Outdoor air pollution is considered as the most serious environmental problem for human
health, associated with some million deaths worldwide per year. Cities have to cope with the …

Increasing studies worldwide have examined the impacts of urban forests on mitigating
atmospheric particulate matter (PM) over the past decades. These scattered studies …

Urban and periurban forests, which are integrated within the concept of Green Infrastructure,
provide important Ecosystem Services, including air purification. In this study, we quantified …

As PM 2.5 affect human health, it is important to target tree planting in the role of reducing air
pollution concentrations. PM 2.5 capture capability of greening trees is associated with leaf …

Abstract Target 2 of the European Biodiversity Strategy promotes the maintenance and
enhancement of ecosystem services<(ES) as well as the restoration of at least 15% of …

Urban forests (UF) provide a range of important ecosystem services (ES) for human well-
being. Relevant ES delivered by UF include urban temperature regulation, runoff mitigation …

Urban greening has often been proposed as a cost-effective solution to improve
environmental comfort, but may also deteriorate air quality. Quantifying these two opposing …

Recent episodes of high air pollution concentration levels in many Polish cities indicate the
urgent need for policy change and for the integration of various aspects of urban …

Field mobile monitoring of PM 2.5, equipped with a highly accurate device, was performed
for two types of urban parks in Taiwan. Measurements were taken in the morning and …

This work presents the main results of two experimental campaigns carried out in summer
and winter seasons in a complex pollution hotspot near a large park, El Retiro, in Madrid …