Lv Zhou , Xuejian Li , Zihao Huang , Cheng Tan , Huaguo Huang , Huaqiang Du
{"title":"Enhanced interpretation of green space surface for land surface temperature through a novel voxel-based landscape index from UAV LiDAR","authors":"Lv Zhou , Xuejian Li , Zihao Huang , Cheng Tan , Huaguo Huang , Huaqiang Du","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128623","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128623","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban forests are important for effectively mitigating urban heat island (UHI) effects. However, thorough investigations into how the three-dimensional (3D) structures of urban forests influences urban thermal conditions collectively and individually are limited. In this study, voxel-based landscape indices were innovatively extracted from UAV LiDAR data, and high-precision land surface temperature (LST) data were obtained using thermal infrared sensors mounted on a UAV. These were combined with a random forest (RF) model to analyze the relative influences and marginal effects of urban forest three-dimensional (3D) structure on LST. Our results showed the following: (1) The voxel-based landscape index exhibits a stronger capability to interpret LST than both the 2D landscape index and the gradient-based landscape index, with significant enhancements in model accuracy across all dimensions (an increase in R of 0.17–0.25 and a decrease in RMSE by 0.39–1.59°C). (2) Considering the vertical stratification of tree canopies, which voxel-based landscape index has the greatest LST fitting precision (R = 0.75, RMSE = 3.11°C). Including the canopy's vertical layers in analyses is pivotal, with the upper canopy layers exerting the most significant influence on reducing LSTs. (3) The scale of the grid impacts the accuracy of LST fitting, showing a trend where accuracy increases and then decreases with increasing grid scale; at the 40-m scale, the landscape indices demonstrate their highest explanatory capacity for LST (2D landscape index R=0.43, RMSE=4.65°C; gradient-based landscape index R=0.56, RMSE=4.07°C; voxel-based landscape index R=0.68, RMSE=3.94°C; vertical stratification (VS) voxel-based landscape index R= 0.75, RMSE= 3.30°C.). (4) Volume, proportion of volume, surface area, and diversity represent the parameters that most significantly influence variations in LST. Notably, volume, proportion of volume, and surface area exhibit a significant negative correlation with temperature, whereas diversity displays a distinct positive correlation. For the whole canopy at the optimal scale of 40 m, a volume within 4200 m3, proportion of volume within 0.8, and a surface area within 18000 m2 are associated with a cooling effect. For the upper canopy, volume within 1200 m3, proportion of volume within 0.22, and surface area within 2000 m2 are associated with a cooling effect. This study unequivocally confirms the feasibility of using drones with LiDAR and thermal infrared sensors to analyze small-scale UHI issues. This approach is beneficial for describing the 3D structure of a forest and fitting surface temperature. Urban planners can utilize these findings in practical applications by prioritizing forest configurations with optimal 3D structures in their planning efforts to effectively mitigate UHI effects. This research provides groundbreaking methods and highly reliable data to significantly deepen our understanding of the mechanisms behind the UH","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 128623"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142782362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urban weedy plantains (Plantago spp.) do not hyperaccumulate heavy metals nor shelter their soil microarthropod communities from these metals","authors":"Eric G. Yee , Katalin Szlavecz , Meghan L. Avolio","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128632","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128632","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Heavy metal hyperaccumulation by plants is a powerful tool in phytoremediation, where plants store heavy metals in large amounts in their aboveground tissue. Plant species in the <em>Plantago</em> genus exhibit this phenomenon, and their commonness in metropolitan centers around the world make them strong candidates for use in cities. Additionally, alteration of soil conditions by these plants can have cascading consequences on their soil microarthropod communities, which are strong bioindicators of soil health. To this end, we investigated the hyperaccumulation ability of two plantain species, <em>Plantago lanceolata</em> (non-native to North America) and <em>Plantago rugelii</em> (native to North America), and their soil microarthropod communities from field-collected specimens in Baltimore, MD, USA, which has an extensively documented legacy of heavy metal contamination. Notably, this is the first study to assess the influence of plant hyperaccumulation on soil microarthropod abundance and diversity using soil health bioindication metrics. First, we found that all sites sampled in Baltimore, MD exceed US governmental soil limits for As and Fe. Second, neither <em>Plantago</em> spp. hyperaccumulates any heavy metal in standard heavy metal screenings, though both species show signs of sequestration of some metals in their roots (i.e., phytoexclusion). Additionally, while native <em>P. rugelii</em> did not hyperaccumulate metals in this study, the relatively high translocation factor (TF or root: shoot) suggests it may have the capacity for it. We also found that soil microarthropod abundance was significantly greater in <em>P. lanceolata</em> rhizospheres (p < 0.05), but bioindication of soil health (acari: collembola) was dependent on a combination of plant species identity and contamination level. Lastly, we found that soil microarthropod diversity was significantly affected by Al and As concentration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 128632"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142816572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hailian Lan , Yanting Zhang , Yinan Yang , Xian Zhao , Tao Yu , Xiangyun Li , Benyao Wang , Yujing Xie
{"title":"Analyzing inequities in vegetation cooling services along the urban-rural gradient using the LAI-integrated InVEST urban cooling model","authors":"Hailian Lan , Yanting Zhang , Yinan Yang , Xian Zhao , Tao Yu , Xiangyun Li , Benyao Wang , Yujing Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128665","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128665","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, the urban heat island (UHI) effect and frequent heatwaves have become escalating threats to metropolises. Vegetation's cooling services and their equitable access have gained attention for mitigating extreme heat and promoting environmental justice. However, the characteristics of vegetation cooling services along the urban-rural gradient and among different population groups require further investigation. This study focuses on Shanghai to investigate cooling service exposure and equity patterns. Using the Heat Mitigation Index (HMI) from the newly LAI-integrated InVEST urban cooling model as a proxy for vegetation cooling services, as well as the Gini index as the indicator of equity, we analyzed cooling exposure and equity across the urban-rural gradient and among different population groups at multiple levels. The results indicate that: 1) Integrating Leaf Area Index (LAI) improves HMI simulation accuracy by enhancing heterogeneity within green areas and strengthening the correlation with land surface temperature (LST) by up to 67.5 %. 2) Cooling service exposure and inequity display a clear urban-rural gradient, with residents in central areas enjoying lower but more equitable cooling services, while those in peripheral areas experiencing higher but less equitable services. Specifically, the average cooling exposure, measured on a normalized range from 0 to 1, increases from 0.130 in the Inner Urban Area (IUA) to 0.211 in the Outer Suburban Area (OSA), and the Gini index rises from 0.298 to 0.486 from the inner to the outer ring, indicating greater inequality in peripheral. 3) Gaps in cooling service exposure and equity among population groups, based on age and local status, are widening along the urban-rural gradient. These findings enhance our understanding of vegetation cooling service distribution in large cities and underscore the need for targeted planning and support for vulnerable groups to promote environmental justice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 128665"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142939734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two decades of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening: Taking stock and looking forward","authors":"Yasong Guo, Wendy Y. Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128601","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128601","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Since its establishment in 2002, the journal of <em>Urban Forestry & Urban Greening</em> (UFUG) has been committed to presenting its audience with high-quality research and cutting-edge knowledge pertinent to urban and peri-urban vegetation with regard to their use, planning, design, establishment, and management. In tandem with an increasing recognition of the importance of urban forests for addressing various challenges facing human societies and ensuring sustainable development, UFUG has attracted more and more scholarly attention. Over the past two decades (2002–2023), scholars from all over the world have produced a wide variety of scholarship, totaling up to 90 volumes with 2655 articles published from multiple fields, which has significantly improved our understanding of urban forests as integral parts of urban social-ecological systems. UFUG has developed rapidly and become one of the key journals in multiple research domains including forestry, urban studies, and environmental studies. This paper presents a systematic bibliometric analysis to take stock of UFUG publications, unravel key research hotspots, and outline promising avenues for future research. The traditional scientific hubs in the USA and Europe (particularly United Kingdom and Scandinavian countries) as pioneers in urban forestry research still play a key role, whilst China has become the top leading producer of publications, pointing towards an increasingly multipolar world in terms of urban forestry research and relevant knowledge generation. Keyword analysis reveals an expansion of research focus from physical aspects of urban greenspaces (such as soil and vegetation composition) to integrated and multifunctional networks of greenspaces, and a shift of research interests from individual trees’ performance to urban biodiversity, ecosystem services, and recently to the nuanced interaction between urban forests, public health and social inequity, from an ecological perspective to a social-ecological integrated one. Nevertheless, the ecological quality/biodiversity of urban forests has emerged as a new theme, and how both the quantity and the quality of urban forests can be adequately assessed via innovative methodologies and how relevant empirical evidence can inform policy and governance of urban forests for maximizing their ecosystem services and mitigating their ecosystem disservices are yet to be researched.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 128601"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142782366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paolo Biella , Sara Borghesan , Beatrice Colombo , Andrea Galimberti , Lorenzo Guzzetti , Davide Maggioni , Emiliano Pioltelli , Fausto Ramazzotti , Rosa Ranalli , Nicola Tommasi , Massimo Labra
{"title":"Lawn management promoting tall herbs, flowering species and urban park attributes enhance insect biodiversity in urban green areas","authors":"Paolo Biella , Sara Borghesan , Beatrice Colombo , Andrea Galimberti , Lorenzo Guzzetti , Davide Maggioni , Emiliano Pioltelli , Fausto Ramazzotti , Rosa Ranalli , Nicola Tommasi , Massimo Labra","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128650","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128650","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban expansion transforms the availability and structure of habitats, shaping urban natural elements. This triggered a worldwide effort to reduce urbanization impact on biodiversity, mostly with biodiversity-friendly and less formal management in urban green areas. In this context, we evaluated the effect of lawn management promoting tall herbs on insects in urban parks. Moreover, we also tested the interplay of mowing regimes and green-area attributes, such as park size and tree distribution, by recording the insect species richness and the total and proportional abundances of several groups (<em>i.e.</em>, honeybees, wild bees, wasps, hoverflies, non-syrphid flies, beetles, true bugs, grasshoppers, lepidopterans). The results from the first experimental year demonstrate that unmown sections increase insect abundance and species richness, while the regrowth after the first mowing of tall herbs was only moderately beneficial, compared to frequenlty mowed areas. Positive contributions by flower richness on the insect richness and by the aggregated tree distributions on insect abundance and richness were recorded. Negative relationships occurred between increasing graminoid cover and insect abundances and between park size and insect richness. Furthermore, most insect groups were promoted by plant height (except honeybees and flies) and they correlated with specific dominant plants in many cases. Overall, this study demonstrates the positive roles of tall herbs in urban parks, clarifying the influence of park attributes and lawn features, pointing out that a less intensive management regime with informal green areas could effectively enhance urban insect biodiversity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 128650"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142918037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zuzana Dobšinská , Jaroslav Šálka , Ján Matúš Urbančík , Róbert Sedmák , Ján Bahýľ , Juraj Čerňava , Rudolf Kropil
{"title":"How can science solve forest management problems in urban forests? A case study of Bratislava Forest District","authors":"Zuzana Dobšinská , Jaroslav Šálka , Ján Matúš Urbančík , Róbert Sedmák , Ján Bahýľ , Juraj Čerňava , Rudolf Kropil","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128630","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128630","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forestry is a field where scientific knowledge is needed to address diverse demands that the society positions towards forests. Forest management in urban forests is subject to public attention because of the growing pressure for recreation. Ecosystem provision requires the involvement of various stakeholders to ensure the acceptance of decisions. Finding a balance between forest management for timber production and other ecosystem services provision is challenging and requires scientists’ involvement.This article uses the RIU Model to analyse the process of science-policy transfer in formulating the agreement between the State Forest Enterprise and the City of Bratislava on forest management restrictions in urban forests. The results show that scientific knowledge served as a baseline for negotiations between the State Forest Enterprise and local government. The final agreement on strengthening recreation, forest management restrictions and consequent compensations was reached after concessions on both sides, although the final compensation amount was a politicsdriven process only partly based on experts´ scientific recommendations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 128630"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142939694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valeria-Carolin Cuenca , Helen V.S. Cole , Margarita Triguero-Mas
{"title":"Changes in use of natural outdoor environments and health of women in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Valeria-Carolin Cuenca , Helen V.S. Cole , Margarita Triguero-Mas","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128668","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128668","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Natural outdoor environments (NOE) provide health benefits; meanwhile, gentrification and touristification can be detrimental to health equity by modifying who benefits from NOE. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated gender-based health inequities and changed the use of NOE, while it also affected the course of neighborhood gentrification and touristification. We carried out a cross-sectional study in Barcelona to test whether changes in the use of NOE were related to women’s health and if perceived gentrification/touristification modified these associations. We found that maintained or increased use of NOE (particularly those closest to one’s residence) was significantly associated with lower odds of reporting poor general and mental health. Perceived gentrification and touristification were not effect modifiers of the associations. Our results indicate that contact with NOE should be promoted during pandemics like COVID-19.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 128668"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142989049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claire Doll , Curtis Rollins , Katrin Rehdanz , Jürgen Meyerhoff , Michael Burton , David Pannell
{"title":"Public preferences for street tree characteristics: A best-worst scaling experiment","authors":"Claire Doll , Curtis Rollins , Katrin Rehdanz , Jürgen Meyerhoff , Michael Burton , David Pannell","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128644","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128644","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Because of the environmental and social benefits associated with urban greening, many cities around the world are implementing strategies to increase tree canopy cover, including along residential streets. However, procedures for developing and implementing these strategies do not always factor in public preferences, which can limit public acceptance. This paper explores public preferences for different characteristics of street trees. Where past studies have relied on capturing perceptions of street trees using rating scales for relatively few attributes, we apply best-worst scaling, which is a type of choice experiment, to assess preferences for 16 different tree characteristics. As the method requires trade-offs from respondents, it results in a systematic ranking of the tree characteristics considered, which represent different ecosystem services, physical attributes, and management requirements. We find that capacity to support local biodiversity and drought tolerance are the two characteristics that are most preferred. We also find that having visual appeal, requiring little maintenance, and having native origins are viewed favourably. Tree characteristics seen as less important include the size and growth rate of a tree, along with whether it holds cultural significance. Better understanding preferences for tree characteristics presents an opportunity for environmental managers to integrate tree species with more widely accepted attributes into urban greening programs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 128644"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142816567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrate brownfield greening into urban planning: A review from the perspective of ecosystem services","authors":"Buke Chen, Shizuka Hashimoto","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128642","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128642","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Brownfield greening (BG) is increasingly recognized as an important tool for improving the quality of life and urban sustainability in urban planning, yet our understanding of this topic remains limited. This paper aims to advance the state of knowledge of BG from the ecosystem services (ES) perspective and synthesize key findings to provide implications for integrating BG into urban planning. To achieve this aim, we conducted a systematic literature review of 58 papers, analyzing 1) general information, 2) ES provided by BG, 3) brownfield characteristics, and 4) targeted green spaces. Our findings indicate that BG has been garnering increasing attention in the academic field in recent years and showing a deeper integration with the ES concept, while most studies focused on developed countries rather than developing ones. Habitat and recreational services emerged as the most extensively discussed ES among the various identified ES. While some relationships were identified between brownfield characteristics and the delivery of ES, little research has directly investigated this connection and most studies lacked sufficient information on brownfield characteristics. The five main types of transformed green spaces identified in current research are general 'green space,' 'vegetated brownfield,' 'park,' 'woodland and forest,' and 'protected area'. For integrating BG into urban planning, we found that BG holds potential as a nature-based solution (NBS) towards multiple urban challenges and suggests applying comprehensive, dynamic management, planning and design tools to achieve sustainable BG in the future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 128642"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142867434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juanjuan Zhao , Zepeng Bai , Bo Jiang , Haidong Yu , Chundi Chen , Xiancui Dai , Qi Li , Chenchen Song , Nan Jiang
{"title":"Human activities affecting the species richness of urban spontaneous herbs under a three-scale factor framework","authors":"Juanjuan Zhao , Zepeng Bai , Bo Jiang , Haidong Yu , Chundi Chen , Xiancui Dai , Qi Li , Chenchen Song , Nan Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128654","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128654","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Spontaneous herbs provide natural solutions for the sustainable development of urban environments. However, a wide range of species losses have occurred because of the lack of knowledge regarding the impacts of human activities. The results from field investigation and analyses based on the three-scale factor framework were as follows: 1) At the district scale, the top four contributing factors were all tax and revenue indicators related to governmental income according to the Hierarchical Partitioning results. Compared with Ridge regression, Lasso regression demonstrated substantially higher predictive performance. 2) At the patch scale, among the variables investigated, Cement Roads, One-Floor Buildings, Public Service Land, and Main Roads were the most important (adjusted <em>R</em><sup><em>2</em></sup> > 0.2). Three different multiple linear regression models explained 24.9 %–56.1 % of the variance. 3) At the plot scale, the herbs’ growth condition indicators presented significant influence. This study provides a three-scale factor framework and valuable data for quantifying the influence of human activities, which is critical for the sustainable development of cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 128654"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143156619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}