Widespread pollution from industrial activities has driven land degradation with detrimental
human health effects, especially in urban areas. Remediation and redevelopment of the …

Cities play important roles in the conservation of global biodiversity, particularly through the
planning and management of urban green spaces (UGS). However, UGS management is …

Background. Ethnobotanical studies report the customary uses of plants used by the local
communities across the world. The goal of present study was to census the ethno-medicinal …

Urban green spaces provide important ecological, environmental, and cultural benefits,
including biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. However, a significant portion of …

There are increasing calls to provide greenspace in urban areas, yet the ecological quality,
as well as quantity, of greenspace is important. Short mown grassland designed for …

Scenario analysis (SA) provides a useful tool to envision the future conditions of urban
ecosystem services (UES), but our understanding of how SA has been used in UES …

In regions where intensive farming is the dominant land use, urban areas are an opportunity
for biodiversity conservation. Thence there is an urgent need to promote more biodiversity …

Traditional land-use planning models have proven inadequate to address contemporary
issues in sustainable development and protection governance. In recent years, new …

One of the major planning tools to respond to urban landscape fragmentation is the
development of ecological corridors, that is, interconnected networks of urban green and …

In a context of progressive urbanization, urban parks can play a pivotal role in carbon
sequestration and stock. The study employs Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate CO 2 …