Biodiversity's contributions to sustainable development

M Blicharska, RJ Smithers, G Mikusiński… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
International concern to develop sustainably challenges us to act upon the inherent links
between our economy, society and environment, and is leading to increasing …

Integrating the aesthetic value of landscapes and biological diversity

AS Tribot, J Deter, N Mouquet - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As a cultural ecosystem service, the aesthetic value of landscapes contributes to human well-
being, but studies linking biodiversity and ecosystem services generally do not account for …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction of physiological stress by urban green space in a multisensory virtual experiment

M Hedblom, B Gunnarsson, B Iravani, I Knez… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Although stress is an increasing global health problem in cities, urban green spaces can
provide health benefits. There is, however, a lack of understanding of the link between …

A human-machine adversarial scoring framework for urban perception assessment using street-view images

Y Yao, Z Liang, Z Yuan, P Liu, Y Bie… - International Journal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Though global-coverage urban perception datasets have been recently created using
machine learning, their efficacy in accurately assessing local urban perceptions for other …

[HTML][HTML] Where the wild things are! Do urban green spaces with greater avian biodiversity promote more positive emotions in humans?

RWF Cameron, P Brindley, M Mears, K McEwan… - Urban …, 2020 - Springer
Urban green space can help mitigate the negative impacts of urban living and provide
positive effects on citizens' mood, health and well-being. Questions remain, however, as to …

Assessing habitat quality in relation to the spatial distribution of protected areas in Italy

L Sallustio, A De Toni, A Strollo, M Di Febbraro… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
The conservation of species and habitats is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic
impacts, particularly land use change, from local to global scales. Although many efforts …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing the correlation between visual space and residents' psychology in Wuhan, China using street-view images and deep-learning technique

L Dai, C Zheng, Z Dong, Y Yao, R Wang… - City and Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although previous studies have assessed the relationships between visual space indicators
and urban residents' psychological perceptions, systematic research on the relationship …

[HTML][HTML] Recreational cultural ecosystem services: How do people describe the value?

S Stålhammar, E Pedersen - Ecosystem Services, 2017 - Elsevier
Different ways of viewing human-nature interactions affect the ways in which these are
conceptualized and operationalized with regards to cultural ecosystem services (CES). To …

The restorative effects of campus landscape biodiversity: Assessing visual and auditory perceptions among university students

J Ha, HJ Kim - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Campus greenness reportedly has a restorative effect on university students by reducing
stress and fatigue. This study questioned whether more biodiverse green-spaces have more …

Usage and perception of urban green space of older adults in the high-density city of Hong Kong

KKL Lau, CCY Yung, Z Tan - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban green space (UGS) is critical to both physical and mental health of older adults. While
older adults tend to live in cities rather in rural areas for better social support, their usage …