Relationship Between Urban Tree Diversity and Human Well-being: Implications for Urban Planning

IF 10.5 1区工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

Sustainable Cities and Society Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI:10.1016/j.scs.2025.106294

Johanna Krischke , Angela Beckmann-Wübbelt , Rüdiger Glaser , Sayantan Dey , Somidh Saha

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Abstract

Green spaces and trees are key elements for enhancing human well-being in cities. Despite recognizing the significance of urban greenery for human health, the role of urban biodiversity in shaping well-being remains poorly understood. This study focused on the interplay between tree genera diversity, perceived urban biodiversity, and the subjective well-being of urban residents in Karlsruhe, Germany. A map-based online questionnaire involving 302 participants investigated well-being locations and perceptions of biodiversity. Tree genera diversity was assessed for nine genera using remote-sensing and ground data. A novel approach of spatially correlating societal mapping results and tree genera cover maps revealed a clear preference for green spaces in the built-up urban environment. The relations between computed tree genera diversity and subjective well-being were unclear. However, there was a significant relationship between the perceived biodiversity of urban green spaces and subjective well-being. The amount of tree cover, the abundance of large trees, as well as the perceived species diversity beyond tree genera, lead to increased well-being of the urban population. At the same time, a perceived unkemptness of urban areas had a negative effect on the residents’ well-being. This should be considered in future research and the design of urban green spaces.

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Sustainable Cities and Society Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

CiteScore

22.00

自引率

13.70%

发文量

810

审稿时长

27 days

期刊介绍： Sustainable Cities and Society (SCS) is an international journal that focuses on fundamental and applied research to promote environmentally sustainable and socially resilient cities. The journal welcomes cross-cutting, multi-disciplinary research in various areas, including: 1. Smart cities and resilient environments; 2. Alternative/clean energy sources, energy distribution, distributed energy generation, and energy demand reduction/management; 3. Monitoring and improving air quality in built environment and cities (e.g., healthy built environment and air quality management); 4. Energy efficient, low/zero carbon, and green buildings/communities; 5. Climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban environments; 6. Green infrastructure and BMPs; 7. Environmental Footprint accounting and management; 8. Urban agriculture and forestry; 9. ICT, smart grid and intelligent infrastructure; 10. Urban design/planning, regulations, legislation, certification, economics, and policy; 11. Social aspects, impacts and resiliency of cities; 12. Behavior monitoring, analysis and change within urban communities; 13. Health monitoring and improvement; 14. Nexus issues related to sustainable cities and societies; 15. Smart city governance; 16. Decision Support Systems for trade-off and uncertainty analysis for improved management of cities and society; 17. Big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence applications and case studies; 18. Critical infrastructure protection, including security, privacy, forensics, and reliability issues of cyber-physical systems. 19. Water footprint reduction and urban water distribution, harvesting, treatment, reuse and management; 20. Waste reduction and recycling; 21. Wastewater collection, treatment and recycling; 22. Smart, clean and healthy transportation systems and infrastructure;