A systematic review protocol investigating community gardening impact measures

J Kingsley, A Bailey, N Torabi, P Zardo… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Existing community gardening research has tended to be exploratory and descriptive,
utilising qualitative or mixed methodologies to explore and understand community garden …

Actions, indicators, and outputs in urban biodiversity plans: A multinational analysis of city practice

JR Pierce, MA Barton, MMJ Tan, G Oertel, MD Halder… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Urban biodiversity offers important benefits to residents and may be crucial to reaching
global biodiversity conservation targets, but little research has been conducted on how cities …

Assessing social and biophysical drivers of spontaneous plant diversity and structure in urban vacant lots

EC Anderson, ES Minor - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Vacant lots are typically viewed as urban blight but are also green spaces that provide
wildlife habitat and ecosystem services in urban landscapes. Vacant lot vegetation results …

Wildlife gardening initiates a feedback loop to reverse the" extinction of experience"

M Garfinkel, A Belaire, C Whelan, E Minor - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Modern humans are more removed from nature than ever before. More than half of the
world's population lives in cities (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs …

Comparing community garden typologies of Baltimore, Chicago, and New York City (USA) to understand potential implications for socio-ecological services

EC Anderson, MH Egerer, N Fouch, M Clarke… - Urban …, 2019 - Springer
Urban community gardens offer unique social and ecological benefits in cities. However,
given the dynamic nature of cities and the profound effects of variable land uses on green …

High-Performance Landscapes: Re-Thinking Design and Management Choices to Enhance Ecological Benefits in Urban Environments

JA Belaire, H Bass, H Venhaus, K Barfield, T Pannkuk… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
A growing body of research indicates that urban landscapes can support biodiversity and
provide multiple ecosystem services. However, we still have limited knowledge about how …

Vacant lot plant establishment techniques alter urban soil ecosystem services

M Midgley, E Anderson, E Minor - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Vacant residential lots are ubiquitous in cities. While there is increasing interest in
enhancing the aboveground habitat and biodiversity of vacant lots via restoration, vacant lot …

Assessing four methods for establishing native plants on urban vacant land

EC Anderson, ES Minor - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
Urban greening increases vegetation and can restore ecological functions to urban systems.
It has ties to restoration ecology, which aims to return degraded land to diverse, functional …

Exploring Opportunities of Adopting Biophilic Cities Concept into Mixed-Use Development Project in Malaysia

KZM Arof, S Ismail, NH Najib, RC Amat… - … Series: Earth and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Mixed-use development project in urban area emerged to cater the increase of population in
the region. Due to rapid urbanisation, many research recommended the engagement of …

The Unexploited Potential of Converting Rail Tracks to Greenways: The Spanish Vías Verdes

C García-Mayor, P Martí, M Castaño… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The reuse of Spain's obsolete railway infrastructure as greenways, namely vías verdes,
reflects a Europe-wide territorial strategy, which has resulted in the refurbishment of more …