Challenges and strategies for urban green-space planning in cities undergoing densification: A review

C Haaland, CK van Den Bosch - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2015 - Elsevier
The compact city approach has gained global impact as a planning approach for
sustainable development in areas with increasing urban population. Through densification …

Why do urbanites travel more than do others? A review of associations between urban form and long-distance leisure travel

M Czepkiewicz, J Heinonen… - Environmental Research …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Negative relationships between urban density and greenhouse gas emissions from daily
travel are well established in the literature. However, recent research suggests that higher …

Exploring differentiated impacts of socioeconomic factors and urban forms on city-level CO2 emissions in China: Spatial heterogeneity and varying importance levels

Z Li, F Wang, T Kang, C Wang, X Chen, Z Miao… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Excessive anthropogenic carbon emissions due to rapid socioeconomic development and
urban expansion have resulted in significant climate change. Different levels of …

Urban green infrastructure as a strategy of climate change mitigation. A case study in northern Spain

C De la Sota, VJ Ruffato-Ferreira, L Ruiz-García… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sustainable development challenges are increasingly concentrated in urban areas. In the
European Union (EU), cities are expanding their urban green infrastructure (UGI) to reduce …

Spatial structure, intra-urban commuting patterns and travel mode choice: Analyses of relationships in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

RA Acheampong - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Commuting patterns in Sub-Saharan African cities are evolving in tandem with
rapid levels of historical urbanization. Yet, our understanding of how the prevailing urban …

Opportunities for increasing resilience and sustainability of urban social–ecological systems: insights from the URBES and the cities and biodiversity outlook projects

M Schewenius, T McPhearson, T Elmqvist - Ambio, 2014 - Springer
Urban futures that are more resilient and sustainable require an integrated social–ecological
system approach to urban policymaking, planning, management, and governance. In this …

Short run “rebound effect” of COVID on the transport carbon footprint

C Rojas, I Muñiz, M Quintana, F Simon, B Castillo… - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic completely transformed the mobility of cities. The restrictions on
movement led to “empty cities” throughout the world, with some environmental effects in …

[HTML][HTML] A spatial regression modeling framework for examining relationships between the built environment and pedestrian crash occurrences at macroscopic level: A …

NM Zafri, A Khan - Geography and sustainability, 2022 - Elsevier
Researchers have been trying to identify the contributory factors behind pedestrian crash
occurrences through studies at both microscopic and macroscopic levels. However, built …

Urban spatial structure and environmental emissions: A survey of the literature and some empirical evidence for Italian NUTS 3 regions

D Burgalassi, T Luzzati - Cities, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the relationship between urban spatial structure and emissions.
Surveying the most relevant literature, first we discuss the concept of spatial structure …

Analyzing the impact of the built environment on commuting-related carbon dioxide emissions

FR Ashik, MH Rahman, A Antipova… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
It is critical to understand the elements that influence CO2 emissions from commuting to
establish low-carbon transportation and land-use regulations. Research attempted to …