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{"title":"Closely related native and non-native urban trees have similar leaf chemistries","authors":"Emily M. Herstoff ,&nbsp;Liam D. Engel ,&nbsp;Michael Tessler","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129050","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129050","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Previous studies found that non-native plants have different stoichiometries than natives, suggesting broad impacts on food webs and nutrient cycling. These studies focused on questions relating to sets of problematic invasives, but did not focus on the trait of nativeness itself. In urban settings, where closely-related native and non-native ornamental trees are often grown in close proximity, understanding how stoichiometry varies with nativeness or relatedness would be useful for urban planners trying to preserve ecosystem function. Here, we use leaves and needles from pairs of close relatives grown within a single urban arboretum to determine how stoichiometry varies between native and non-native trees within the same genus (congeneric species), representing a broad phylogenetic diversity that includes angiosperms and gymnosperms spread across four orders, five genera, and ten species. Additionally, we examined associated soil chemistries as a control. We find that stoichiometry is principally dictated by relatedness, and not by nativeness. Accordingly, prior observations that non-natives have fewer consumers and food web connections is likely not due to nativeness, but other traits. We suggest urban planners should increase phylogenetic diversity of native tree species to maximize the chemical composition of the trees that form the base of many urban food webs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129050"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145108690","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":"The role of urban forests in tackling air and soil pollution in Italian cities","authors":"Barbara Baesso Moura ,&nbsp;Werther Guidi Nissim ,&nbsp;Jacopo Manzini ,&nbsp;Andrea Scartazza ,&nbsp;Massimo Labra ,&nbsp;Yasutomo Hoshika ,&nbsp;Pierre Sicard ,&nbsp;Alessandro Zaldei ,&nbsp;Alessandra De Marco ,&nbsp;Elena Paoletti","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129066","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129066","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban forests are increasingly recognized as essential components of sustainable city planning, offering multifunctional ecosystem services that address key environmental challenges. This review explores the role of urban vegetation in mitigating air and soil pollution, using Italy as a representative case study. Air pollution - specifically particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), and tropospheric ozone (O₃) - remains a critical health concern in urban areas, while soil contamination by heavy metals and organic pollutants continues to degrade ecosystem functionality. We examined the mechanisms by which urban greenery mitigates these pollutants, focusing on species-specific traits, functional planning, and integrated monitoring strategies. To bridge research and practice, a new strategy for urban greenery planning is proposed, presented here as two case studies. The case first demonstrates an innovative air quality management approach in Florence, combining high-resolution satellite imagery with a new simple biophysical modeling framework (FlorTree model) to evaluate species effectiveness in pollutant removal. The second case synthesizes field-scale phytoremediation projects across Italy, showcasing how selected tree, shrub, and herbaceous species can remediate contaminated urban soils while providing co-benefits such as biomass production and biodiversity support. These findings highlight the global relevance of urban forestry as a low-impact, cost-effective strategy to enhance environmental quality and public health. By integrating green infrastructure into urban policy and land use planning, cities can optimize air and soil remediation, promote ecosystem resilience, and contribute to climate adaptation goals. The review underscores the need for interdisciplinary collaboration, long-term monitoring, and policy alignment to fully harness the potential of urban forests in addressing complex urban pollution dynamics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129066"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093873","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":"Individual tree segmentation via contrastive learning and semantic priors in point clouds","authors":"Jin Ma ,&nbsp;Ting Han ,&nbsp;Chaolei Wang ,&nbsp;Xiaohai Zhang ,&nbsp;Xinchang Zhang ,&nbsp;Wuming Zhang ,&nbsp;Yiping Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As vital components of ecosystems, trees play a significant role in ecological assessment and optimization due to their structural characteristics. Accurate segmentation of individual trees is a critical procedure in this task. However, traditional manual methods are labor-intensive and resource-demanding. In contrast, individual tree segmentation based on LiDAR point cloud data offers a practical and efficient solution. While recent advancements in deep learning-based point cloud instance segmentation and tree detection have achieved remarkable progress, previous methods have focused on semantic segmentation and ignored instance-level tree recognition in both urban and forest environments. Furthermore, the overlapping of tree crowns makes it difficult to accurately delineate individual trees from point clouds, posing a persistent challenge for achieving high accuracy and efficiency in individual tree extraction. To address these challenges, we propose an effective individual tree segmentation method capable of accurately extracting single trees in urban and forest scenes. The proposed approach consists of two primary steps: (1) We design the Semantic-Driven Instance Clustering to combine the semantic prior with the instance embeddings. (2) We introduce the Online Semantic Clustering for intra-class potential semantic discriminability, improving the instance representation within the same semantic class. The method is evaluated and validated on point cloud datasets from urban and forest environments, demonstrating its ability to produce accurate individual tree segmentation. The F1-score achieves 80.26% and 79.5% in Paris-Lille-3D and FOR-instance datasets, respectively, demonstrating the effectiveness of our approach. Building upon the segmented individual trees, we further estimate key 3D tree parameters to support subsequent vegetation inventory, management, and sustainable development applications, providing theoretical and methodological support for policy-making, planning, and design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129018"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145095489","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":"Disparities in NatureScore™ across U.S. public schools: Implications for environmental and socioeconomic equity","authors":"Khadija Ashraf,&nbsp;Kangjae Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129063","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129063","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the impacts of NatureScore™ on educational equity by analyzing its correlation with racial demographics and socio-economic status (SES) across 65,406 United States schools. While previous studies have examined nature access in educational contexts regionally, this study uniquely utilizes a comprehensive national dataset, evaluating NatureScore™ disparities across racial and socio-economic groups in urban and rural public schools. Using a cross-sectional design with data from 2022, the variability in NatureScore™ was analyzed concerning the percentages of students from different racial backgrounds and those participating in free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL) programs. Multiple linear regression and bootstrap ANOVA were conducted to assess these relationships. Results show significant disparities: NatureScores™ are higher in schools with lower percentages of economically disadvantaged students and higher percentages of White students, indicating irregular distribution of nature across the U.S. Because NatureScore™ is calculated from 1-km buffers, our estimates reflect equity in the surrounding outdoor environment rather than indoor spaces or on-campus micro-features (like playgrounds, gardens). In urban areas, the gap between low and high socio-economic status schools can reach up to 25 points on a 0 (deficit) to 100 (utopia) NatureScore™ scale. Rural schools also show a consistent decline in NatureScore™ with increasing levels of economic disadvantage, although the differences are smaller (approximately 2.5–5 points) than those observed in urban schools. These findings highlight the need for integrating environmental quality into educational and health equity frameworks, recommending targeted green-infrastructure and nature-based learning interventions in schools, particularly in schools serving economically disadvantaged and minority communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129063"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145095460","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":"Solitude, nature, and parallel shared experience: Varied impacts of human presence on urban park functions","authors":"Shuai Yuan ,&nbsp;Fu Li ,&nbsp;Jeffrey Hallo ,&nbsp;Matthew Nicolette ,&nbsp;Matthew H.E.M. Browning","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129064","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129064","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban parks serve dual roles as nature contact and social interaction. Balancing different functions requires an understanding of the specific impact of the presence of other people on specific functions and experiences. This qualitative study explores how the presence of others affects perceived park functions and experiences with 26 semistructured interviews with young adults with domestic and international backgrounds in a U.S. college town. Thematic analysis revealed four domains of park functions affected by others: being alone, appreciating nature, being with others, and appreciating urban/cultural life. Importantly, within these domains, functions could be influenced in different ways: positively (e.g., interaction with unfamiliar others), negatively (e.g., escaping social distress), or not prominently (e.g., interaction with familiar others, appreciating architecture). A key theoretical contribution is the identification of <em>parallel shared experience</em>, where the mere co-presence of others, without direct interaction, can foster a positive atmosphere. Contextual factors, such as spatial arrangement, safety, and personal orientations, further influence the role of others. These findings challenge simplistic dichotomies of nature versus social benefits, highlighting the need for context-sensitive designs and management that accommodate fluctuating needs for both social interaction and privacy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129064"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145108691","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":"Enhancing liveability in urban-rural fringe areas: Integrating resident perspectives to community park planning and design in China","authors":"Ke Wang ,&nbsp;Ian Mell ,&nbsp;Somidh Saha","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129055","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129055","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban-rural fringe areas (URFAs) are transitional zones where rapid urban expansion intersects with rural landscapes, posing significant socio-environmental challenges. In China, this issue is particularly critical, with the urbanisation rate increasing from 17.9 % in 1978 to over 67 % in 2024, driving rapid land use transformation and reshaping the design and functionality of public spaces. Community parks (CPs) play a vital role in these areas in enhancing liveability and socio-ecological resilience. However, while policies increasingly emphasise the importance of green spaces, their quality and alignment with residents’ needs remain underexplored. This study examines the role of CPs in Wuhan’s URFAs by analysing park usage patterns, resident satisfaction, and functional design elements. Using structured questionnaire surveys (n = 452), the findings reveal that: (1) CPs within a 1,000-meter or 15-minute walking radius significantly enhance accessibility and utilisation; (2) resident satisfaction is influenced by infrastructure quality, particularly the availability of toilets, fitness equipment, and well-maintained facilities; and (3) CPs do not meet diverse community needs, highlighting a gap between quantity-based provision and quality-driven usability. This underscores the significance of prioritising functionality, inclusivity, and user-centred design. In response, this study advocates for a shift from a supply “quantity” driven approach towards a “quality” first planning approach, emphasising participatory design and people-centred approaches to optimise CP infrastructure. By providing empirical evidence, this research contributes to the discourse on urban liveability enhancement and offers insights for improving green space planning in rapidly urbanising regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129055"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145060157","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":"Impact of green space configuration on landscape maintenance: Case study of a park in Singapore","authors":"Yun Hye Hwang ,&nbsp;Chun Liang Tan ,&nbsp;Yijun Lu ,&nbsp;Harn Wei Kua","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129053","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129053","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Assessing and maintaining urban green spaces is essential for maximizing their diverse ecosystem services, including biodiversity conservation, climate regulation, disaster risk reduction, and human well-being. While significant attention has been given to quantifying these benefits, comparatively less focus has been placed on the long-term maintenance and resource requirements of green spaces. Data on manpower, CO₂ emission and horticulture waste of an urban park were collected via on-site interviewing with landscape managers and contractors from May to November 2021. An approach integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Spearman correlation and machine learning techniques was developed to assess maintenance expenditure based on green space configuration. Results show that routine tasks, such as weeding (33.5 %) and tree pruning (14.6 %), consume the most labor. Specifically, flat lawns show strong positive correlation with manpower expenditure (0.44). Spatial and aesthetic factors, such as slope vegetation and intensively managed shrubs, contributing 22 % and 48 % respectively, are most influential in predicting overall maintenance needs, emphasizing the importance of integrating spatial planning into sustainable landscape design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129053"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145095461","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":"Bacterial communities are poorer at urban park entrances in Finland than Russian Tatarstan – Testing the core presumption of the biodiversity hypothesis","authors":"Juulia Manninen ,&nbsp;Marja Roslund ,&nbsp;Mika Saarenpää ,&nbsp;Anna Luukkonen ,&nbsp;Olli Laitinen ,&nbsp;Polina Galitskaya ,&nbsp;Aki Sinkkonen","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129060","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129060","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban green spaces are known to host diverse microbiota and provide beneficial ecosystem services for humans. Several studies have shown that exposure to environmental microbiota is lower among urbanites in Western lifestyle countries than in the former Eastern bloc, which has been linked to differences in lifestyle and urban environmental factors. Surprisingly, no studies have yet investigated whether urban green spaces host similar microbiota between countries which have different socio-economical backgrounds. To fill this gap, we sampled surface soil microbiota at urban park entrances in four cities with similar climates in Finland and Russian Tatarstan. We hypothesized to find richer and more diverse microbiota, core microbiome, and indicator species assemblage in Russian Tatarstan. We also hypothesized that park maintenance practices are different between the two countries, which is connected to soil microbiota. The results confirmed all the hypotheses and since we evaluated park characteristics, we were able to connect the observed differences to park management practices. Switching from intensively manicured green surfaces to non-manicured and benign neglect may favor richer microbiota, including those connected to human health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129060"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048873","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":"Legal protection measures for bioculturally valuable trees in Lower Silesia (Poland)","authors":"Robert Krzysztof Sobolewski,&nbsp;Justyna Jaworek-Jakubska","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129061","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129061","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Old and remarkable trees, along with other trees of special interest, represent a unique part of our living heritage. The purpose of the research has been to map the measures taken in the Lower Silesian Voivodship to protect trees of high biocultural value and assess the effectiveness of those measures. The tree protection efforts of Lower Silesian communes from 2009 to 2023 were examined through an analysis of local government resolutions pursuant to which formal protection was granted to or revoked from trees. Additionally, spatial distribution and frequency analyses were used to evaluate the effectiveness of these actions across different types of communes and subregions, while the diversity of protected tree species was assessed using the Shannon–Wiener index. An analysis of legislative acts demonstrated that between 2009 and 2023, more than 60 % of Lower Silesian communes did not show a tendency to formally protect trees. Moreover, over 70 % of urban communes solely focused on revoking tree preservation orders. In the Wrocław subregion, the highest number of communes that officially protected trees and the widest variety of tree species under new preservation orders were documented. The research showed that typically only a small number of tree species is protected, with 30 % being <em>Quercus robur</em>. The efforts made in Lower Silesia to protect ancient and valuable trees may be deemed inadequate. Between 2009 and 2023, communes more frequently revoked tree preservation orders than granted them and they granted protection. The study identified the areas most at risk of losing bioculturally valuable trees. Moreover, such a significant contrast in actions undertaken across subregions indicates the need for further in-depth research on tree protection throughout Poland. Expanding the study to other voivodships in the future may support the management of bioculturally valuable trees and help preserve them for future generations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129061"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145049575","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":"Residents’ values and experiences of public and private green space in a new greenfield housing estate","authors":"Rose Macaulay,&nbsp;Stephanie Lavau,&nbsp;Nicholas S.G. Williams,&nbsp;Amy K. Hahs","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129054","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Public and private green spaces in new residential estates have a unique role in contributing to the establishment of new communities, yet the values that residents assign to these spaces are unexplored. In this study, we aimed to take a values-based approach to understanding residents’ experiences of public and private green spaces in a new greenfield residential estate in Victoria, Australia. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 residents living in the estate. Interview data were analysed thematically with a codebook, and three key dimensions of assigned values for urban green spaces were identified: psychological and experiential, natural and ecological, and social values. Social values of public green space were most important to interviewees, particularly in supporting a sense of community cohesion and identity in the new estate. Further, we found that residents value private and public green spaces for affording practices of care and stewardship, though opportunities for practicing care in public spaces were limited. The results demonstrate the importance of the nearby neighbourhood parks in the estate to which all residents have easy access, and the benefit of links between public and private outdoor spaces to reinforce a sense of belonging and connection. Community events and opportunities for stewardship in public green spaces, supported by developers, local councils and land managers, hold promise for building connections to community and place in the early years of new estate development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129054"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145026839","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}