Integrating solar energy and nature-based solutions for climate-neutral urban environments

HY Liu, N Skandalos, L Braslina, V Kapsalis… - Solar, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study focuses on achieving climate neutrality in European cities by integrating solar
energy technologies and nature-based solutions. Through an examination of current …

Global mapping of urban nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation

S Goodwin, M Olazabal, AJ Castro, U Pascual - Nature Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
Many cities around the world are experimenting with nature-based solutions (NbS) to
address the interconnected climate-, biodiversity-and society-related challenges they are …

The One Health approach in urban ecosystem rehabilitation: An evidence-based framework for designing sustainable cities

A Bruno, I Arnoldi, B Barzaghi, M Boffi, M Casiraghi… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Rapid urbanization has led to negative, and sometimes unintended, consequences on
biodiversity and human health. While cities offer numerous advantages in meeting the basic …

[HTML][HTML] Microclimate Vision: Multimodal prediction of climatic parameters using street-level and satellite imagery

K Fujiwara, M Khomiakov, W Yap, M Ignatius… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
High-resolution microclimate data is essential for capturing spatio-temporal heterogeneity of
urban climate and heat health management. However, previous studies have relied on …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of changing urban typologies on residential vegetation and its climate-effects–A case study from Helsinki, Finland

PK Leppänen, A Kinnunen, R Hautamäki, L Järvi… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Residential green spaces are an integral part of urban green infrastructure and its role in
climate change adaptation and mitigation. Various urban typologies and changing planning …

Cities as carbon sinks-biogenic carbon sequestration and storage

A Kinnunen - 2024 - aaltodoc.aalto.fi
In an era marked by escalating environmental and social crises, transforming urban systems
is necessary. Currently, urban environments epitomise the degenerative impacts of …

Social values for biodiversity and carbon flow in cities

J Lampinen, O García‐Antúnez, J Jalkanen… - People and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urban green areas contribute to climate change mitigation, support biodiversity and host a
wide range of social values important for urban residents. Understanding the interplay …

How robust are current narratives to deal with the urban energy-water-land nexus?

F Meng, D Wang, G Liu, BF Giannetti… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Current energy, water, and land (EWL) nexus research treats all resources equally, causing
bias in complicated nexus studies. To make the analysis robust, we consider resource …

A global product of 150-m urban building height based on spaceborne lidar

X Ma, G Zheng, C Xu, LM Moskal, P Gong, Q Guo… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Urban building height, as a fundamental 3D urban structural feature, has far-reaching
applications. However, creating readily available datasets of recent urban building heights …

Emerging Perspectives on Diverse Nature-Oriented Sustainability Strategies

A Tiwary, N Brown - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Increasing levels of nature-oriented sustainability strategies (NOSSs) are being recognized
as offering solutions to combat climate change at scale, both through transformative …