Xiaoting Li , Baoquan Jia , Zhenbo Wang , Tong Li , Fei Feng
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Abstract
The impacts of blue-green space (BGS) dynamics on the heat environment have been widely explored at the urban scale, but less discussed at the community scale. In addition, the direct effect of BGS sustainability on the heat environment was unclear. This study examined this impact using high-resolution BGS classification and land surface temperature (LST) maps for 2013 and 2019. Results showed that BGS coverage in urban Beijing increased by 4.22 % from 2013 to 2019, with 70.94 % of this increase occurring inside the residential boundary and adjacent 300 m buffer zone. BGS sustainability was 75.31 % inside residential boundary, and 71.73 % in the 300 m buffer zone. Effective heat risk reduction required both net increase and sustainability of BGS. BGS in the 300 m buffer zone was more efficient in cooling and its unsustainability increased the residential heat risk. The combination of blue and green spaces can contribute to a sustainable BGS landscape. These findings provided new evidence for the impact of BGS on LST dynamics and offer new insights into BGS-based community heat adaptation.
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Urban Forestry and Urban Greening is a refereed, international journal aimed at presenting high-quality research with urban and peri-urban woody and non-woody vegetation and its use, planning, design, establishment and management as its main topics. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening concentrates on all tree-dominated (as joint together in the urban forest) as well as other green resources in and around urban areas, such as woodlands, public and private urban parks and gardens, urban nature areas, street tree and square plantations, botanical gardens and cemeteries.
The journal welcomes basic and applied research papers, as well as review papers and short communications. Contributions should focus on one or more of the following aspects:
-Form and functions of urban forests and other vegetation, including aspects of urban ecology.
-Policy-making, planning and design related to urban forests and other vegetation.
-Selection and establishment of tree resources and other vegetation for urban environments.
-Management of urban forests and other vegetation.
Original contributions of a high academic standard are invited from a wide range of disciplines and fields, including forestry, biology, horticulture, arboriculture, landscape ecology, pathology, soil science, hydrology, landscape architecture, landscape planning, urban planning and design, economics, sociology, environmental psychology, public health, and education.