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Unirrigated extensive green roofs in humid subtropics – Plant selection and substrate design for low maintenance and climate resilience 亚热带潮湿地区的非灌溉大面积绿色屋顶--植物选择和基质设计,以实现低维护和气候适应性
IF 6 2区 环境科学与生态学
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128554
Ying Xu, Zhongtang Liao, Jialin Liu, Can Liu, Yufei Li
{"title":"Unirrigated extensive green roofs in humid subtropics – Plant selection and substrate design for low maintenance and climate resilience","authors":"Ying Xu,&nbsp;Zhongtang Liao,&nbsp;Jialin Liu,&nbsp;Can Liu,&nbsp;Yufei Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Low-maintenance extensive green roofs hold the potential for adapting to climate change, but there is a limited understanding of their effective design in humid subtropical regions. In this study, we aimed to investigate low-maintenance green roof ecosystems capable of thriving under heat stress. Plant growth performance was evaluated in the second year of an experimental green roof in southwest China. This green roof was unirrigated and involved two plant communities (forbs and grasses) cultivated in four substrate types. Metrics of growth performance, including plant survival, green coverage, visual appearance, leaf stomatal conductance, and substrate volumetric water content were used to analyze the impact of substrate on plant growth. ESP substrate, comprising 30 %v (percent of volume) expanded shale, 25 %v perlite, 25 %v vermiculite, and 20 %v compost, featured the highest porosity and optimal growth of forbs, achieving an average green coverage of 66.76 % and average visual appearance value of 3.56 throughout the monitoring period. The high total porosity of this substrate could be critical in facilitating root development and drainage. Moreover, during the summer’s heat and drought, while substrate water content is not a limiting factor for the survival of some established forbs, it remains crucial for the growth of grasses. Additionally, the same substrate impacts different plant communities variably. Four particularly well-performing forb species, namely <em>Lycoris chinensis</em>, <em>Tradescantia pallida</em>, <em>Liriope muscari</em>, and <em>Salvia farinacea</em>, demonstrated survival rates closed to 100 % and an average visual appearance value exceeding 3 was noted, and thus, they are recommended as plant candidates for unirrigated green roofs. The distinguished performance of these species is attributable to their adaptation to heat and drought through specific physiological traits. Our findings provide insights into vegetation selection and substrate optimization for the successful establishment of extensive green roofs that could be feasibly developed without irrigation in the humid subtropical regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 128554"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142571776","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}
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The value of residential green spaces for birds: A comparative study with urban parks of different scales 居住区绿地对鸟类的价值:与不同规模城市公园的比较研究
IF 6 2区 环境科学与生态学
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128562
Lei Dong , Qian Ma , Zhenkai Sun , Jianan Wang , Yuxin Ding , Dexian Zhao
{"title":"The value of residential green spaces for birds: A comparative study with urban parks of different scales","authors":"Lei Dong ,&nbsp;Qian Ma ,&nbsp;Zhenkai Sun ,&nbsp;Jianan Wang ,&nbsp;Yuxin Ding ,&nbsp;Dexian Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128562","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128562","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Habitat loss, fragmentation and land-use change caused by the continued expansion of human settlements pose a threat to global biodiversity. Residential green spaces (RGs) are widespread throughout urban areas, providing benefits to human health and well-being and opportunities to conserve biodiversity. While RGs are fragmented by buildings and frequent human activities, little is known about their ability to support and conserve biodiversity relative to that of urban parks. To assess the ability of these green spaces to support biodiversity, we compared the bird species diversity, community composition, and influencing factors in RGs with those in urban parks of different scales. Our results revealed that, similar to medium-sized urban parks, RGs are associated with high bird species richness and abundance. Distance from waterbodies was the only common factor affecting bird species richness in RGs and urban parks. Moreover, RGs were favoured by native birds and urban dwellers, and the bird communities in RGs differed from those in urban parks. The results demonstrated that RGs can provide opportunities for bird conservation and serve as the most convenient place for humans to interact with animals in nature. We recommend that urban planners and managers consider blue–green spaces and habitat construction to improve bird diversity within residential areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"102 ","pages":"Article 128562"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142593021","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}
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Equity, travel, and park visitation in 10 US metro areas: A smartphone mobility study 美国 10 个都会区的公平、旅行和公园游览情况:智能手机移动性研究
IF 6 2区 环境科学与生态学
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128557
Angela Rout , Lorien Nesbitt
{"title":"Equity, travel, and park visitation in 10 US metro areas: A smartphone mobility study","authors":"Angela Rout ,&nbsp;Lorien Nesbitt","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128557","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128557","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban planners and urban forestry researchers use various methods to evaluate how well different populations access the benefits of parks, often by assessing park distribution in relation to the social and economic conditions of surrounding neighbourhoods. However, without precise visitation data, it remains unclear whether proximity to parks translates into actual use. This study analyses the social and spatial factors influencing park visitation using real-world data across multiple urban and ecological contexts. We utilised smartphone mobility to capture visitation counts for over 14,000 parks across 10 US metropolitan areas, representing populations from more than 26,000 census block groups (CBGs). By integrating census data with spatial models, we examined the relationships between park visitation, proximity of parks to visitors' home neighbourhoods, and socio-economic variables such as race and ethnicity. Our analysis revealed that park visitation increases with proximity to visitors' home neighbourhoods. We also found positive associations between visitation rates and factors such as population density, median income, and park coverage in visitors' home neighbourhoods. Additionally, we identified significant correlations between park visitation and the racial and ethnic composition of these neighbourhoods. These findings confirm the assumption that closer proximity to parks enhances visitation rates. We recommend that park visitation data be considered alongside distributional analyses when planning for park accessibility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 128557"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142571778","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}
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Identifying climate-ready plant for urban environment: Integrating machine learning with traditional plant selection tools 为城市环境识别适应气候的植物:将机器学习与传统植物选择工具相结合
IF 6 2区 环境科学与生态学
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128559
Maini Chen, Anrong Dang, Xiangyu Li, Jingxiong Huang, Yang Weng
{"title":"Identifying climate-ready plant for urban environment: Integrating machine learning with traditional plant selection tools","authors":"Maini Chen,&nbsp;Anrong Dang,&nbsp;Xiangyu Li,&nbsp;Jingxiong Huang,&nbsp;Yang Weng","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128559","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128559","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change has intensified the urban heat island effect and increased extreme weather conditions, posing risks to public health and urban vegetation. To address these challenges, selecting climate-ready urban plant species is crucial. Traditional climate niche-based methods often fall short in urban contexts due to neglecting anthropogenic factors. Our study addresses this research gap by introducing an innovative urban plant selection method that integrates vulnerability metrics, expert consensus, and plant introduction records through machine learning. We identified eight climatic variables essential for the survival of urban plants in Beijing, China, and established safety margins for eight climate variables of 1070 urban plant species across two periods: the baseline (1981–2010) and the future (2041–2070). Based on existing assessment data, expert consensus and plant introduction records, 247 plant species were classified into three levels of adaptability: backbone (highly adaptable, prevalent in Beijing), general (moderately adaptable, requiring specific care), and maladapted (poorly adaptable). Subsequently, we investigated the dynamic relationship between safety margins for eight climate variables across two time periods and the adaptability levels of plants by constructing an optimal machine learning model to predict urban plant adaptability levels, enhancing its accuracy through model comparisons and hyperparameter tuning. Our findings indicate that nearly half (49.0 %) of the plant species in Beijing may face reduced adaptability to future climate conditions. However, a majority (75.9 %) perform well under baseline climate conditions and are expected to adapt to future climate conditions. The results reaffirm that the species can grow well out of the niche limit, suggesting that the traditional climate niche-based method may be limited in urban contexts. Our approach overcomes the limitations of binary classification of traditional niche-based methods and the neglect of anthropogenic factors by incorporating an urban plant adaptability classification schema and ground truth derived from expert consensus and records of plant introductions through machine learning methods. This study provides a method for selecting climate-ready plant species for urban environments and supports evidence-based urban forestry management amidst climate change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"102 ","pages":"Article 128559"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142593020","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}
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Is compensation a myth? Modelling the use of public and private urban green spaces in relation to the geographical context 补偿是个神话吗?建立与地理环境相关的城市公共绿地和私人绿地使用模型
IF 6 2区 环境科学与生态学
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128552
Esteban Bopp , Hélène Houot , Gilles Vuidel , Sophie Pujol , Nadine Bernard , Emeline Comby , Frédéric Mauny , Jean-Christophe Foltête
{"title":"Is compensation a myth? Modelling the use of public and private urban green spaces in relation to the geographical context","authors":"Esteban Bopp ,&nbsp;Hélène Houot ,&nbsp;Gilles Vuidel ,&nbsp;Sophie Pujol ,&nbsp;Nadine Bernard ,&nbsp;Emeline Comby ,&nbsp;Frédéric Mauny ,&nbsp;Jean-Christophe Foltête","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128552","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128552","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The compensation hypothesis postulates that the absence of green spaces in residential areas leads to a greater use of public green spaces and nature in general. This paper tests this hypothesis by focusing on the use of public and private urban green spaces. A holistic approach is adopted that considers the complexity of residential context and the use of urban, peripheral and private green spaces. A survey was conducted in two medium-sized French cities (Dijon and Besançon) to identify how their green spaces were used and perceived. The residential context was described through multiple spatial and environmental metrics (physical and visual access to nature, noise level, private green space area) that were GIS-referenced to postal addresses. On the basis of that data, the compensation hypothesis was explored using a PLS path model. The results show the absence of compensatory behaviour when considering just the overall relationships between the use of different types of green spaces. However, conditional compensatory behaviours can be detected when allowance is made for other variables (physical and visual accessibility to nature, type of housing, dwelling floor area, noise level). These results remain dependent on the geographical context of the city, with a higher compensation effect where natural areas are less accessible.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 128552"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142538372","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}
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Outdoor physical activity is not associated with better mental health in a sample of predominantly Black people, but spending time in parks is 在以黑人为主的抽样调查中,户外体育活动与改善心理健康并无关联,但在公园中度过的时间与改善心理健康有关联。
IF 6 2区 环境科学与生态学
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128558
Amber L. Pearson , Wei Liu , Zihan Lin , Teresa H. Horton , Jennifer D. Roberts , Tim Chambers , Ashton Shortridge , Karin A. Pfeiffer , Joseph Gardiner
{"title":"Outdoor physical activity is not associated with better mental health in a sample of predominantly Black people, but spending time in parks is","authors":"Amber L. Pearson ,&nbsp;Wei Liu ,&nbsp;Zihan Lin ,&nbsp;Teresa H. Horton ,&nbsp;Jennifer D. Roberts ,&nbsp;Tim Chambers ,&nbsp;Ashton Shortridge ,&nbsp;Karin A. Pfeiffer ,&nbsp;Joseph Gardiner","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128558","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128558","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Spending time outdoors may bolster mental health via relaxation and physical activity. Yet, most studies use self-report and involve majority White samples from higher income areas. Findings may not hold true using device-derived measurement, among minoritized participants, or in low-income neighborhoods. Our objectives were to test whether: i) time spent outdoors in physical activity is associated with mental health; ii) the effect is modified by the positive or negative outdoor conditions (amount of greenness or vacant houses/lots encountered while outdoors); iii) there is a correlation between our measures of outdoor conditions and perceived neighborhood conditions; and iv) there is a different relationship between time spent outdoors in parks (as an indicator of intentional nature exposure) and mental health. The sample of 112 participants (87 % Black/African American persons) from 11 Detroit, MI neighborhoods wore a GPS and accelerometer for one week (May-Oct 2021) and completed a survey. We calculated exposure to greenness, vacant lots/houses while outdoors, and perceived neighborhood aesthetics. We fitted regression models for mental health measures separately and included time spent outdoors in PA, age, sex, and days with high precipitation. We then fitted models stratified by outdoor conditions. Last, we examined whether a similar relationship could be detected for time spent outdoors in parks. On average, ∼30 % of PA was conducted outdoors, and 56 % of outdoor time involved PA. We observed an unexpected positive association between outdoor PA and anxiety (coef: 0.33, 95 % CI: 0.14–0.51), depression (coef: 0.31, 95 % CI: 0.15–0.47), and perceived stress score (coef: 0.18, 95 % CI: 0.07–0.29). When stratified, we found consistent and/or larger associations for those exposed to high levels of vacant homes, high greenness (both aerial and street-level), low levels of vacant lots, and low perceived neighborhood aesthetics. Importantly and in contrast, we observed the opposite trend when examining time spent in parks (coef: −0.05, 95 % CI: −0.10--0.01). These results contrast many studies showing positive relationships between time outdoors and mental health and highlight the need for research with diverse populations and better measures of outdoor conditions and intentionality of greenspace contact.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 128558"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142538370","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}
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Assessing distributional justice around Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) provided by urban green areas: The case of Bologna 评估城市绿地提供的文化生态系统服务 (CES) 的分配公正性:博洛尼亚案例
IF 6 2区 环境科学与生态学
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128556
Claudia De Luca , Fulvia Calcagni , Simona Tondelli
{"title":"Assessing distributional justice around Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) provided by urban green areas: The case of Bologna","authors":"Claudia De Luca ,&nbsp;Fulvia Calcagni ,&nbsp;Simona Tondelli","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128556","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128556","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) and related flows of benefits – heavily influencing societal and individual health and wellbeing - are usually ascribed non-consumptive values. However, despite the increasing recognition of their contribution to citizens’ quality of life, the intangible nature of CES makes it difficult to quantify them and hard to be integrated in decision making and planning processes. Nevertheless, the assessment of the societal relevance of CES would largely help to improve people wellbeing and quality of life. CES depend not only on the characteristics and features of urban green areas, but also on preferences and needs of the users that interact with them and that contribute to co-produce ES related benefits and values. These diverse needs, coupled with the uneven distribution of urban green area and diverse ways of managing them in the city, could affect the way ES are produced and further exacerbate existing inequalities and disparities. This contribution investigates the case study of the city of Bologna, introducing a spatial approach based on a new and pluralistic notion of urban green area that consider sport facilities and Green Stewards activities, to assess the related CES co-production paths and distributional dimension of justice in the city. Results show a good accessibility to urban green area throughout the city of Bologna (around .70 %). Nevertheless, CES co-production paths are limited in those areas of the city with higher population vulnerability index, due to lower urban green area facilities and green stewards activities, thus highlighting areas with higher distributional and procedural injustice path.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 128556"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142538371","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}
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Interracial interaction, park ownership, belonging, community asset, and perceived provision of cultural ecosystem services 不同种族间的互动、公园所有权、归属感、社区资产以及对提供文化生态系统服务的认识
IF 6 2区 环境科学与生态学
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128551
Lauren E. Mullenbach , Sonja A. Wilhelm Stanis , Emily Piontek
{"title":"Interracial interaction, park ownership, belonging, community asset, and perceived provision of cultural ecosystem services","authors":"Lauren E. Mullenbach ,&nbsp;Sonja A. Wilhelm Stanis ,&nbsp;Emily Piontek","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128551","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128551","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Public urban parks contribute fundamentally to social and ecological functioning of modern cities, and enhance human wellbeing through associated ecosystem services, including cultural ecosystem services (CES). This study was conducted to understand how components of interactional justice contribute to users’ perceptions of how well CES are provided in public parks. This paper therefore explores the possibility of parks’ contribution to sense of ownership and belonging, and their place as community assets, as potential catalysts for CES. Data came from an online survey distributed to adult residents of St. Louis, Missouri, USA in spring-summer of 2019. Black respondents reported more <em>positive park interactions</em> than white respondents. <em>Positive interactions</em> in parks were positively related to all dependent variables, while <em>negative interactions</em> were negatively related to <em>belonging</em> and <em>community asset</em>, but positively related to <em>perceived provision of CES</em>. Only <em>community asset</em> was positively related to <em>perceived provision of CES</em>. Results suggest that residents perceive the provision of CES differently based on the quality of interactions with others in their community parks. Additionally, feeling that the park is a community asset contributed positively to users’ perceptions of CES associated with it. This finding indicates that the social and cultural components of a community park relate to how well that space is perceived to deliver cultural environmental benefits. As these interactions influence relationships to and use of the park itself, it is implied that interactional justice plays an important role in determining how effective urban parks are in delivering CES.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 128551"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142538285","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}
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Exploring the interplay of urban form and greenery in residents’ affective and cognitive responses 探索城市形态和绿化在居民情感和认知反应中的相互作用
IF 6 2区 环境科学与生态学
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128553
Heidi Baumann, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey
{"title":"Exploring the interplay of urban form and greenery in residents’ affective and cognitive responses","authors":"Heidi Baumann,&nbsp;Adrienne Grêt-Regamey","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128553","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Stress is a prevalent issue in modern cities, exacerbated by urban development and significantly affecting urban dwellers. While it is known that greenery can contribute to people’s wellbeing, it is unclear if it can mitigate the negative effects of urban development. In this study, we aim to explore the intricate dynamics between urban form and greenery to dissect their collective effect on human wellbeing, operationalized through physiological relaxation, preference, and emotional responses. The study employs an experimental study design using virtual reality technology to immerse participants (n=156) into residential neighborhood scenes, and measures affective and cognitive responses using skin conductance measures and a survey, respectively. In general, the findings confirm the critical role of urban greenery on affective and cognitive responses. Interestingly, we observe that this effect is highly dependent on the context and shows diverging patterns between different neighborhood types. In particular, in certain neighborhoods (<em>popular</em>, <em>60 s</em>, and <em>cooperative</em>), greenery, no matter if species-poor or biodiverse, consistently improves preference and physiological relaxation. In contrast, urban centers and single-family residential areas may accommodate more biodiverse green spaces without compromising their existing high preference levels when compared to less affluent neighborhoods. The study concludes with a call for urban planning to cultivate equitable, green, and distinctively designed urban environments. This shift underscores the critical role of innovative urban design in improving the wellbeing of urban dwellers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 128553"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142538287","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}
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Urban forest cover and ecosystem service response to fire varies across California communities 加州各社区的城市森林覆盖率和生态系统服务对火灾的反应各不相同
IF 6 2区 环境科学与生态学
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128547
Francisco J. Escobedo , Kamini Yadav , Alessandro Ossola , Ryan Klein , Stacy Drury
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