Public open spaces are important assets that play a significant role in city lives, based on
which a great number of behaviour-based studies are being conducted. These studies often …

Informal green spaces (IGS) such as overgrown vacant lots and urban brownfields constitute
a considerable amount of green resources in the city. Given that the increasingly competitive …

Nature-based solutions (NBS) were introduced as integrated, multifunctional and multi-
beneficial solutions to a wide array of socio-ecological challenges. Although principles for a …

The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged a deeper exploration about how people deal with
crisis. This paper presents one of the first pre-and during-pandemic assessments of urban …

Urban forests provide multiple ecosystem services for a range of user groups. However,
teenagers are commonly underrepresented in studies about forest recreation and cultural …

Natural experiences in urban parks have a positive impact on the well-being and quality of
life of people living in urban settings. Thus far, studies focused on urban parks have …

The importance of urban green spaces in providing ecosystem services to the population is
increasingly being recognised by scientists, policy makers and the general public. Across …

Creating thermally comfortable living environment under the new normal of heat waves
requires pertinent knowledge as references. In subtropical residential areas, various types of …

Urban heat disrupts the use of parks, although the extent of such disruptions remains
disputed. Literature relies on “small data” methods, such as questionnaires, field studies, or …

Climate change, urbanisation and demographic change affect urban areas and pose a
range of health-related challenges to urban residents, including heat waves, drought …