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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Characteristics and influencing factors of taxonomic and functional diversity of butterflies in urban green spaces144
Rediscovering circularity in productive urban landscapes142
Book Review129
Climate change threatens carbon storage in Europe’s urban trees107
The role of urban parks in affecting health outcomes and the differences between vulnerable groups: Evidence from the central city of Beijing101
New morphological features for urban tree species identification using LiDAR point clouds85
Soil water stress at young urban street-tree sites in response to meteorology and site parameters80
An approach to prioritize urban tree planting to mitigate heat and advance equity in New Haven79
Turning a new leaf: Social and land use drivers of urban tree canopy change in the Chicago Metropolitan Area 2010–201778
Urbanization weakens mutualisms without affecting antagonisms of a hawkmoth-pollinated plant species74
Does user-generated content increase the valuation of urban green space? Evidence from China74
Forest type and stand structure influence soil microbial network composition and stability in urban forests: Insights from Beijing, China72
UAV leaf-on, leaf-off and ALS-aided tree height: A case study on the trees in the vicinity of roads71
Coarse-to-fine segmentation of individual street trees from side-view point clouds71
Estimating aboveground biomass of tropical urban forests with UAV-borne hyperspectral and LiDAR data69
Non-native plants and illegitimate interactions are highly relevant for supporting hummingbird pollinators in the urban environment69
Sniff the urban park: Unveiling odor features and landscape effect on smellscape in Guangzhou, China68
A systematic review of the relationship between urban forest quality and socioeconomic status or race67
Visible greenery as my resource? The connection between passive green space exposure and relative deprivation from a self-determination perspective66
Assessing ecological interactions in urban areas using citizen science data: Insights from hummingbird–plant meta-networks in a tropical megacity66
Review on the multi-scale interactions of urban forests and atmospheric particles: Affecting factors are scale-dependent among tree, stand and region65
Eight recommendations to improve the reporting of qualitative social research in urban nature studies64
Parks Please! Implementing the 3–30-300 green space rule in developing countries − The case of Surakarta, Indonesia64
Bridging the land use gap: Examining tree canopy cover and connectivity by land use in 10 U.S. cities63
Vegetation complexity and greenspace diversity in urban schools62
Multi-level barriers and opportunities for urban greening and depaving initiatives as climate change adaptation measures: Quebec City case study61
Machine learning-based prediction of tree crown development in competitive urban environments61
Branching Out: The under examined role of urban tree giveaway programs and urban greening in Florida61
A generative optimization framework for pocket parks supported by mature plant carbon sequestration data60
A three-layer evapotranspiration model considering the vertical structure of urban green spaces58
The influence of greening management and landscape patterns on plant diversity in urban green spaces in Danzhou, China58
Spatial pattern of urban forest diversity and its potential drivers in a snow climate city, Northeast China57
More than green: Tree structure and biodiversity patterns differ across canopy change regimes in Baltimore’s urban forest57
Diversity and structure in California’s urban forest: What over six million data points tell us about one of the world's largest urban forests57
Identifying causal changes in landscape greenness with very high-resolution airborne multispectral imagery and a panel data model57
Renaturing cities: from utopias to contested realities and futures56
Structure of an urban green space indirectly affects the distribution of airborne particulate matter: A study based on structural equation modelling54
Does intensive cutting regime maintain lowland dry heathlands habitat? The case study of Milano Malpensa airport (Northern Italy)54
The role of greenspace deprivation in children’s decision-making53
The advantage of mobile technologies in crowdsourcing landscape preferences: Testing a mobile app to inform planning decisions53
Editorial Board53
Demographic, social, and environmental factors predicting Danish children’s greenspace use52
Editorial Board52
Urban greenery distribution and its link to social vulnerability50
Greening streets, gaining insights: Unpacking resident perceptions of urban greening50
Urban green space preferences for various health-related psychological benefits of adolescent pupils, university students and adults49
City walk or nature walk? Evidence-based psychological and physiological outcomes – A systematic review and meta-analysis49
Spatio-temporal monitoring of urban street-side vegetation greenery using Baidu Street View images48
Dependence of urban park visits on thermal environment and air quality48
Verifying an ENVI-met simulation of the thermal environment of Yanzhong Square Park in Shanghai47
Climate change-induced heat reduces urban green space use: Insights from mobile phone location big data47
Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges47
Small but powerful? The seasonal and diurnal cooling potential of urban green spaces in Munich, Germany, is moderated by size and vegetation complexity47
Editorial Board46
Assessing tree canopy cooling efficiency in different local climate zones: A cost-benefit analysis46
The relationship between urban green space and social health of individuals: A scoping review46
Drone-based assessment of urban green space structure and cooling capacity45
Greenbelt's impact on urban forest habitat: Insights from morphological analysis in quantifying conservation effects45
The influence of neighborhood competition on the morphological traits of urban individual tree landscape in Beijing45
Mental restorative effects of streetscape vegetation: Assessment of various design strategies using virtual environments45
Unravelling leaf hydraulic responses to urbanization and the coordination with economic strategies of subtropical urban forests45
Editorial Board45
Exploration of the functions and potentials of urban forest gardens in Sweden43
Urban soil respiration patterns: An analysis of Quercus robur vs. Quercus rubra in parks and streets of Karlsruhe, Germany43
How good is your basket of parks? A combined index of park quality and accessibility for youth43
The nose cooperates with the eyes: The independent and interactive effects of vision and olfaction on the perceived restorativeness of a Metasequoia walkway43
Spatially analysed expansion of individual street tree crowns enables species-specific crown expansion predictions in different rainfall zones42
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 greening42
Integrating landscape ecology in urban green infrastructure planning: A multi-scale approach for sustainable development41
Interactive effects of homeowners’ environmental concerns and rebate incentives on preferences for low-input residential landscapes41
Similar spaces, different usage : A comparative study on how residents in the capitals of Finland and Denmark use cemeteries as recreational landscapes40
Improving urban tree species classification by deep-learning based fusion of digital aerial images and LiDAR40
How thermal conditions affect the spatial-temporal distribution of visitors in urban parks: A case study in Chongqing, China40
Bacterial communities are poorer at urban park entrances in Finland than Russian Tatarstan – Testing the core presumption of the biodiversity hypothesis40
Exploring preferences for biodiversity and wild parks in Chinese cities: A conjoint analysis study in Hangzhou40
Remote sensing of urban greenspace exposure and equality: Scaling effects from greenspace and population mapping40
Deferring waterlogging through stormwater control and channelling of runoff40
The importance of university campuses for the avian diversity of cities39
Blue-green infrastructure and biodiversity: Urbanization and forestation have an important influence on bird diversity in water habitats39
Exploring the association between campus environment of higher education and student health: A systematic review of findings and measures39
Relationship between visitor characteristics, physical activity levels and park environment in subtropical areas’ urban parks38
Potential of hyperspectral LiDAR in individual tree segmentation: A comparative study with multispectral LiDAR38
Exploring climate-adaptive green-space designs for hot and humid climates: Lessons from Japanese dry gardens38
Is biodiversity of greenspace important for human health and wellbeing? A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review38
Assessing accessibility and environmental equity in the context of sustained aging: Pathways for age-friendly urban park planning37
Advancing urban forest and ecosystem service assessment through the integration of remote sensing and i-Tree Eco: A systematic review37
Impact of blue spaces on the urban microclimate in different climate zones, daytimes and seasons – A systematic review37
Mapping the urban landscape at multiple ecological scales37
Average height of surrounding buildings and district age are the main predictors of tree failure on the streets of São Paulo/Brazil37
Strategic planning to integrate urban agriculture in Palestinian urban development under conditions of political instability36
Planning for green infrastructure and mapping synergies and trade-offs: A case study in the Yanshuei River Basin, Taiwan36
Research on the horizontal reduction effect of urban roadside green belt on atmospheric particulate matter in a semi-arid area36
Optimizing urban green space patterns to improve spatial equity using location-allocation model: A case study in Wuhan36
Carbon sinks in urban public green spaces under carbon neutrality: A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review36
The pathways linking green spaces to reduced climate change anxiety36
Increasing demand for urban community gardening before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic36
The influence of plant morphological structure characteristics on PM2.5 retention of leaves under different wind speeds36
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
Enhancing bird conservation in tropical urban parks through land sparing and sharing strategies: Evidence from occupancy data35
Editorial Board35
“Unfenced” parks and residents’ visit patterns: A regression discontinuity design in Shanghai35
Landscape and soundscape quality promote stress recovery in nearby urban nature: A multisensory field experiment35
Climate drivers of dieback in Mediterranean urban pine forests35
First report of the occurrence of Phytophthora honggalleglyana in an urban green space in Poland34
A new approach to monitor the life cycle of urban street tree canopies34
Estimating and projecting the effects of urbanization on the forest habitat quality in a highly urbanized area34
Editorial Board34
Road traffic noise annoyance mitigation by green window view: Optimizing green quantity and quality34
Detecting patches of invasive shrubs using high-density airborne LiDAR data and spectral imagery34
Beating around the bush: A scoping review of trade-offs for just planning and governance of urban nature-based solutions34
Greening urban landscapes: A systematic literature review of planting design for resilient and livable cities34
Economic value of the hot-day cooling provided by urban green and blue space33
Auditing an urban park deck with 3D geovisualization—A comparison of in-situ and VR walk-along interviews33
Multiple ecosystem services of informal green spaces: A literature review33
Incorporating pruning into the carbon footprint of tree production based on terrestrial laser scanning33
Exploring Floridians' perceptions of pollinator-friendly gardening to identify critical adoption barriers and strategies33
Effects of blue space exposure in urban and natural environments on psychological and physiological responses: A within-subject experiment33
“A living street and not just green”: Exploring public preferences and concerns regarding nature-based solution implementation in urban streetscapes33
Editorial Board33
Modeling the spatial distribution of the current and future ecosystem services of urban tree planting in Chicopee and Fall River, Massachusetts33
Inequalities in residential nature and nature-based recreation are not universal: A country-level analysis in Austria32
Valuation of urban nature-based solutions in Latin American and European cities32
The association between plant diversity and perceived emotions for visitors in urban forests: A pilot study across 49 parks in China32
Stakeholder perceptions of the socio-ecological role of nature-based solutions in the Les Glòries Park, Barcelona32
Evaluating the risk of accessing green spaces in COVID-19 pandemic: A model for public urban green spaces (PUGS) in London32
Tree and shrub instance segmentation by boundary-aware ecological structural probability analysis32
To exclude or not to exclude? The effect of protest responses on the economic value of an iconic urban heritage tree32
Urban parks, value uplift and green gentrification: An application of the spatial hedonic model in the city of Brisbane31
Efficient cooling of cities at global scale using urban green space to mitigate urban heat island effects in different climatic regions31
The value of pocket parks in preserving urban butterfly diversity31
Urban tree canopies drive human heat stress mitigation31
Urban green space disparities: Implications of environmental injustice for public health31
Explorations on cooling effect of small urban linear park design in low-rise, high-density district: The case of Gyeongui line forest park in Seoul31
Quantification of the environmental effectiveness of nature-based solutions for increasing the resilience of cities under climate change31
Stakeholder entanglements around diversifying schoolyards in Brussels and Barcelona30
Significant carbon storage and sequestration by urban greenery in Beijing city during 2010–202030
Urban green space classification using Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) and LiDAR fusion: Accuracy evaluation and landscape metrics assessment30
Urban vegetation productivity under climate change and increasing urbanization: Insights from both urban-rural comparison and trend analysis for global cities30
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 Pandemic29
Evaluating the therapeutic qualities of community parks: An elderly-centric perspective29
Does perceived biophilic design contribute to human well-being in urban green spaces? A study of perceived naturalness, biodiversity, perceived restorativeness, and subjective vitality29
Urbanization-induced vegetation phenological changes: Variability across vegetation types and zones in China29
Engagement in sustainable horticulture is associated with greater perceived health benefits amongst gardeners29
Social licence to eradicate invasive pests of trees in urban landscapes: A review to prepare for the next incursion29
Study on smellscape perception and landscape application of fragrant plants28
Anthropogenic factors explain urban plant diversity across three tropical cities in China28
Urban epiphytes: Bromeliad diversity in a green cover gradient across a Neotropical streetscape28
Values and beliefs about urban forests from diverse urban contexts and populations in the Greater Toronto area28
Consistent generalization of plant-hummingbird networks despite increasing vegetation cover across a tropical urban landscape28
Sustainability in urban agriculture: The role of biochar in enhancing the productive capacity of compost-based growing media for rooftop farming28
Agreement levels of London tree officers towards the benefits and costs of urban forests28
Modelling the optimal green roof type for carbon capture in an urbanised university campus28
Urban forest biotope mapping: A new approach for sustainable forest management planning in Mexico City27
Corrigendum to “Species and season affect response of container-grown shade trees to pre-plant root modifications” [Urban For. Urban Greening 63 (2021) 127184]27
Association between urban greenspace, tree canopy cover and intentional deaths: An exploratory geospatial analysis27
A zoning-based solution for hierarchical forest patch mosaic in urban parks27
Does street canyon morphology shape particulate matter reduction capacity by street trees in real urban environments?27
Assessment of green space benefits and burdens for urban health with spatial modeling27
One size does not fit all: The complex relationship between biodiversity and psychological well-being27
Effects of pavements on diversity and activity of mycorrhizal symbionts associated with urban trees27
Overwintering in a megacity: Urban green areas and migratory birds in Mexico City27
Land use-based stakeholders mapping for natural heritage preservation – Case study: Hampstead Heath Ponds, London27
Inequities in urban tree care based on socioeconomic status26
Citizens’ use of public urban green spaces at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy26
How does enclosed private residential green space impact accessibility equity in urban regions? A case study in Shenzhen, China26
Public attitudes to urban trees in Great Britain in the early 2020s26
Two-step carbon storage estimation in urban human settlements using airborne LiDAR and Sentinel-2 data based on machine learning26
Phenological description of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle using the BBCH-scale: Groundwork for developing strategies to control invasive species and mitigate potential allergy risks26
The boreal soil microbiome of different urban green spaces – Do city residents meet different microbes?26
Spatial distribution, determinants, and implementation barriers of green-blue-grey infrastructure-based urban heat island mitigation strategies in Budapest, Hungary26
Assessing distributional justice around Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) provided by urban green areas: The case of Bologna26
Loss of street trees predicted to cause 6000 L/tree increase in leaf-on stormwater runoff for Great Lakes urban sewershed26
Assessment of joint soil ecosystem services supply in urban green spaces: A case study in Northern Italy26
Park features that encourage park visitation among older adults: A qualitative study26
Modelling the environmental implications of phytoremediation in urban settings: A review of the integration of life cycle assessment and ecosystem services approaches25
The aesthetic value of natural vegetation remnants, city parks and vacant lots: The role of ecosystem features and observer characteristics25
Nature for the people, by the people: Negotiating values, attitudes and behaviours for implementing urban nature-based solutions in social housing25
Large urban parks summertime cool and wet island intensity and its influencing factors in Beijing, China25
Biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emission profiles from native Atlantic Forest trees: Seasonal variation and atmospheric implications in southeastern Brazil25
Well-being of park users in a tropical city may be more influenced by their nature connectedness and exposure than bird diversity25
Interactive mapping of allergenic urban street trees in Australia25
Editorial Board25
Development of an artificial intelligence model for CFD data augmentation and improvement of thermal environment in urban areas using nature-based solutions25
The relationships between an historic neighborhood classification grade and tree canopy and impervious surface in Washington, DC, USA25
Urban trees through a functional traits’ lens: Exploring the interplay between tree functional groups and social-ecological factors25
Artificial developed habitats can sustain plant communities similar to remnant ecosystems in the Tokyo megacity25
Urban Green infrastructures: How much did they affect property prices in Singapore?25
Assessing urban greenery by harvesting street view data: A review25
Evaluating naturalness and functioning of urban green infrastructure25
Global urban green spaces in the functional urban areas: Spatial pattern, drivers and size hierarchy25
Stakeholder exposure to and knowledge of tree pests and diseases and their management in urban areas24
People with the least positive attitudes to green exercise derive most anxiolytic benefit from walking in green space24
“Restorative-Repressive” perception on post-industrial parks based on artificial and natural scenarios: Difference and mediating effect24
The personality traits of agreeableness: hindrance or aid to restorative forest experiences?24
Effects of designed species diversity on community resilience to weed invasion24
Spatial and temporal dynamics of the leaf area index (LAI) of selected tree species in urban environments24
Associations between green space, air pollution and birthweight in Sydney Metropolitan Area, Australia24
Exploring the paradox of densification and greening in China’ s old cities24
From private yards to public benefits: How human dimensions shape the urban forest in a small city24
Rethinking the traditional American lawn: Perspectives of U.S. households in a nationwide survey24
Enhancing the carbon sequestration potential of urban green space: A water–energy–carbon fluxes perspective24
Estimating aboveground carbon stocks of urban trees by synergizing ICESat-2 LiDAR with GF-2 data24
How does Blue-Green Infrastructure affect the urban thermal environment across various functional zones?24
The effects of urban greenway environment on recreational activities in tropical high-density Singapore: A computer vision approach24
Green relief: An exploration into the restorative effects of urban green spaces on eyestrain24
The impact and future of edible landscapes on sustainable urban development: A systematic review of the literature23
The protection of ash trees against ash dieback by tree injections23
Remote sensing for the assessment of ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation: A review of the methods applied23
Woody plant biodiversity explains arthropod pest management interventions in residential landscapes23
The effects of tree planting on allergenic pollen production in New York City23
Towards a greening city: How does regional cooperation promote urban green space in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area?23
Nitrogen enrichment decrease green roof multifunctionality23
Urban green spaces and variation in cooling in the humid tropics: The case of Paramaribo23
The uncertain geographic context problem (UGCoP) in measuring people’s exposure to green space using the integrated 3S approach23
Neighbourhood green space and loneliness in middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health in China23
Urban environment and green spaces as factors influencing sedentary behaviour in school-aged children23
Recognitional and distributive justice in urban park access: The importance of subjective views23
Relationships between urbanization, tree morphology, and carbon density: An integration of remote sensing, allometric models, and field survey23
Combining the preferences of residents for neighborhood green spaces and conservation of avian diversity: Case study from Beijing23
Investigating ecological emotion differences in urban waterlogged forests: The role of blue-green space exposure22
Design knowledge of urban agriculture providing ecosystem services. A systematic literature review22
A nation-wide urban trial network of tree and shrub climate resilience22
Science fiction blockbuster movies – A problem or a path to urban greenery?22
Lawn management promoting tall herbs, flowering species and urban park attributes enhance insect biodiversity in urban green areas22
Exploring recreational walking and its correlated built environment factors in river corridor space through a trajectory sematic-based approach22
Elevating street trees to infrastructure status: A comparison of street tree spacing guidelines in Los Angeles with U.S. peer cities22
Perceptions of Detroit vacant lot greening designs related to depressive symptoms and household flooding22
The path to resilience: Change, landscape aesthetics, and socio-cultural identity in rapidly urbanising contexts. The case of Cairo, Egypt22
Numerical simulation of the nocturnal cooling effect of urban trees considering the leaf area density distribution22
Spatiotemporal analysis of interactions between building configuration and urban green space on outdoor air temperature during heat waves: IoT sensor-based insights from Seoul, South Korea22
Values of urban greening – Voices of residents on highly intensive densification (HID) in a Swedish case study22
The effect of place attachment and greenway attributes on well-being among older adults in Taiwan22
Editorial: Green infrastructure: Evolution and current state22
Relevant landscape components in a large urban green space in Oporto (Portugal)22
Demand-side effects of urban green spaces: How attractiveness helps overcome subjective barriers to health behaviours21
Public satisfaction with urban trees and their management in Australia: The roles of values, beliefs, knowledge, and trust21
Private trees contribute uniquely to urban forest diversity, structure and service-based traits21
Urban park use and self-reported physical, mental, and social health during the COVID-19 pandemic: An on-site survey in Beijing, China21
A methodological framework to create an urban greenway network promoting avian connectivity: A case study of Curitiba City21
Urbanisation and specifically impervious cover alter riparian plant communities in a rapidly urbanising landscape in the Himalayas21
Adolescent visit patterns of urban green spaces and socio-demographic variations in a large high-density city21
Ecological functions and human benefits of urban forests21
Effects of urban greenspaces on public health and wellbeing: Serial mediation model of objective and subjective measures21
Greening urban road verges highlights diverse views of multiple stakeholders on ecosystem service provision, challenges and preferred form21
Exploring trust and communication between insurers, arborists, and homeowners20
Locally contextualized psycho-physiological wellbeing effects of environmental exposures: An experimental-based evidence20
Crown structure, growth, and drought tolerance of true service tree (Sorbus domestica L.) in forests and urban environments20
Supporting decision-making for nature recovery through urban development – A map of sustainable spatial development tools20
Amenities, disamenities, and decision-making in the residential forest: An application of the means-end chain theory to roadside trees20
A bibliometric review of urban sprawl and urban green spaces research, 1996–202420
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