Water conservation: Theory and evidence in urban areas of the developed world

D Saurí - Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Water conservation is gaining ascendancy around the world as the most important strategy
for water planning and management for the future decades. In the urban areas of the …

Residential landscapes as social-ecological systems: a synthesis of multi-scalar interactions between people and their home environment

EM Cook, SJ Hall, KL Larson - Urban Ecosystems, 2012 - Springer
Residential landscapes are a common setting of human-environment interactions. These
ubiquitous ecosystems provide social and ecological services, and yard maintenance leads …

An ecology of prestige in New York City: Examining the relationships among population density, socio-economic status, group identity, and residential canopy cover

JM Grove, DH Locke, JPM O'Neil-Dunne - Environmental management, 2014 - Springer
Several social theories have been proposed to explain the uneven distribution of vegetation
in urban residential areas: population density, social stratification, luxury effect, and ecology …

Doing the hard work where it's easiest? Examining the relationships between urban greening programs and social and ecological characteristics

DH Locke, JM Grove - Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 2016 - Springer
In this paper we examine the performance of formal programs associated with tree plantings
in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD to understand the relationships between the …

Covenants, cohesion, and community: The effects of neighborhood governance on lawn fertilization

JC Fraser, JT Bazuin, LE Band, JM Grove - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2013 - Elsevier
Lawn fertilization is increasingly recognized as an important contributor to non-point source
pollution in watersheds, but relatively little is known about how and why homeowners …

Causes of domestic water consumption trends in the city of Alicante: Exploring the links between the housing bubble, the types of housing and the socio-economic …

ÁF Morote, M Hernández, AM Rico - Water, 2016 - mdpi.com
The European Mediterranean coastline has experienced major tourism-related urbanization
since 1960. This is a dynamic that has led to increased spending on water consumption for …

Exploring social and cultural norms to promote ecologically sensitive residential garden design

HV Uren, PL Dzidic, BJ Bishop - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2015 - Elsevier
Western Australia (WA) is experiencing severe water shortages associated with a drying
climate. Suburban gardens in and around WA's capital city of Perth however, continue to be …

Attitudinal and structural drivers of preferred versus actual residential landscapes in a desert city

MM Wheeler, KL Larson, R Andrade - Urban Ecosystems, 2020 - Springer
Residential landscaping decisions can have important implications for water use and
conservation in urban areas. Yard preferences are generally closely related to actual yard …

Effects of urban residential landscape composition on surface runoff generation

B Chang, B Wherley, JA Aitkenhead-Peterson… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lawns have long been a primary feature of residential landscapes in the United States.
However, as population growth in urban areas continues to rise, water conservation is …

Beyond “Lawn People”: The role of emotions in suburban yard management practices

EM Harris, DG Martin, C Polsky… - The Professional …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The lawn is a dominant feature in the suburban landscape that, under common resource-
intensive management regimes, poses risks to human and broader ecosystem health and …