Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Papers
(The median citation count of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Vegetation complexity and greenspace diversity in urban schools333
Machine learning-based prediction of tree crown development in competitive urban environments117
More than green: Tree structure and biodiversity patterns differ across canopy change regimes in Baltimore’s urban forest115
The role of greenspace deprivation in children’s decision-making100
Non-native plants and illegitimate interactions are highly relevant for supporting hummingbird pollinators in the urban environment100
The advantage of mobile technologies in crowdsourcing landscape preferences: Testing a mobile app to inform planning decisions96
Assessing tree canopy cooling efficiency in different local climate zones: A cost-benefit analysis93
Does intensive cutting regime maintain lowland dry heathlands habitat? The case study of Milano Malpensa airport (Northern Italy)93
City walk or nature walk? Evidence-based psychological and physiological outcomes – A systematic review and meta-analysis92
Eight recommendations to improve the reporting of qualitative social research in urban nature studies90
Editorial Board76
Editorial Board75
Suitability of a single imager multispectral sensor for tree health analysis72
Book Review69
Coarse-to-fine segmentation of individual street trees from side-view point clouds69
Greening streets, gaining insights: Unpacking resident perceptions of urban greening68
Assessing ecological interactions in urban areas using citizen science data: Insights from hummingbird–plant meta-networks in a tropical megacity68
Parks Please! Implementing the 3–30-300 green space rule in developing countries − The case of Surakarta, Indonesia68
Climate change-induced heat reduces urban green space use: Insights from mobile phone location big data67
New morphological features for urban tree species identification using LiDAR point clouds66
Phenological advance of blossoming over the past century in one of the world’s largest urban forests, Gauteng City-Region, South Africa64
Rediscovering circularity in productive urban landscapes64
The role of urban parks in affecting health outcomes and the differences between vulnerable groups: Evidence from the central city of Beijing63
The influence of greening management and landscape patterns on plant diversity in urban green spaces in Danzhou, China62
Characteristics and influencing factors of taxonomic and functional diversity of butterflies in urban green spaces61
Identifying causal changes in landscape greenness with very high-resolution airborne multispectral imagery and a panel data model59
Sniff the urban park: Unveiling odor features and landscape effect on smellscape in Guangzhou, China59
Renaturing cities: from utopias to contested realities and futures59
Structure of an urban green space indirectly affects the distribution of airborne particulate matter: A study based on structural equation modelling59
Spatial pattern of urban forest diversity and its potential drivers in a snow climate city, Northeast China58
Dependence of urban park visits on thermal environment and air quality57
Bridging the land use gap: Examining tree canopy cover and connectivity by land use in 10 U.S. cities57
Demographic, social, and environmental factors predicting Danish children’s greenspace use57
Estimating aboveground biomass of tropical urban forests with UAV-borne hyperspectral and LiDAR data57
Review on the multi-scale interactions of urban forests and atmospheric particles: Affecting factors are scale-dependent among tree, stand and region57
Climate change threatens carbon storage in Europe’s urban trees57
Diversity and structure in California’s urban forest: What over six million data points tell us about one of the world's largest urban forests56
A three-layer evapotranspiration model considering the vertical structure of urban green spaces56
Urban greenery distribution and its link to social vulnerability56
Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges56
A systematic review of the relationship between urban forest quality and socioeconomic status or race55
Urban green space preferences for various health-related psychological benefits of adolescent pupils, university students and adults55
The relationship between urban green space and social health of individuals: A scoping review55
UAV leaf-on, leaf-off and ALS-aided tree height: A case study on the trees in the vicinity of roads53
Soil water stress at young urban street-tree sites in response to meteorology and site parameters53
Spatio-temporal monitoring of urban street-side vegetation greenery using Baidu Street View images53
Editorial Board52
Editorial Board52
Verifying an ENVI-met simulation of the thermal environment of Yanzhong Square Park in Shanghai52
Research on the horizontal reduction effect of urban roadside green belt on atmospheric particulate matter in a semi-arid area50
Characterizing BVOC emissions of common plant species in northern China using real world measurements: Towards strategic species selection to minimize ozone forming potential of urban greening50
The influence of plant morphological structure characteristics on PM2.5 retention of leaves under different wind speeds50
Deferring waterlogging through stormwater control and channelling of runoff50
Similar spaces, different usage : A comparative study on how residents in the capitals of Finland and Denmark use cemeteries as recreational landscapes49
Potential of hyperspectral LiDAR in individual tree segmentation: A comparative study with multispectral LiDAR49
Increasing demand for urban community gardening before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic49
Exploring preferences for biodiversity and wild parks in Chinese cities: A conjoint analysis study in Hangzhou49
Stay home, stay safe, stay green: The role of gardening activities on mental health during the Covid-19 home confinement49
Assessing accessibility and environmental equity in the context of sustained aging: Pathways for age-friendly urban park planning48
Strategic planning to integrate urban agriculture in Palestinian urban development under conditions of political instability48
Using high-density UAV-Lidar for deriving tree height of Araucaria Angustifolia in an Urban Atlantic Rain Forest47
Remote sensing of urban greenspace exposure and equality: Scaling effects from greenspace and population mapping47
Species and season affect response of container-grown shade trees to pre-plant root modifications47
Biomass allocation pattern of urban shrubs in the Yangtze River Delta region, China – A field observation of 13 shrub species47
Interactive effects of homeowners’ environmental concerns and rebate incentives on preferences for low-input residential landscapes47
Greenbelt's impact on urban forest habitat: Insights from morphological analysis in quantifying conservation effects47
Exploring climate-adaptive green-space designs for hot and humid climates: Lessons from Japanese dry gardens47
Urban soil respiration patterns: An analysis of Quercus robur vs. Quercus rubra in parks and streets of Karlsruhe, Germany46
Enhancing bird conservation in tropical urban parks through land sparing and sharing strategies: Evidence from occupancy data46
The importance of university campuses for the avian diversity of cities45
Optimizing reduction pruning under electrical lines: The influence of tree vitality before pruning on traumatic responses44
Planning for green infrastructure and mapping synergies and trade-offs: A case study in the Yanshuei River Basin, Taiwan44
Spatially analysed expansion of individual street tree crowns enables species-specific crown expansion predictions in different rainfall zones44
Governance of nature-based solutions through intermediaries for urban transitions – A case study from Melbourne, Australia44
Optimizing urban green space patterns to improve spatial equity using location-allocation model: A case study in Wuhan44
Landscape plants in major Chinese cities: Diverse origins and climatic congruence vis-à-vis climate change resilience44
Exploring the association between campus environment of higher education and student health: A systematic review of findings and measures44
Is biodiversity of greenspace important for human health and wellbeing? A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review43
Integrating landscape ecology in urban green infrastructure planning: A multi-scale approach for sustainable development43
Improving urban tree species classification by deep-learning based fusion of digital aerial images and LiDAR43
The nose cooperates with the eyes: The independent and interactive effects of vision and olfaction on the perceived restorativeness of a Metasequoia walkway43
Crassulacean plant succession over eight years on an unirrigated green roof in Beijing43
Carbon sinks in urban public green spaces under carbon neutrality: A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review43
Establishing a "dynamic two-step floating catchment area method" to assess the accessibility of urban green space in Shenyang based on dynamic population data and multiple modes of transportation42
Blue-green infrastructure and biodiversity: Urbanization and forestation have an important influence on bird diversity in water habitats42
Relationship between visitor characteristics, physical activity levels and park environment in subtropical areas’ urban parks42
Characteristics of residential backyards that contribute to conservation and diversity of urban birds: A case study in a Southeastern Brazilian city41
How thermal conditions affect the spatial-temporal distribution of visitors in urban parks: A case study in Chongqing, China41
The pathways linking green spaces to reduced climate change anxiety41
Advancing urban forest and ecosystem service assessment through the integration of remote sensing and i-Tree Eco: A systematic review40
Landscape and soundscape quality promote stress recovery in nearby urban nature: A multisensory field experiment39
Impact of blue spaces on the urban microclimate in different climate zones, daytimes and seasons – A systematic review39
Average height of surrounding buildings and district age are the main predictors of tree failure on the streets of São Paulo/Brazil39
Urban forest response to Hurricane Irma: The role of landscape characteristics and sociodemographic context38
Regional effects of plant diversity and biotic homogenization in urban greenspace – The case of university campuses across China38
Greening urban landscapes: A systematic literature review of planting design for resilient and livable cities38
Inequalities in residential nature and nature-based recreation are not universal: A country-level analysis in Austria38
A new approach to monitor the life cycle of urban street tree canopies38
Editorial Board38
Detecting patches of invasive shrubs using high-density airborne LiDAR data and spectral imagery37
Quantification of the environmental effectiveness of nature-based solutions for increasing the resilience of cities under climate change37
“Unfenced” parks and residents’ visit patterns: A regression discontinuity design in Shanghai37
First report of the occurrence of Phytophthora honggalleglyana in an urban green space in Poland37
Effects of biodiversity in green roofs and walls on the capture of fine particulate matter37
Incorporating pruning into the carbon footprint of tree production based on terrestrial laser scanning36
Editorial Board36
Editorial Board35
Assessing the adaptability of urban tree species to climate change impacts: A case study in Shanghai35
Residential urban trees – socio-ecological factors affecting tree and shrub abundance in the city of Malmö, Sweden35
Auditing an urban park deck with 3D geovisualization—A comparison of in-situ and VR walk-along interviews35
The association between plant diversity and perceived emotions for visitors in urban forests: A pilot study across 49 parks in China35
Modeling the spatial distribution of the current and future ecosystem services of urban tree planting in Chicopee and Fall River, Massachusetts35
Exploring Floridians' perceptions of pollinator-friendly gardening to identify critical adoption barriers and strategies35
Estimating and projecting the effects of urbanization on the forest habitat quality in a highly urbanized area35
To exclude or not to exclude? The effect of protest responses on the economic value of an iconic urban heritage tree34
Urban parks, value uplift and green gentrification: An application of the spatial hedonic model in the city of Brisbane34
Beating around the bush: A scoping review of trade-offs for just planning and governance of urban nature-based solutions34
Effects of blue space exposure in urban and natural environments on psychological and physiological responses: A within-subject experiment33
Stakeholder perceptions of the socio-ecological role of nature-based solutions in the Les Glòries Park, Barcelona33
Economic value of the hot-day cooling provided by urban green and blue space33
Road traffic noise annoyance mitigation by green window view: Optimizing green quantity and quality33
Values and beliefs about urban forests from diverse urban contexts and populations in the Greater Toronto area32
Valuation of urban nature-based solutions in Latin American and European cities32
Evaluating the risk of accessing green spaces in COVID-19 pandemic: A model for public urban green spaces (PUGS) in London32
“A living street and not just green”: Exploring public preferences and concerns regarding nature-based solution implementation in urban streetscapes32
Engagement in sustainable horticulture is associated with greater perceived health benefits amongst gardeners32
Corrigendum to “Species and season affect response of container-grown shade trees to pre-plant root modifications” [Urban For. Urban Greening 63 (2021) 127184]32
Multiple ecosystem services of informal green spaces: A literature review32
Urban tree canopies drive human heat stress mitigation32
Effects of pavements on diversity and activity of mycorrhizal symbionts associated with urban trees32
A zoning-based solution for hierarchical forest patch mosaic in urban parks32
Urban green space disparities: Implications of environmental injustice for public health32
Efficient cooling of cities at global scale using urban green space to mitigate urban heat island effects in different climatic regions32
Land use-based stakeholders mapping for natural heritage preservation – Case study: Hampstead Heath Ponds, London32
Citizens’ use of public urban green spaces at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy31
Public attitudes to urban trees in Great Britain in the early 2020s31
Overwintering in a megacity: Urban green areas and migratory birds in Mexico City31
The value of pocket parks in preserving urban butterfly diversity31
Anthropogenic factors explain urban plant diversity across three tropical cities in China31
Consistent generalization of plant-hummingbird networks despite increasing vegetation cover across a tropical urban landscape31
Urban epiphytes: Bromeliad diversity in a green cover gradient across a Neotropical streetscape31
Association between urban greenspace, tree canopy cover and intentional deaths: An exploratory geospatial analysis31
Urbanization-induced vegetation phenological changes: Variability across vegetation types and zones in China30
Agreement levels of London tree officers towards the benefits and costs of urban forests30
Does street canyon morphology shape particulate matter reduction capacity by street trees in real urban environments?30
Using a socially-engaged arts approach to exploring how diverse socio-cultural groups accessed, valued, engaged with and benefited from an urban treescape during the COVID-19 Pandemic30
Effects of personality, health and mood on satisfaction and quality perception of urban mountain parks30
Evaluating naturalness and functioning of urban green infrastructure30
Internet of Things and autonomous control for vertical cultivation walls towards smart food growing: A review30
Sustainability in urban agriculture: The role of biochar in enhancing the productive capacity of compost-based growing media for rooftop farming30
Study on smellscape perception and landscape application of fragrant plants30
Two-step carbon storage estimation in urban human settlements using airborne LiDAR and Sentinel-2 data based on machine learning30
Assessment of joint soil ecosystem services supply in urban green spaces: A case study in Northern Italy30
One size does not fit all: The complex relationship between biodiversity and psychological well-being29
Inequities in urban tree care based on socioeconomic status29
Assessing urban greenery by harvesting street view data: A review29
Social licence to eradicate invasive pests of trees in urban landscapes: A review to prepare for the next incursion29
Urban Green infrastructures: How much did they affect property prices in Singapore?29
Urban forest biotope mapping: A new approach for sustainable forest management planning in Mexico City29
How does enclosed private residential green space impact accessibility equity in urban regions? A case study in Shenzhen, China29
Does perceived biophilic design contribute to human well-being in urban green spaces? A study of perceived naturalness, biodiversity, perceived restorativeness, and subjective vitality29
Loss of street trees predicted to cause 6000 L/tree increase in leaf-on stormwater runoff for Great Lakes urban sewershed29
The restorative effects of campus landscape biodiversity: Assessing visual and auditory perceptions among university students29
Park features that encourage park visitation among older adults: A qualitative study28
Large urban parks summertime cool and wet island intensity and its influencing factors in Beijing, China28
The elderly’s preference for the outdoor environment in Fragrant Hills Nursing Home, Beijing: Interpreting the visual-behavioural relationship28
Assessing distributional justice around Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) provided by urban green areas: The case of Bologna28
Explorations on cooling effect of small urban linear park design in low-rise, high-density district: The case of Gyeongui line forest park in Seoul28
The urban heat island mitigation potential of vegetation depends on local surface type and shade28
Relationships between consultant discipline and specified tree diversity: A case study of two Iowa (USA) communities28
Development of an artificial intelligence model for CFD data augmentation and improvement of thermal environment in urban areas using nature-based solutions28
Assessment of green space benefits and burdens for urban health with spatial modeling28
The effects of urban greenway environment on recreational activities in tropical high-density Singapore: A computer vision approach28
People with the least positive attitudes to green exercise derive most anxiolytic benefit from walking in green space28
Interactive mapping of allergenic urban street trees in Australia27
Woody plant biodiversity explains arthropod pest management interventions in residential landscapes27
Exploring the paradox of densification and greening in China’ s old cities27
The protection of ash trees against ash dieback by tree injections27
Editorial Board27
Nitrogen enrichment decrease green roof multifunctionality27
Well-being of park users in a tropical city may be more influenced by their nature connectedness and exposure than bird diversity27
Stakeholder exposure to and knowledge of tree pests and diseases and their management in urban areas27
Editorial Board27
Rethinking the traditional American lawn: Perspectives of U.S. households in a nationwide survey27
Urban trees through a functional traits’ lens: Exploring the interplay between tree functional groups and social-ecological factors26
“Restorative-Repressive” perception on post-industrial parks based on artificial and natural scenarios: Difference and mediating effect26
The effects of tree planting on allergenic pollen production in New York City26
Urban vegetation and songbird nesting guilds: Relationships and implications for conservation and management26
Modelling the environmental implications of phytoremediation in urban settings: A review of the integration of life cycle assessment and ecosystem services approaches26
The relationships between an historic neighborhood classification grade and tree canopy and impervious surface in Washington, DC, USA26
Urban environment and green spaces as factors influencing sedentary behaviour in school-aged children26
Spatial and temporal dynamics of the leaf area index (LAI) of selected tree species in urban environments26
Global urban green spaces in the functional urban areas: Spatial pattern, drivers and size hierarchy26
Combining the preferences of residents for neighborhood green spaces and conservation of avian diversity: Case study from Beijing26
Enhancing the carbon sequestration potential of urban green space: A water–energy–carbon fluxes perspective26
Remote sensing for the assessment of ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation: A review of the methods applied25
Associations between green space, air pollution and birthweight in Sydney Metropolitan Area, Australia25
Comparative analysis of shade and underlying surfaces on cooling effect25
Just weeds? Comparing assessed and perceived biodiversity of urban spontaneous vegetation in informal greenspaces in the context of two American legacy cities25
Towards a greening city: How does regional cooperation promote urban green space in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area?25
Artificial developed habitats can sustain plant communities similar to remnant ecosystems in the Tokyo megacity25
Urban green spaces and variation in cooling in the humid tropics: The case of Paramaribo25
Soundscape components, perceptions, and EEG reactions in typical mountainous urban parks25
The impact and future of edible landscapes on sustainable urban development: A systematic review of the literature25
The uncertain geographic context problem (UGCoP) in measuring people’s exposure to green space using the integrated 3S approach25
Biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emission profiles from native Atlantic Forest trees: Seasonal variation and atmospheric implications in southeastern Brazil25
The aesthetic value of natural vegetation remnants, city parks and vacant lots: The role of ecosystem features and observer characteristics25
Lawn management promoting tall herbs, flowering species and urban park attributes enhance insect biodiversity in urban green areas25
Relationships between urbanization, tree morphology, and carbon density: An integration of remote sensing, allometric models, and field survey24
Recognitional and distributive justice in urban park access: the importance of subjective views24
Estimating aboveground carbon stocks of urban trees by synergizing ICESat-2 LiDAR with GF-2 data24
Perceptions of trade-offs between urban forest ecosystem services and disservices: A case study of Canberra, Australia24
Relevant landscape components in a large urban green space in Oporto (Portugal)24
Values of urban greening – Voices of residents on highly intensive densification (HID) in a Swedish case study24
Neighbourhood green space and loneliness in middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health in China24
Numerical simulation of the nocturnal cooling effect of urban trees considering the leaf area density distribution24
A nation-wide urban trial network of tree and shrub climate resilience24
Effects of urban greenspaces on public health and wellbeing: Serial mediation model of objective and subjective measures24
Public satisfaction with urban trees and their management in Australia: The roles of values, beliefs, knowledge, and trust24
Visible and invisible forest: The cultivation of shade in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada24
Green Relief: An Exploration into the Restorative Effects of Urban Green Spaces on Eyestrain24
How does Blue-Green Infrastructure affect the urban thermal environment across various functional zones?24
Creating a thermally comfortable city through urban green infrastructure: An international review of greening policies24
Measuring vegetation greenery in park using iPhone panoramic image and a new green vegetation extraction index24
Perceptions of Detroit vacant lot greening designs related to depressive symptoms and household flooding24
Science fiction blockbuster movies – A problem or a path to urban greenery?24
Editorial: Green infrastructure: Evolution and current state23
Urban forest management in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A policy policy Arrangement Approach23
Roads, railways, and power lines: Are they crucial for bees in urban woodlands?23
Private trees contribute uniquely to urban forest diversity, structure and service-based traits23
Elevating street trees to infrastructure status: A comparison of street tree spacing guidelines in Los Angeles with U.S. peer cities23
Greening urban road verges highlights diverse views of multiple stakeholders on ecosystem service provision, challenges and preferred form23
Effects of vegetation structure and environmental characteristics on pollinator diversity in urban green spaces23
Design knowledge of urban agriculture providing ecosystem services. A systematic literature review23
Urban park attributes as predictors for the diversity and composition of spontaneous plants − A case in Beijing, China23
Analysing urban trees on verges and slopes along a highway using machine learning methods23
Urbanization increases the range, but not the depth, of forest edge influences on Pinus sylvestris bark pH23
Demand-side effects of urban green spaces: How attractiveness helps overcome subjective barriers to health behaviours22
Drone remote sensing in urban forest management: A case study22
Exploring recreational walking and its correlated built environment factors in river corridor space through a trajectory sematic-based approach22
Planting Stormwater Solutions: A methodology for siting nature-based solutions for pollution capture, habitat enhancement, and multiple health benefits22
Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic22
Effects of moderate drought on particles retention and physiology of three evergreen shrubs22
Ecological functions and human benefits of urban forests22
The effect of place attachment and greenway attributes on well-being among older adults in Taiwan22
Using robotics to detect footpath displacement caused by tree roots: A proof of concept21
A methodological framework to create an urban greenway network promoting avian connectivity: A case study of Curitiba City21
Nature-based solutions for changing urban landscapes: Lessons from Australia21
Methodology for urban vegetation segmentation based on cartesian hue and saturation characteristics using UAV images21
Granivorous rodent loss poses greater threats to oak trees with large acorns than those with small ones in urban forests21
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