic design scale (PBDs) for preference and emotion	21
Does vegetation density and perceptions predict green stormwater infrastructure preference?	21
Influence of roadside vegetation barriers on air quality inside urban street canyons	21
A multiple scale, function, and type approach to determine and improve Green Infrastructure of urban watersheds	21
Using urban landscape pattern to understand and evaluate infectious disease risk	21
Planting Stormwater Solutions: A methodology for siting nature-based solutions for pollution capture, habitat enhancement, and multiple health benefits	21
An uncertainty framework for i-Tree eco: A comparative study of 15 cities across the United States	21
Assessing urban greenery by harvesting street view data: A review	21
Is virtual reality a valid tool for restorative environments research?	21
Assessing macro-scale patterns in urban tree canopy and inequality	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
An updated proposal of the Potential Allergenicity of 150 ornamental Trees and shrubs in Mediterranean Cities	21
Urban green space quality in China: Quality measurement, spatial heterogeneity pattern and influencing factor	21
Urban cooling factors: Do small greenspaces outperform building shade in mitigating urban heat island intensity?	21
How perceived sensory dimensions of urban green spaces are associated with adults’ perceived restoration, stress, and mental health?	21
Patterns of urban foraging in Bengaluru city	20
Using high-density UAV-Lidar for deriving tree height of Araucaria Angustifolia in an Urban Atlantic Rain Forest	20
The association between plant diversity and perceived emotions for visitors in urban forests: A pilot study across 49 parks in China	20
Green space area and type affect bird communities in a South-eastern European city	20
The green walk—An analysis for evaluating the accessibility of urban green spaces	20