Edible green infrastructure: An approach and review of provisioning ecosystem services and disservices in urban environments

A Russo, FJ Escobedo, GT Cirella, S Zerbe - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently published green infrastructure, nature-based solutions, and ecosystem disservices
(ED) literature have focused primarily on the supply of urban regulating and cultural …

Quantification of the food-water-energy nexus in urban green and blue infrastructure: A synthesis of the literature

F Meng, Q Yuan, RA Bellezoni, JAP de Oliveira… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green and blue infrastructure (GBI) is an innovative strategy to tackle food-water-energy
(FWE) nexus issues. GBI can provide the benefits of food production, energy saving and …

Human-biodiversity interactions in urban parks: The species level matters

J Palliwoda, I Kowarik, M von der Lippe - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2017 - Elsevier
In a rapidly urbanizing world, people are increasingly at risk of being disconnected from
nature. Previous studies demonstrate that urban parks support contact of urban dwellers …

Urban agriculture and its biodiversity: What is it and what lives in it?

H Royer, JL Yengue, N Bech - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Whereas cities continue to grow at the expense of agricultural and natural areas, the interest
for urban agriculture (UA) is on the rise. Its popularity comes from its ability to address issues …

The routes to fruit: Governance of urban food trees in Canada

JM Kowalski, TM Conway - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Interest in planting urban food trees (UFTs) in public spaces is growing in popularity as a
form of urban greening and a potential food source. Currently there is minimal research on …

Estimating food production in an urban landscape

DR Grafius, JL Edmondson, BA Norton, R Clark… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
There is increasing interest in urban food production for reasons of food security,
environmental sustainability, social and health benefits. In developed nations urban food …

Urban food forestry and its role to increase food security: A Brazilian overview and its potentialities

VV Brito, S Borelli - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban forests play an important role for urban dwellers, providing environmental, social and
economic services. One of these benefits is the capacity of trees to provide food, an aspect …

Biodiversity in sacred urban spaces of Bengaluru, India

M Jaganmohan, LS Vailshery, S Mundoli… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces provide critical social and ecological support for cities, but we know
little about their diversity and composition in cities of the Global South. This is especially true …

Informal urban green space as anti-gentrification strategy?

CDD Rupprecht, JA Byrne - Just green enough, 2017 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Urban greening initiatives are underway in many cities internationally, intended to address
issues associated with global environmental change (Brink et al. 2016). Urban greening has …

The impact and future of edible landscapes on sustainable urban development: A systematic review of the literature

ZW Zheng, RJ Chou - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Edible landscapes provide a series of benefits for the sustainable development of a city, and
therefore, in recent years, their development has become a fashion which has stimulated …