Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Papers
(The TQCC of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening is 16. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use and perceptions of urban green space: An international exploratory study409
Linking public urban green spaces and human well-being: A systematic review217
Tree effects on urban microclimate: Diurnal, seasonal, and climatic temperature differences explained by separating radiation, evapotranspiration, and roughness effects113
Analysis of urban green space accessibility and distribution inequity in the City of Chicago111
The effect of exposure to the natural environment on stress reduction: A meta-analysis105
Remote sensing of urban green spaces: A review102
Towards green roof implementation: Drivers, motivations, barriers and recommendations99
Development of a system for assessing the quality of urban street-level greenery using street view images and deep learning98
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 pandemic96
Window view and relaxation: Viewing green space from a high-rise estate improves urban dwellers’ wellbeing94
Association between indoor-outdoor green features and psychological health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: A cross-sectional nationwide study83
The physiological and psychosocial effects of forest therapy: A systematic review82
Stay home, stay safe, stay green: The role of gardening activities on mental health during the Covid-19 home confinement81
The impacts of urbanization and climate change on urban vegetation dynamics in China80
Equality in access to urban green spaces: A case study in Hannover, Germany, with a focus on the elderly population79
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 Belgium78
Sina microblog sentiment in Beijing city parks as measure of demand for urban green space during the COVID-1977
Urban heat stress mitigation potential of green walls: A review74
Variance of the impact of urban green space on the urban heat island effect among different urban functional zones: A case study in Wuhan73
Quantifying landscape-metrics impacts on urban green-spaces and water-bodies cooling effect: The study of Nanjing, China72
Restorative effects of virtual natural settings on middle-aged and elderly adults72
Outdoor recreation and nature’s contribution to well-being in a pandemic situation - Case Turku, Finland71
Aesthetic preference and mental restoration prediction in urban parks: An application of environmental modeling approach68
Identifying enablers and barriers to the implementation of the Green Infrastructure for urban flood management: A comparative analysis of the UK and China68
Promoting sustainable carbon sequestration of plants in urban greenspace by planting design: A case study in parks of Beijing66
Efficient cooling of cities at global scale using urban green space to mitigate urban heat island effects in different climatic regions65
Perceptions of park visitors on access to urban parks and benefits of green spaces64
An optimized evaluation method of an urban ecological network: The case of the Minhang District of Shanghai64
An evaluation of urban green space in Shanghai, China, using eye tracking63
Green walls for mitigating urban particulate matter pollution—A review63
Hybrid SWMM and particle swarm optimization model for urban runoff water quality control by using green infrastructures (LID-BMPs)62
Benefits of the ecosystem services provided by urban green infrastructures: Differences between perception and measurements61
Urban agriculture as a nature-based solution to address socio-ecological challenges in Australian cities61
Designing parks for older adults: A qualitative study using walk-along interviews61
Particularities of having plants at home during the confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic60
Reexamine the value of urban pocket parks under the impact of the COVID-1959
Urban greenery cushions the decrease in leisure-time physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: A natural experimental study57
Humanization of nature: Testing the influences of urban park characteristics and psychological factors on collegers’ perceived restoration57
A geographical detector study on factors influencing urban park use in Nanjing, China56
Revisiting the cooling effects of urban greening: Planning implications of vegetation types and spatial configuration55
Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green in residential yards: A case study from Helsinki55
Development of the urban green space quality assessment tool (RECITAL)54
Biodiverse urban forests, happy people: Experimental evidence linking perceived biodiversity, restoration, and emotional wellbeing54
Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic54
Spatiotemporal patterns of vegetation phenology along the urban–rural gradient in Coastal Dalian, China54
Spatial distributive effects of public green space and COVID-19 infection in London53
Scaling up nature-based solutions for climate-change adaptation: Potential and benefits in three European cities52
Association of street greenery and physical activity in older adults: A novel study using pedestrian-centered photographs51
Applying the food-energy-water nexus approach to urban agriculture: From FEW to FEWP (Food-Energy-Water-People)51
Research on visual behavior characteristics and cognitive evaluation of different types of forest landscape spaces51
Can smaller parks limit green gentrification? Insights from Hangzhou, China51
Usage and perception of urban green space of older adults in the high-density city of Hong Kong50
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 China49
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 Qatar49
Governance of nature-based solutions through intermediaries for urban transitions – A case study from Melbourne, Australia49
Urban green equity and COVID-19: Effects on park use and sense of belonging in New York City48
Promoting wildflower biodiversity in dense and green cities: The important role of small vegetation patches47
Perceptions of nature-based solutions for Urban Water challenges: Insights from Australian researchers and practitioners47
Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges47
Urban green spaces and stress during COVID-19 lockdown: A case study for the city of Madrid47
Urban forest monitoring based on multiple features at the single tree scale by UAV47
Urban green space optimization based on a climate health risk appraisal – A case study of Beijing city, China46
Forest therapy can prevent and treat depression: Evidence from meta-analyses45
The motivation and factors influencing visits to small urban parks in Shanghai, China45
Gardens’ contribution to people and urban green space45
Green infrastructures for urban sustainability: Issues, implications, and solutions for underdeveloped areas45
The impact of gardening on mental resilience in times of stress: A case study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore45
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 me45
Functional adaptations and trait plasticity of urban trees along a climatic gradient44
Home gardens can be more important than other urban green infrastructure for mental well-being during COVID-19 pandemics44
Spatiotemporal fluctuations in urban park spatial vitality determined by on-site observation and behavior mapping: A case study of three parks in Zhengzhou City, China43
Internet of Things and autonomous control for vertical cultivation walls towards smart food growing: A review42
Bridging landscape preference and landscape design: A study on the preference and optimal combination of landscape elements based on conjoint analysis42
Predicting citizens’ participatory behavior in urban green space governance: Application of the extended theory of planned behavior42
Audio-visual interaction and visitor characteristics affect perceived soundscape restorativeness: Case study in five parks in China42
How does urban green space feature influence physical activity diversity in high-density built environment? An on-site observational study42
The restorative effects of campus landscape biodiversity: Assessing visual and auditory perceptions among university students41
London Plane trees (Platanus x acerifolia) before, during and after a heatwave: Losing leaves means less cooling benefit41
Factors contributing to the usage of pocket parks―A review of the evidence41
Verifying an ENVI-met simulation of the thermal environment of Yanzhong Square Park in Shanghai41
Urban green space interaction and wellbeing – investigating the experience of international students in Berlin during the first COVID-19 lockdown41
Perceived sensory dimensions: An evidence-based approach to greenspace aesthetics41
Intended wilderness as a Nature-based Solution: Status, identification and management of urban spontaneous vegetation in cities40
Seasonal variations of park visitor volume and park service area in Tokyo: A mixed-method approach combining big data and field observations40
Landscape characteristics of university campus in relation to aesthetic quality and recreational preference40
Spatial-temporal distribution characteristics and evolution mechanism of urban parks in Beijing, China39
A data-informed analytical approach to human-scale greenway planning: Integrating multi-sourced urban data with machine learning algorithms39
Research on public health and well-being associated to the vegetation configuration of urban green space, a case study of Shanghai, China39
Impact of summer heat on urban park visitation, perceived health and ecosystem service appreciation38
Integrating nature-based solutions and the conservation of urban built heritage: Challenges, opportunities, and prospects38
From the ground up: Using structured community engagement to identify objectives for urban green infrastructure planning38
Garden city without parks: an assessment of the availability and conditions of parks in Kumasi38
Does street greenery always promote active travel? Evidence from Beijing37
Why don’t people plant trees? Uncovering barriers to participation in urban tree planting initiatives37
Advancing the green infrastructure approach in the Province of Barcelona: integrating biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services into landscape planning37
Praise for diversity: A functional approach to reduce risks in urban forests37
Scale-dependent effects of urban greenspace on particulate matter air pollution37
Effects of brightness levels on stress recovery when viewing a virtual reality forest with simulated natural light37
Urban Landscape Heterogeneity Influences the Relationship between Tree Canopy and Land Surface Temperature36
Effects of urban park environment on recreational jogging activity based on trajectory data: A case of Chongqing, China36
Why is dense vegetation in city parks unpopular? The mediative role of sense of privacy and safety36
How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact urban green spaces? A multi-scale assessment of Jeddah megacity (Saudi Arabia)36
Spatial variation analysis of urban forest vegetation carbon storage and sequestration in built-up areas of Beijing based on i-Tree Eco and Kriging35
China’s Green space system planning: Development, experiences, and characteristics35
Quantifying the contributions of native and non-native trees to a city’s biodiversity and ecosystem services35
Designing collaborative governance for nature-based solutions35
Eliciting users’ preferences and values in urban parks: Evidence from analyzing social media data from Hong Kong35
Urban growth and topographical factors shape patterns of spontaneous plant community diversity in a mountainous city in southwest China35
What to do in, and what to expect from, urban green spaces – Indicator-based approach to assess cultural ecosystem services35
Environmental and social benefits, and their coupling coordination in urban wetland parks35
Estimating aboveground biomass of urban forest trees with dual-source UAV acquired point clouds34
Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of Green Infrastructure in climate change scenarios using TOPSIS34
Assessing city-scale green roof development potential using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery34
Analyzing the effects of nature exposure on perceived satisfaction with running routes: An activity path-based measure approach34
Carbon Pools of Berlin, Germany: Organic Carbon in Soils and Aboveground in Trees33
The impact of landscape complexity on preference ratings and eye fixation of various urban green space settings33
Exploring the interactive influence on landscape preference from multiple visual attributes: Openness, richness, order, and depth33
Urban parks, value uplift and green gentrification: An application of the spatial hedonic model in the city of Brisbane33
Neighbourhood green space, perceived stress and sleep quality in an urban population33
Comparative analysis of shade and underlying surfaces on cooling effect33
Effects of urban waterfront park landscape elements on visual behavior and public preference: Evidence from eye-tracking experiments33
Maintenance of public and private urban green infrastructure provides significant employment in Eastern Cape towns, South Africa33
Large urban parks summertime cool and wet island intensity and its influencing factors in Beijing, China32
Visualizing evaluation model of human perceptions and characteristic indicators of landscape visual quality in urban green spaces by using nomograms32
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 conservation32
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 regimes31
Soundscape components, perceptions, and EEG reactions in typical mountainous urban parks31
Residents’ place attachment to urban green spaces in Greater Tokyo region: An empirical assessment of dimensionality and influencing socio-demographic factors31
Urban green spaces and sustainability: Exploring the ecosystem services and disservices of grassy lawns versus floral meadows31
An application of artificial intelligence techniques in prediction of birds soundscape impact on tourists’ mental restoration in natural urban areas31
Do seasons matter? Exploring the dynamic link between blue-green space and mental restoration31
Urban forest responses to climate change: A case study in Canberra31
A simple and easy method to quantify the cool island intensity of urban greenspace31
Perceived influence of street-level visible greenness exposure in the work and residential environment on life satisfaction: Evidence from Beijing, China30
Contributions of the quantity and quality of neighborhood green space to residential satisfaction in suburban Shanghai30
River-city recreational interaction: A classification of urban riverfront parks and walks30
Mapping the urban forest in detail: From LiDAR point clouds to 3D tree models30
Exploring public preferences and preference heterogeneity for green and blue infrastructure in urban green spaces30
Drivers of spontaneous plant richness patterns in urban green space within a biodiversity hotspot30
Temperature and air pollution reductions by urban green spaces are highly valued in a tropical city-state30
A study on the impact of Visible Green Index and vegetation structures on brain wave change in residential landscape30
Association between green space, outdoor leisure time and physical activity29
Do physical activity, social interaction, and mental health mediate the association between green space quality and child prosocial behaviour?29
Ten years of greening a wide brown land: A synthesis of Australian green roof research and roadmap forward29
Visitor access, use, and desired improvements in urban parks29
Assessing the performance of urban open space for achieving sustainable and resilient cities: A pilot study of two urban parks in Dublin, Ireland29
Psychological benefits of green exercise in wild or urban greenspaces: A meta-analysis of controlled trials29
Daytime dynamic of spontaneous expressions of pedestrians in an urban forest park29
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, Chile29
Deep learning-based tree species mapping in a highly diverse tropical urban setting29
Can we integrate ecological approaches to improve plant selection for green infrastructure?29
Mapping the diversity of street tree inventories across eight cities internationally using open data29
Heterogeneous landscapes of urban greenways in Shenzhen: Traffic impact, corridor width and land use29
The healthy green living room at one’s doorstep? Use and perception of residential greenery in Berlin, Germany29
Revealing the differences of urban parks’ services to human wellbeing based upon social media data29
The potential of geospatial analysis and Bayesian networks to enable i-Tree Eco assessment of existing tree inventories29
Just weeds? Comparing assessed and perceived biodiversity of urban spontaneous vegetation in informal greenspaces in the context of two American legacy cities29
Quantification of carbon sequestration by urban forest using Landsat 8 OLI and machine learning algorithms in Jodhpur, India29
Comparing the impact of forest walking and forest viewing on psychological states29
Is biodiversity of greenspace important for human health and wellbeing? A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review29
Association between residential greenness and general health among older adults in rural and urban areas in China28
Complexifying the urban lawn improves heat mitigation and arthropod biodiversity28
Multiscale watershed landscape infrastructure: Integrated system design for sponge city development28
Air pollution removal through deposition on urban vegetation: The importance of vegetation characteristics28
Spatial relationship between green view index and normalized differential vegetation index within the Sixth Ring Road of Beijing28
Impact of mowing frequency on arthropod abundance and diversity in urban habitats: A meta-analysis28
The right mix: Residential urban green-blue space combinations are correlated with physical exercise in a tropical city-state27
Casual evaluation of the effects of a large-scale greenway intervention on physical and mental health: A natural experimental study in China27
The urban heat island mitigation potential of vegetation depends on local surface type and shade27
Planning for green infrastructure and mapping synergies and trade-offs: A case study in the Yanshuei River Basin, Taiwan27
Impact of the quality and quantity of eye-level greenery on park usage27
Analyzing the impact of changing landscape pattern and dynamics on land surface temperature in Lucknow city, India27
Guidelines for urban community gardening: Proposal of preliminary indicators for several ecosystem services (Rome, Italy)27
Green and open space factor Vienna: A steering and evaluation tool for urban green infrastructure27
How to promote residents’ use of green space: An empirically grounded agent-based modeling approach27
Spatial impacts of multimodal accessibility to green spaces on housing price in Cook County, Illinois27
Big cities with small green areas hold a lower species richness and proportion of migrant birds: A global analysis26
Audio-visual interactions enhance soundscape perception in China’s protected areas26
Global patterns in urban green space are strongly linked to human development and population density26
Ecological potentials of trees, shrubs and hedge species for urban green spaces by multi criteria decision making26
Reclamation of urban brownfields through phytoremediation: Implications for building sustainable and resilient towns26
Critical factors influencing adolescents’ active and social park use: A qualitative study using walk-along interviews26
Keep trees for bees: Pollen collection by Osmia bicornis along the urbanization gradient26
Mental health in winter cities: The effect of vegetation on streets26
Which ornamental features of bamboo plants will attract the people most?26
Learning from the gardeners of the oldest community garden in Seattle: Resilience explained through ecosystem services analysis26
Remote sensing for the assessment of ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation: A review of the methods applied26
The future urban forest – A survey of tree planting programs in the Northeastern United States26
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
Planning urban community gardens strategically through multicriteria decision analysis25
Pull and push factors for use of urban green spaces and priorities for their ecosystem services: Case study of Vilnius, Lithuania25
Urban forests’ recreation and habitat potentials in China: A nationwide synthesis25
Soundscape mapping for spatial-temporal estimate on bird activities in urban forests25
Connection to nature and time spent in gardens predicts social cohesion25
An Assessment of Street Tree Diversity: Findings and Implications in the United States25
What makes urban forest governance successful? – A study among Canadian experts25
Natural outdoor environments and subjective well-being in Guangzhou, China: Comparing different measures of access25
Urban forest usage and perception of ecosystem services – A comparison between teenagers and adults25
Linking pollinators and city flora: How vegetation composition and environmental features shapes pollinators composition in urban environment24
Linking urban tree inventories to remote sensing data for individual tree mapping24
Advancing urban green infrastructure through participatory integrated planning: A case from Slovakia24
Tree crowns and their associated summertime microclimatic adjustment and thermal comfort improvement in urban parks in a subtropical city of China24
Testing the limitations of buffer zones and Urban atlas population data in urban green space provision analyses through the case study of Szeged, Hungary24
Cemeteries as public urban green space: Management, funding and form24
Drivers of spontaneous and cultivated species diversity in the tropical city of Zhanjiang, China24
A global basis of urban tree inventories: What comes first the inventory or the program24
Relationships between nature connectedness, biodiversity of private gardens, and mental well-being during the Covid-19 lockdown24
Urban park use and self-reported physical, mental, and social health during the COVID-19 pandemic: An on-site survey in Beijing, China23
Towards the design of biodiverse green roofs in Argentina: Assessing key elements for different functional groups of arthropods23
Adaptive planting design and management framework for urban climate change adaptation and mitigation23
Relationships between residents’ ratings of place attachment and the restorative potential of natural and urban park settings23
Ethnic inequalities in green space availability: Evidence from Australia23
Multiple ecosystem services of informal green spaces: A literature review23
Spatial-temporal differences and evolution of eco-efficiency in China’s forest park23
Estimating CO2 balance through the Life Cycle Assessment prism: A case – Study in an urban park23
Pocket parks in English and Chinese literature: A review23
Effects of forest-derived visual, auditory, and combined stimuli23
Assessing the inequities in access to peri-urban parks at the regional level: A case study in China’s largest urban agglomeration23
Comparison of bird diversity between temperate floodplain forests and urban parks22
Addressing psychosocial issues caused by the COVID-19 lockdown: Can urban greeneries help?22
The heterogeneous preferences for conservation and management in urban wetland parks: A case study from China22
The role of green space in Chicago’s gentrification22
Where is environmental justice? A review of US urban forest management plans22
Taking “social relations” as a cultural ecosystem service: A triangulation approach22
A UAV-derived thermal infrared remote sensing three-temperature model and estimation of various vegetation evapotranspiration in urban micro-environments22
Wealth and land use drive the distribution of urban green space in the tropical coastal city of Haikou, China22
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on green space use in Turkey: Is closing green spaces for use a solution?22
Contributions of green spaces and isolated trees to landscape connectivity in an urban landscape22
How do urban park features affect cultural ecosystem services: Quantified evidence for design practices22
Urban residential quarter green space and life satisfaction22
Can parkland mitigate mental health burden imposed by the COVID-19? A national study in China22
The effect of place attachment and greenway attributes on well-being among older adults in Taiwan22
Urban cooling factors: Do small greenspaces outperform building shade in mitigating urban heat island intensity?21
Comparing conventional manual measurement of the green view index with modern automatic methods using google street view and semantic segmentation21
A multiple scale, function, and type approach to determine and improve Green Infrastructure of urban watersheds21
Both native and invasive bark beetles threaten exotic conifers within the spa towns in the Czech part of “The Great Spas of Europe”21
Using urban landscape pattern to understand and evaluate infectious disease risk21
How perceived sensory dimensions of urban green spaces are associated with adults’ perceived restoration, stress, and mental health?21
Is virtual reality a valid tool for restorative environments research?21
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 transportation21
Assessing macro-scale patterns in urban tree canopy and inequality21
Emotional perceptions of people exposed to green and blue spaces in forest parks of cities at rapid urbanization regions of East China21
Assessing urban greenery by harvesting street view data: A review21
Influence of roadside vegetation barriers on air quality inside urban street canyons21
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 park21
The relationship between urban green space and social health of individuals: A scoping review21
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