Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Papers
(The median citation count of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening is 7. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
More than green: Tree structure and biodiversity patterns differ across canopy change regimes in Baltimore’s urban forest127
The advantage of mobile technologies in crowdsourcing landscape preferences: Testing a mobile app to inform planning decisions125
Rediscovering circularity in productive urban landscapes118
Characteristics and influencing factors of taxonomic and functional diversity of butterflies in urban green spaces98
Does intensive cutting regime maintain lowland dry heathlands habitat? The case study of Milano Malpensa airport (Northern Italy)97
City walk or nature walk? Evidence-based psychological and physiological outcomes – A systematic review and meta-analysis95
Eight recommendations to improve the reporting of qualitative social research in urban nature studies83
Editorial Board78
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Book Review75
Suitability of a single imager multispectral sensor for tree health analysis75
Parks Please! Implementing the 3–30-300 green space rule in developing countries − The case of Surakarta, Indonesia70
Spatio-temporal monitoring of urban street-side vegetation greenery using Baidu Street View images70
Sniff the urban park: Unveiling odor features and landscape effect on smellscape in Guangzhou, China69
Greening streets, gaining insights: Unpacking resident perceptions of urban greening69
The role of greenspace deprivation in children’s decision-making67
Coarse-to-fine segmentation of individual street trees from side-view point clouds66
Branching Out: The under examined role of urban tree giveaway programs and urban greening in Florida66
New morphological features for urban tree species identification using LiDAR point clouds64
Review on the multi-scale interactions of urban forests and atmospheric particles: Affecting factors are scale-dependent among tree, stand and region62
Phenological advance of blossoming over the past century in one of the world’s largest urban forests, Gauteng City-Region, South Africa62
UAV leaf-on, leaf-off and ALS-aided tree height: A case study on the trees in the vicinity of roads61
Soil water stress at young urban street-tree sites in response to meteorology and site parameters61
Vegetation complexity and greenspace diversity in urban schools61
Urban green space preferences for various health-related psychological benefits of adolescent pupils, university students and adults61
Spatial pattern of urban forest diversity and its potential drivers in a snow climate city, Northeast China60
Identifying causal changes in landscape greenness with very high-resolution airborne multispectral imagery and a panel data model60
Urban greenery distribution and its link to social vulnerability59
Demographic, social, and environmental factors predicting Danish children’s greenspace use58
Climate change threatens carbon storage in Europe’s urban trees58
Renaturing cities: from utopias to contested realities and futures57
Structure of an urban green space indirectly affects the distribution of airborne particulate matter: A study based on structural equation modelling57
Climate change-induced heat reduces urban green space use: Insights from mobile phone location big data56
Estimating aboveground biomass of tropical urban forests with UAV-borne hyperspectral and LiDAR data56
A systematic review of the relationship between urban forest quality and socioeconomic status or race54
The influence of greening management and landscape patterns on plant diversity in urban green spaces in Danzhou, China54
Machine learning-based prediction of tree crown development in competitive urban environments53
Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges53
Verifying an ENVI-met simulation of the thermal environment of Yanzhong Square Park in Shanghai53
Assessing ecological interactions in urban areas using citizen science data: Insights from hummingbird–plant meta-networks in a tropical megacity52
Diversity and structure in California’s urban forest: What over six million data points tell us about one of the world's largest urban forests52
The relationship between urban green space and social health of individuals: A scoping review51
Assessing tree canopy cooling efficiency in different local climate zones: A cost-benefit analysis51
Non-native plants and illegitimate interactions are highly relevant for supporting hummingbird pollinators in the urban environment51
A three-layer evapotranspiration model considering the vertical structure of urban green spaces50
Dependence of urban park visits on thermal environment and air quality50
Bridging the land use gap: Examining tree canopy cover and connectivity by land use in 10 U.S. cities50
Editorial Board49
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Crassulacean plant succession over eight years on an unirrigated green roof in Beijing49
The role of urban parks in affecting health outcomes and the differences between vulnerable groups: Evidence from the central city of Beijing49
The nose cooperates with the eyes: The independent and interactive effects of vision and olfaction on the perceived restorativeness of a Metasequoia walkway48
Similar spaces, different usage : A comparative study on how residents in the capitals of Finland and Denmark use cemeteries as recreational landscapes47
Mapping the urban landscape at multiple ecological scales47
Urban soil respiration patterns: An analysis of Quercus robur vs. Quercus rubra in parks and streets of Karlsruhe, Germany47
Assessing accessibility and environmental equity in the context of sustained aging: Pathways for age-friendly urban park planning46
Exploring climate-adaptive green-space designs for hot and humid climates: Lessons from Japanese dry gardens46
Planning for green infrastructure and mapping synergies and trade-offs: A case study in the Yanshuei River Basin, Taiwan46
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 greening45
Biomass allocation pattern of urban shrubs in the Yangtze River Delta region, China – A field observation of 13 shrub species45
Optimizing reduction pruning under electrical lines: The influence of tree vitality before pruning on traumatic responses45
Interactive effects of homeowners’ environmental concerns and rebate incentives on preferences for low-input residential landscapes45
Greenbelt's impact on urban forest habitat: Insights from morphological analysis in quantifying conservation effects45
The pathways linking green spaces to reduced climate change anxiety44
The importance of university campuses for the avian diversity of cities44
Species and season affect response of container-grown shade trees to pre-plant root modifications44
Exploring preferences for biodiversity and wild parks in Chinese cities: A conjoint analysis study in Hangzhou44
Impact of blue spaces on the urban microclimate in different climate zones, daytimes and seasons – A systematic review43
Relationship between visitor characteristics, physical activity levels and park environment in subtropical areas’ urban parks43
Landscape plants in major Chinese cities: Diverse origins and climatic congruence vis-à-vis climate change resilience42
Research on the horizontal reduction effect of urban roadside green belt on atmospheric particulate matter in a semi-arid area42
Deferring waterlogging through stormwater control and channelling of runoff42
Advancing urban forest and ecosystem service assessment through the integration of remote sensing and i-Tree Eco: A systematic review41
How thermal conditions affect the spatial-temporal distribution of visitors in urban parks: A case study in Chongqing, China41
Spatially analysed expansion of individual street tree crowns enables species-specific crown expansion predictions in different rainfall zones41
Potential of hyperspectral LiDAR in individual tree segmentation: A comparative study with multispectral LiDAR41
Governance of nature-based solutions through intermediaries for urban transitions – A case study from Melbourne, Australia41
Remote sensing of urban greenspace exposure and equality: Scaling effects from greenspace and population mapping40
Blue-green infrastructure and biodiversity: Urbanization and forestation have an important influence on bird diversity in water habitats40
Carbon sinks in urban public green spaces under carbon neutrality: A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review39
The influence of plant morphological structure characteristics on PM2.5 retention of leaves under different wind speeds39
Average height of surrounding buildings and district age are the main predictors of tree failure on the streets of São Paulo/Brazil39
Strategic planning to integrate urban agriculture in Palestinian urban development under conditions of political instability39
Optimizing urban green space patterns to improve spatial equity using location-allocation model: A case study in Wuhan38
Increasing demand for urban community gardening before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic38
Landscape and soundscape quality promote stress recovery in nearby urban nature: A multisensory field experiment38
Using high-density UAV-Lidar for deriving tree height of Araucaria Angustifolia in an Urban Atlantic Rain Forest38
Improving urban tree species classification by deep-learning based fusion of digital aerial images and LiDAR37
Exploring the association between campus environment of higher education and student health: A systematic review of findings and measures37
Is biodiversity of greenspace important for human health and wellbeing? A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review37
Integrating landscape ecology in urban green infrastructure planning: A multi-scale approach for sustainable development37
Enhancing bird conservation in tropical urban parks through land sparing and sharing strategies: Evidence from occupancy data37
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 transportation36
First report of the occurrence of Phytophthora honggalleglyana in an urban green space in Poland36
Editorial Board36
Inequalities in residential nature and nature-based recreation are not universal: A country-level analysis in Austria36
Quantification of the environmental effectiveness of nature-based solutions for increasing the resilience of cities under climate change35
“Unfenced” parks and residents’ visit patterns: A regression discontinuity design in Shanghai35
Greening urban landscapes: A systematic literature review of planting design for resilient and livable cities35
Modeling the spatial distribution of the current and future ecosystem services of urban tree planting in Chicopee and Fall River, Massachusetts35
Stakeholder perceptions of the socio-ecological role of nature-based solutions in the Les Glòries Park, Barcelona35
Exploring Floridians' perceptions of pollinator-friendly gardening to identify critical adoption barriers and strategies34
Evaluating the risk of accessing green spaces in COVID-19 pandemic: A model for public urban green spaces (PUGS) in London34
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A new approach to monitor the life cycle of urban street tree canopies34
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To exclude or not to exclude? The effect of protest responses on the economic value of an iconic urban heritage tree34
Beating around the bush: A scoping review of trade-offs for just planning and governance of urban nature-based solutions34
Road traffic noise annoyance mitigation by green window view: Optimizing green quantity and quality33
Effects of biodiversity in green roofs and walls on the capture of fine particulate matter33
The association between plant diversity and perceived emotions for visitors in urban forests: A pilot study across 49 parks in China33
Detecting patches of invasive shrubs using high-density airborne LiDAR data and spectral imagery33
Effects of blue space exposure in urban and natural environments on psychological and physiological responses: A within-subject experiment33
Auditing an urban park deck with 3D geovisualization—A comparison of in-situ and VR walk-along interviews33
Incorporating pruning into the carbon footprint of tree production based on terrestrial laser scanning32
Valuation of urban nature-based solutions in Latin American and European cities32
Urban green space disparities: Implications of environmental injustice for public health32
Urban parks, value uplift and green gentrification: An application of the spatial hedonic model in the city of Brisbane32
Economic value of the hot-day cooling provided by urban green and blue space32
“A living street and not just green”: Exploring public preferences and concerns regarding nature-based solution implementation in urban streetscapes32
Estimating and projecting the effects of urbanization on the forest habitat quality in a highly urbanized area32
Multiple ecosystem services of informal green spaces: A literature review32
Urban tree canopies drive human heat stress mitigation32
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, London31
Study on smellscape perception and landscape application of fragrant plants31
Values and beliefs about urban forests from diverse urban contexts and populations in the Greater Toronto area31
Engagement in sustainable horticulture is associated with greater perceived health benefits amongst gardeners31
Consistent generalization of plant-hummingbird networks despite increasing vegetation cover across a tropical urban landscape31
Corrigendum to “Species and season affect response of container-grown shade trees to pre-plant root modifications” [Urban For. Urban Greening 63 (2021) 127184]31
Urban forest biotope mapping: A new approach for sustainable forest management planning in Mexico City31
Urban epiphytes: Bromeliad diversity in a green cover gradient across a Neotropical streetscape31
The restorative effects of campus landscape biodiversity: Assessing visual and auditory perceptions among university students30
A zoning-based solution for hierarchical forest patch mosaic in urban parks30
Large urban parks summertime cool and wet island intensity and its influencing factors in Beijing, China30
Association between urban greenspace, tree canopy cover and intentional deaths: An exploratory geospatial analysis29
Public attitudes to urban trees in Great Britain in the early 2020s29
Loss of street trees predicted to cause 6000 L/tree increase in leaf-on stormwater runoff for Great Lakes urban sewershed29
Assessing distributional justice around Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) provided by urban green areas: The case of Bologna29
Social licence to eradicate invasive pests of trees in urban landscapes: A review to prepare for the next incursion29
One size does not fit all: The complex relationship between biodiversity and psychological well-being29
The value of pocket parks in preserving urban butterfly diversity29
Development of an artificial intelligence model for CFD data augmentation and improvement of thermal environment in urban areas using nature-based solutions29
Effects of pavements on diversity and activity of mycorrhizal symbionts associated with urban trees29
Does street canyon morphology shape particulate matter reduction capacity by street trees in real urban environments?28
Evaluating naturalness and functioning of urban green infrastructure28
Stakeholder entanglements around diversifying schoolyards in Brussels and Barcelona28
Agreement levels of London tree officers towards the benefits and costs of urban forests28
Urbanization-induced vegetation phenological changes: Variability across vegetation types and zones in China28
Citizens’ use of public urban green spaces at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy28
Overwintering in a megacity: Urban green areas and migratory birds in Mexico City28
Urban Green infrastructures: How much did they affect property prices in Singapore?28
Inequities in urban tree care based on socioeconomic status28
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 Pandemic28
Assessing urban greenery by harvesting street view data: A review28
Explorations on cooling effect of small urban linear park design in low-rise, high-density district: The case of Gyeongui line forest park in Seoul27
Park features that encourage park visitation among older adults: A qualitative study27
Woody plant biodiversity explains arthropod pest management interventions in residential landscapes27
Assessment of joint soil ecosystem services supply in urban green spaces: A case study in Northern Italy27
Sustainability in urban agriculture: The role of biochar in enhancing the productive capacity of compost-based growing media for rooftop farming27
Two-step carbon storage estimation in urban human settlements using airborne LiDAR and Sentinel-2 data based on machine learning27
Does perceived biophilic design contribute to human well-being in urban green spaces? A study of perceived naturalness, biodiversity, perceived restorativeness, and subjective vitality27
Anthropogenic factors explain urban plant diversity across three tropical cities in China27
Effects of personality, health and mood on satisfaction and quality perception of urban mountain parks27
Assessment of green space benefits and burdens for urban health with spatial modeling27
How does enclosed private residential green space impact accessibility equity in urban regions? A case study in Shenzhen, China27
The effects of tree planting on allergenic pollen production in New York City26
The impact and future of edible landscapes on sustainable urban development: A systematic review of the literature26
Remote sensing for the assessment of ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation: A review of the methods applied26
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The protection of ash trees against ash dieback by tree injections26
Enhancing the carbon sequestration potential of urban green space: A water–energy–carbon fluxes perspective26
Stakeholder exposure to and knowledge of tree pests and diseases and their management in urban areas26
Comparative analysis of shade and underlying surfaces on cooling effect26
Rethinking the traditional American lawn: Perspectives of U.S. households in a nationwide survey25
The effects of urban greenway environment on recreational activities in tropical high-density Singapore: A computer vision approach25
“Restorative-Repressive” perception on post-industrial parks based on artificial and natural scenarios: Difference and mediating effect25
Modelling the environmental implications of phytoremediation in urban settings: A review of the integration of life cycle assessment and ecosystem services approaches25
Urban trees through a functional traits’ lens: Exploring the interplay between tree functional groups and social-ecological factors25
Biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emission profiles from native Atlantic Forest trees: Seasonal variation and atmospheric implications in southeastern Brazil25
Towards a greening city: How does regional cooperation promote urban green space in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area?25
Spatial and temporal dynamics of the leaf area index (LAI) of selected tree species in urban environments25
Well-being of park users in a tropical city may be more influenced by their nature connectedness and exposure than bird diversity25
People with the least positive attitudes to green exercise derive most anxiolytic benefit from walking in green space25
Urban vegetation and songbird nesting guilds: Relationships and implications for conservation and management25
Urban environment and green spaces as factors influencing sedentary behaviour in school-aged children25
The relationships between an historic neighborhood classification grade and tree canopy and impervious surface in Washington, DC, USA25
Global urban green spaces in the functional urban areas: Spatial pattern, drivers and size hierarchy25
Interactive mapping of allergenic urban street trees in Australia25
How does Blue-Green Infrastructure affect the urban thermal environment across various functional zones?24
Relationships between urbanization, tree morphology, and carbon density: An integration of remote sensing, allometric models, and field survey24
The aesthetic value of natural vegetation remnants, city parks and vacant lots: The role of ecosystem features and observer characteristics24
Exploring the paradox of densification and greening in China’ s old cities24
Numerical simulation of the nocturnal cooling effect of urban trees considering the leaf area density distribution24
Artificial developed habitats can sustain plant communities similar to remnant ecosystems in the Tokyo megacity24
Nitrogen enrichment decrease green roof multifunctionality24
Nature for the People, by the People: Negotiating Values, Attitudes and Behaviours for Implementing Urban Nature-based Solutions in Social Housing24
Combining the preferences of residents for neighborhood green spaces and conservation of avian diversity: Case study from Beijing24
Estimating aboveground carbon stocks of urban trees by synergizing ICESat-2 LiDAR with GF-2 data24
Effects of urban greenspaces on public health and wellbeing: Serial mediation model of objective and subjective measures23
Neighbourhood green space and loneliness in middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health in China23
Visible and invisible forest: The cultivation of shade in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada23
A nation-wide urban trial network of tree and shrub climate resilience23
Urbanization increases the range, but not the depth, of forest edge influences on Pinus sylvestris bark pH23
Urban forest management in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A policy policy Arrangement Approach23
Amenities, disamenities, and decision-making in the residential forest: An application of the means-end chain theory to roadside trees23
Measuring vegetation greenery in park using iPhone panoramic image and a new green vegetation extraction index23
Associations between green space, air pollution and birthweight in Sydney Metropolitan Area, Australia23
Soundscape components, perceptions, and EEG reactions in typical mountainous urban parks23
Lawn management promoting tall herbs, flowering species and urban park attributes enhance insect biodiversity in urban green areas23
Design knowledge of urban agriculture providing ecosystem services. A systematic literature review23
Demand-side effects of urban green spaces: How attractiveness helps overcome subjective barriers to health behaviours23
Political and socioeconomic drivers of urban green space management: Insights from a case study in a Metropolitan Region of an Emerging Economy23
Perceptions of trade-offs between urban forest ecosystem services and disservices: A case study of Canberra, Australia23
The elderly’s preference for the outdoor environment in Fragrant Hills Nursing Home, Beijing: Interpreting the visual-behavioural relationship23
The uncertain geographic context problem (UGCoP) in measuring people’s exposure to green space using the integrated 3S approach23
Urban green spaces and variation in cooling in the humid tropics: The case of Paramaribo23
Science fiction blockbuster movies – A problem or a path to urban greenery?23
Analysing urban trees on verges and slopes along a highway using machine learning methods23
Relevant landscape components in a large urban green space in Oporto (Portugal)23
The effect of place attachment and greenway attributes on well-being among older adults in Taiwan23
Public satisfaction with urban trees and their management in Australia: The roles of values, beliefs, knowledge, and trust22
Flowers as attractions in urban parks: Evidence from social media data22
Greening urban road verges highlights diverse views of multiple stakeholders on ecosystem service provision, challenges and preferred form22
Creating a thermally comfortable city through urban green infrastructure: An international review of greening policies22
Urbanisation and specifically impervious cover alter riparian plant communities in a rapidly urbanising landscape in the Himalayas22
Urban park attributes as predictors for the diversity and composition of spontaneous plants − A case in Beijing, China22
Values of urban greening – Voices of residents on highly intensive densification (HID) in a Swedish case study22
Home gardens can be more important than other urban green infrastructure for mental well-being during COVID-19 pandemics22
Effects of moderate drought on particles retention and physiology of three evergreen shrubs22
Crown structure, growth, and drought tolerance of true service tree (Sorbus domestica L.) in forests and urban environments22
Estimating aboveground volume of diverse urban tree species: Developing allometric equations for higher taxonomic levels22
Perceptions of Detroit vacant lot greening designs related to depressive symptoms and household flooding22
Urban park use and self-reported physical, mental, and social health during the COVID-19 pandemic: An on-site survey in Beijing, China22
Elevating street trees to infrastructure status: A comparison of street tree spacing guidelines in Los Angeles with U.S. peer cities22
Effects of vegetation structure and environmental characteristics on pollinator diversity in urban green spaces21
Assessing changes in urban vegetation using Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) for epidemiological studies21
Factors that enhance or hinder social cohesion in urban greenspaces: A literature review21
Ecological functions and human benefits of urban forests21
Investigating factors influencing park visit flows and duration using mobile phone signaling data21
Planting Stormwater Solutions: A methodology for siting nature-based solutions for pollution capture, habitat enhancement, and multiple health benefits21
Particle resuspension from leaf surfaces: Effect of species, leaf traits and wind speed21
Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic21
Private trees contribute uniquely to urban forest diversity, structure and service-based traits21
Exploring recreational walking and its correlated built environment factors in river corridor space through a trajectory sematic-based approach21
Drone remote sensing in urban forest management: A case study21
A methodological framework to create an urban greenway network promoting avian connectivity: A case study of Curitiba City21
Locally contextualized psycho-physiological wellbeing effects of environmental exposures: An experimental-based evidence21
The path to resilience: Change, landscape aesthetics, and socio-cultural identity in rapidly urbanising contexts. The case of Cairo, Egypt21
Preference for multi-layered, flowering, woody streetscape plantings in a mediterranean-type climate20
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