Urban green infrastructure provides a number of cultural ecosystem services that are greatly
appreciated by the public. In order to benefit from these services, actual contact with the …

Studies have pointed at the negative side of urban green spaces in terms of evoking fear of
crime. However research on fear-provoking attributes suggests that there usually is no …

This research examines the distributional equity of urban vegetation in 10 US urbanized
areas using very high resolution land cover data and census data. Urban vegetation is …

Vacant and blighted urban land is a widespread and potentially risky environmental
condition encountered by millions of people on a daily basis. About 15% of the land in US …

Contemporary epidemiological methods testing the associations between green space and
psychological well-being treat all vegetation cover as equal. However, there is very good …

Neighbourhood green space serves an important function for the urban population, and
provides valuable ecosystem services for human well-being. In this article, we investigate …

The role of urban parks in improving public health has been analyzed in the context of urban
design in developed countries, but has seldom been considered in developing countries …

Landscape ecology is in a position to become the scientific basis for sustainable landscape
development. When spatial planning policy is decentralised, local actors need to collaborate …

Urban greenspace is vital in fulfilling people's nature needs. Informal urban greenspace
(IGS) such as vacant lots, street or railway verges and riverbanks is an often-overlooked part …

Since the social values of urban woodlands are not always sufficiently taken into account in
decision-making on urban land-use and green space planning, new means of collecting the …