Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Papers
(The TQCC of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening is 15. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Book Review209
Spatial pattern of urban forest diversity and its potential drivers in a snow climate city, Northeast China181
Characteristics and influencing factors of taxonomic and functional diversity of butterflies in urban green spaces136
Eight recommendations to improve the reporting of qualitative social research in urban nature studies116
Structure of an urban green space indirectly affects the distribution of airborne particulate matter: A study based on structural equation modelling111
Does intensive cutting regime maintain lowland dry heathlands habitat? The case study of Milano Malpensa airport (Northern Italy)106
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Multi-level barriers and opportunities for urban greening and depaving initiatives as climate change adaptation measures: Quebec City case study88
Vegetation complexity and greenspace diversity in urban schools87
Forest type and stand structure influence soil microbial network composition and stability in urban forests: Insights from Beijing, China85
Does user-generated content increase the valuation of urban green space? Evidence from China83
A three-layer evapotranspiration model considering the vertical structure of urban green spaces83
Urban greenery distribution and its link to social vulnerability81
Bridging the land use gap: Examining tree canopy cover and connectivity by land use in 10 U.S. cities80
Rediscovering circularity in productive urban landscapes79
Climate change-induced heat reduces urban green space use: Insights from mobile phone location big data77
City walk or nature walk? Evidence-based psychological and physiological outcomes – A systematic review and meta-analysis77
Machine learning-based prediction of tree crown development in competitive urban environments76
Parks Please! Implementing the 3–30-300 green space rule in developing countries − The case of Surakarta, Indonesia76
A systematic review of the relationship between urban forest quality and socioeconomic status or race74
Diversity and structure in California’s urban forest: What over six million data points tell us about one of the world's largest urban forests73
Branching Out: The under examined role of urban tree giveaway programs and urban greening in Florida72
Greening streets, gaining insights: Unpacking resident perceptions of urban greening71
Assessing ecological interactions in urban areas using citizen science data: Insights from hummingbird–plant meta-networks in a tropical megacity70
Urbanization weakens mutualisms without affecting antagonisms of a hawkmoth-pollinated plant species70
The impact of crime on urban park visitation patterns: A longitudinal analysis in Austin, Texas70
The synergistic mechanism of urban green space on physical activity density and emotional experience: Evidence from the Pearl River Delta67
Coarse-to-fine segmentation of individual street trees from side-view point clouds63
An approach to prioritize urban tree planting to mitigate heat and advance equity in New Haven62
Turning a new leaf: Social and land use drivers of urban tree canopy change in the Chicago Metropolitan Area 2010–201761
A generative optimization framework for pocket parks supported by mature plant carbon sequestration data60
Non-native plants and illegitimate interactions are highly relevant for supporting hummingbird pollinators in the urban environment58
Crafting a walkable and ridable urban green space system: Human-centered park network planning supported by active leisure travel trajectories57
Changes in decomposition rates and nutrients of leaf litter and fine roots in urban tree species under ozone pollution56
Climate change threatens carbon storage in Europe’s urban trees56
The advantage of mobile technologies in crowdsourcing landscape preferences: Testing a mobile app to inform planning decisions56
Green stormwater infrastructure and perception of the neighborhood social environment in Philadelphia 2010–201854
The role of urban parks in affecting health outcomes and the differences between vulnerable groups: Evidence from the central city of Beijing54
UAV leaf-on, leaf-off and ALS-aided tree height: A case study on the trees in the vicinity of roads54
Estimating aboveground biomass of tropical urban forests with UAV-borne hyperspectral and LiDAR data53
The relationship between urban green space and social health of individuals: A scoping review52
Soil water stress at young urban street-tree sites in response to meteorology and site parameters52
Dependence of urban park visits on thermal environment and air quality52
Review on the multi-scale interactions of urban forests and atmospheric particles: Affecting factors are scale-dependent among tree, stand and region52
Renaturing cities: from utopias to contested realities and futures52
The influence of greening management and landscape patterns on plant diversity in urban green spaces in Danzhou, China52
Urban green space preferences for various health-related psychological benefits of adolescent pupils, university students and adults51
Visible greenery as my resource? The connection between passive green space exposure and relative deprivation from a self-determination perspective51
Quasi-individual-level analysis of urban green space accessibility: Disparities, determinants, and equity across neighborhoods49
Spatio-temporal monitoring of urban street-side vegetation greenery using Baidu Street View images49
Sniff the urban park: Unveiling odor features and landscape effect on smellscape in Guangzhou, China49
Assessing tree canopy cooling efficiency in different local climate zones: A cost-benefit analysis49
The influence of neighborhood competition on the morphological traits of urban individual tree landscape in Beijing48
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Exploration of the functions and potentials of urban forest gardens in Sweden48
Small but powerful? The seasonal and diurnal cooling potential of urban green spaces in Munich, Germany, is moderated by size and vegetation complexity48
Greenbelt's impact on urban forest habitat: Insights from morphological analysis in quantifying conservation effects48
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Mental restorative effects of streetscape vegetation: Assessment of various design strategies using virtual environments47
Forest growth dynamics can be revealed using dual-temporal Terrestrial Laser Scanning — A case from plantation forests in northeastern China47
The importance of university campuses for the avian diversity of cities47
Mapping the urban landscape at multiple ecological scales47
Unequal paths to nature: Mobile-phone insights into park visits in nine major cities in the United States46
Assessing accessibility and environmental equity in the context of sustained aging: Pathways for age-friendly urban park planning45
Advancing urban forest and ecosystem service assessment through the integration of remote sensing and i-Tree Eco: A systematic review45
Exploring preferences for biodiversity and wild parks in Chinese cities: A conjoint analysis study in Hangzhou45
Seasonal variation in chlorophyll fluorescence of mosses under urban heat islands in Japanese gardens44
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 greening44
Urban soil respiration patterns: An analysis of Quercus robur vs. Quercus rubra in parks and streets of Karlsruhe, Germany44
Average height of surrounding buildings and district age are the main predictors of tree failure on the streets of São Paulo/Brazil44
Enhancing bird conservation in tropical urban parks through land sparing and sharing strategies: Evidence from occupancy data43
Drone-based assessment of urban green space structure and cooling capacity43
Landscape and soundscape quality promote stress recovery in nearby urban nature: A multisensory field experiment43
Spatiotemporal patterns and driving mechanisms of net primary productivity along urban-rural gradient in Xi’an, China43
Exploring climate-adaptive green-space designs for hot and humid climates: Lessons from Japanese dry gardens43
Temporal-spatial collaboration and divergence of visitation and satisfaction: A novel approach to urban park use efficiency43
Comparison of machine learning algorithms for green view index (GVI) prediction using NDVI and urban form metrics42
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
Feed two birds with one tree? Multilayer bird-plant networks and the maintenance of biodiversity in urban environments42
Planting methods shape interspecific competition and biodiversity in urban herbaceous communities42
Habitat-dependent multisensory mediation links plant diversity and perceived environmental quality across urban wetland habitats42
Potential of hyperspectral LiDAR in individual tree segmentation: A comparative study with multispectral LiDAR42
Aligning objective provision and lived experience: A dual-model assessment of urban park equity and efficiency in chengdu’s “Park City” initiative42
Strategic greening: A multidimensional framework for balancing supply, demand, and cost in urban park allocation41
Impact of blue spaces on the urban microclimate in different climate zones, daytimes and seasons – A systematic review41
Spatially analysed expansion of individual street tree crowns enables species-specific crown expansion predictions in different rainfall zones41
Blue-green infrastructure and biodiversity: Urbanization and forestation have an important influence on bird diversity in water habitats40
Similar spaces, different usage : A comparative study on how residents in the capitals of Finland and Denmark use cemeteries as recreational landscapes40
Increasing demand for urban community gardening before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic39
Bacterial communities are poorer at urban park entrances in Finland than Russian Tatarstan – Testing the core presumption of the biodiversity hypothesis38
Unravelling leaf hydraulic responses to urbanization and the coordination with economic strategies of subtropical urban forests38
How good is your basket of parks? A combined index of park quality and accessibility for youth38
The nose cooperates with the eyes: The independent and interactive effects of vision and olfaction on the perceived restorativeness of a Metasequoia walkway37
Relationship between visitor characteristics, physical activity levels and park environment in subtropical areas’ urban parks37
Remote sensing of urban greenspace exposure and equality: Scaling effects from greenspace and population mapping37
Integrating landscape ecology in urban green infrastructure planning: A multi-scale approach for sustainable development36
Improving urban tree species classification by deep-learning based fusion of digital aerial images and LiDAR36
The pathways linking green spaces to reduced climate change anxiety35
Strategic planning to integrate urban agriculture in Palestinian urban development under conditions of political instability35
Optimizing urban green space patterns to improve spatial equity using location-allocation model: A case study in Wuhan35
Effects of urban green space types and historical Land Use/ Land Cover on soil health: Implications for sustainable management34
Carbon sinks in urban public green spaces under carbon neutrality: A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review34
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Inequalities in residential nature and nature-based recreation are not universal: A country-level analysis in Austria34
Exploring the association between campus environment of higher education and student health: A systematic review of findings and measures34
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“A living street and not just green”: Exploring public preferences and concerns regarding nature-based solution implementation in urban streetscapes33
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Incorporating pruning into the carbon footprint of tree production based on terrestrial laser scanning33
First report of the occurrence of Phytophthora honggalleglyana in an urban green space in Poland33
Detecting patches of invasive shrubs using high-density airborne LiDAR data and spectral imagery33
Evaluating the role of community-led urban greenspace programming in advancing belonging, social connection, and health equity: A mixed methods study of Park People's Sparking Change Toronto program33
Planning for cooler cities: A multimodal AI framework for hyperlocal spatio-temporal urban heat stress prediction and mitigation32
“Unfenced” parks and residents’ visit patterns: A regression discontinuity design in Shanghai32
Urban tree canopies drive human heat stress mitigation32
Exploring a green space water demand estimation method integrating urban heat island typologies: A case study of the arid and semi-arid region of Northwest China32
Exploring Floridians' perceptions of pollinator-friendly gardening to identify critical adoption barriers and strategies32
Efficient cooling of cities at global scale using urban green space to mitigate urban heat island effects in different climatic regions32
Beating around the bush: A scoping review of trade-offs for just planning and governance of urban nature-based solutions32
Tree and shrub instance segmentation by boundary-aware ecological structural probability analysis32
Valuation of urban nature-based solutions in Latin American and European cities31
Community assembly of mosses, lichens, and succulents across a green roof chronosequence in Malmö Sweden31
Evaluating the risk of accessing green spaces in COVID-19 pandemic: A model for public urban green spaces (PUGS) in London31
Road traffic noise annoyance mitigation by green window view: Optimizing green quantity and quality31
Urban parks, value uplift and green gentrification: An application of the spatial hedonic model in the city of Brisbane31
Auditing an urban park deck with 3D geovisualization—A comparison of in-situ and VR walk-along interviews31
The allergy consequences of urban greening: A case study on anthropogenic pollen exposure and public health in a temperate mountain city31
The association between plant diversity and perceived emotions for visitors in urban forests: A pilot study across 49 parks in China31
A new approach to monitor the life cycle of urban street tree canopies31
Validity of online street view imagery in urban studies: Evidence from on-site mobile acquisition31
Economic value of the hot-day cooling provided by urban green and blue space31
Climate drivers of dieback in Mediterranean urban pine forests30
Effects of blue space exposure in urban and natural environments on psychological and physiological responses: A within-subject experiment30
Social licence to eradicate invasive pests of trees in urban landscapes: A review to prepare for the next incursion30
Greening urban landscapes: A systematic literature review of planting design for resilient and livable cities30
Stakeholder perceptions of the socio-ecological role of nature-based solutions in the Les Glòries Park, Barcelona30
Urban green space disparities: Implications of environmental injustice for public health30
From project-based mobilization to fragile stewardship: Governance configurations and sustainability trajectories of urban community gardens30
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
Beyond technical metrics: Key indicators as boundary objects for assessing environmental injustice in green space access and urban heat exposure — A scoping review30
Multiple ecosystem services of informal green spaces: A literature review30
Estimating and projecting the effects of urbanization on the forest habitat quality in a highly urbanized area30
Citizens’ use of public urban green spaces at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy30
Values and beliefs about urban forests from diverse urban contexts and populations in the Greater Toronto area29
The value of pocket parks in preserving urban butterfly diversity29
Modelling the optimal green roof type for carbon capture in an urbanised university campus29
Loss of street trees predicted to cause 6000 L/tree increase in leaf-on stormwater runoff for Great Lakes urban sewershed29
Growth and climate sensitivity of native and non-native urban trees under varying soil conditions in Santiago, Chile29
Inequities in urban tree care based on socioeconomic status29
Stakeholder entanglements around diversifying schoolyards in Brussels and Barcelona29
The boreal soil microbiome of different urban green spaces – Do city residents meet different microbes?29
Overwintering in a megacity: Urban green areas and migratory birds in Mexico City29
Engagement in sustainable horticulture is associated with greater perceived health benefits amongst gardeners29
Assessment of green space benefits and burdens for urban health with spatial modeling28
How does recreation involvement in urban parks promote restorative effects?28
Phenological description of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle using the BBCH-scale: Groundwork for developing strategies to control invasive species and mitigate potential allergy risks28
Land use-based stakeholders mapping for natural heritage preservation – Case study: Hampstead Heath Ponds, London28
Measuring tree diameter at breast height in urban green spaces using ForestScanner: Implications for citizen science28
Does street canyon morphology shape particulate matter reduction capacity by street trees in real urban environments?28
Spatial distribution, determinants, and implementation barriers of green-blue-grey infrastructure-based urban heat island mitigation strategies in Budapest, Hungary28
Exploring the spatiotemporal variability of leaf area index and its influence on land surface temperature: A city-scale analysis in Hong Kong27
Association between urban greenspace, tree canopy cover and intentional deaths: An exploratory geospatial analysis27
Urbanization-induced vegetation phenological changes: Variability across vegetation types and zones in China27
Evaluating the therapeutic qualities of community parks: An elderly-centric perspective27
Assessing distributional justice around Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) provided by urban green areas: The case of Bologna27
Optimal coupling model for tree species identification using derivative calculation and texture filtering27
How does enclosed private residential green space impact accessibility equity in urban regions? A case study in Shenzhen, China27
Urban vegetation productivity under climate change and increasing urbanization: Insights from both urban-rural comparison and trend analysis for global cities27
Park features that encourage park visitation among older adults: A qualitative study27
Urban green space classification using Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) and LiDAR fusion: Accuracy evaluation and landscape metrics assessment27
Development of an artificial intelligence model for CFD data augmentation and improvement of thermal environment in urban areas using nature-based solutions27
Mapping practitioners’ socio-technical perception on blue-green infrastructure for urban climate resilience: Demographic factors, barriers, costs-benefits, and opportunities for implementation26
Effects of pavements on diversity and activity of mycorrhizal symbionts associated with urban trees26
Reevaluating cooling exposure of urban green space via a proposed spatial metric26
Evaluating naturalness and functioning of urban green infrastructure26
Explorations on cooling effect of small urban linear park design in low-rise, high-density district: The case of Gyeongui line forest park in Seoul26
Public attitudes to urban trees in Great Britain in the early 2020s26
Green equity or green gentrification? State-led urban park development in Shanghai, 2000–202026
Urban epiphytes: Bromeliad diversity in a green cover gradient across a Neotropical streetscape26
Anthropogenic factors explain urban plant diversity across three tropical cities in China26
Consistent generalization of plant-hummingbird networks despite increasing vegetation cover across a tropical urban landscape26
Urban forest biotope mapping: A new approach for sustainable forest management planning in Mexico City25
Two-step carbon storage estimation in urban human settlements using airborne LiDAR and Sentinel-2 data based on machine learning25
Does perceived biophilic design contribute to human well-being in urban green spaces? A study of perceived naturalness, biodiversity, perceived restorativeness, and subjective vitality25
Sustainability in urban agriculture: The role of biochar in enhancing the productive capacity of compost-based growing media for rooftop farming25
Assessing urban greenery by harvesting street view data: A review25
One size does not fit all: The complex relationship between biodiversity and psychological well-being25
Significant carbon storage and sequestration by urban greenery in Beijing city during 2010–202025
Artificial developed habitats can sustain plant communities similar to remnant ecosystems in the Tokyo megacity24
The effects of tree planting on allergenic pollen production in New York City24
Resistance of urban trees to drought shaped by family and site in a semi-arid city24
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People with the least positive attitudes to green exercise derive most anxiolytic benefit from walking in green space24
Towards a greening city: How does regional cooperation promote urban green space in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area?24
Beyond tree cover: Vertical canopy structure is associated with the cooling impact of pocket parks in Mediterranean cities24
Arboricultural cut type and pruning severity can alter the arboreal invertebrate community for at least two years24
Well-being of park users in a tropical city may be more influenced by their nature connectedness and exposure than bird diversity24
Recognitional and distributive justice in urban park access: The importance of subjective views24
Interactive mapping of allergenic urban street trees in Australia23
Combining the preferences of residents for neighborhood green spaces and conservation of avian diversity: Case study from Beijing23
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 Korea23
Investigating ecological emotion differences in urban waterlogged forests: The role of blue-green space exposure23
Nature for the people, by the people: Negotiating values, attitudes and behaviours for implementing urban nature-based solutions in social housing23
From private yards to public benefits: How human dimensions shape the urban forest in a small city23
The relationships between an historic neighborhood classification grade and tree canopy and impervious surface in Washington, DC, USA23
Impact of residential green spaces on health inequalities in the UK: A systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis23
Estimating aboveground carbon stocks of urban trees by synergizing ICESat-2 LiDAR with GF-2 data23
Rethinking the traditional American lawn: Perspectives of U.S. households in a nationwide survey23
Effects of designed species diversity on community resilience to weed invasion23
Stakeholder exposure to and knowledge of tree pests and diseases and their management in urban areas23
Toward fully automated urban tree inventory: Integrating mobile lidar and open-source tools23
The protection of ash trees against ash dieback by tree injections23
Biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emission profiles from native Atlantic Forest trees: Seasonal variation and atmospheric implications in southeastern Brazil22
Remote sensing for the assessment of ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation: A review of the methods applied22
Spatial and temporal dynamics of the leaf area index (LAI) of selected tree species in urban environments22
Relationships between urbanization, tree morphology, and carbon density: An integration of remote sensing, allometric models, and field survey22
Quantifying the hydraulic safety of urban trees: Do street environments impose greater strain than parks?22
Beyond public inventories: Remote sensing–based assessment of urban tree ecosystem services22
The personality traits of agreeableness: hindrance or aid to restorative forest experiences?22
Evaluating leaf water potential at turgor loss to assess drought tolerance in temperate and Mediterranean shrub species for dry urban environments22
Associations between green space, air pollution and birthweight in Sydney Metropolitan Area, Australia22
The aesthetic value of natural vegetation remnants, city parks and vacant lots: The role of ecosystem features and observer characteristics22
Towards an Everyday Nature Index for biodiversity in urban streets22
Nitrogen enrichment decrease green roof multifunctionality22
Neighbourhood green space and loneliness in middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health in China21
“Restorative-Repressive” perception on post-industrial parks based on artificial and natural scenarios: Difference and mediating effect21
The effects of urban greenway environment on recreational activities in tropical high-density Singapore: A computer vision approach21
Urban environment and green spaces as factors influencing sedentary behaviour in school-aged children21
Urban green spaces and variation in cooling in the humid tropics: The case of Paramaribo21
Urbanization increases the range, but not the depth, of forest edge influences on Pinus sylvestris bark pH21
How does Blue-Green Infrastructure affect the urban thermal environment across various functional zones?21
Exploring the paradox of densification and greening in China’ s old cities21
Enhancing the carbon sequestration potential of urban green space: A water–energy–carbon fluxes perspective21
Lawn management promoting tall herbs, flowering species and urban park attributes enhance insect biodiversity in urban green areas21
Global urban green spaces in the functional urban areas: Spatial pattern, drivers and size hierarchy21
Urbanisation and specifically impervious cover alter riparian plant communities in a rapidly urbanising landscape in the Himalayas21
A bibliometric review of urban sprawl and urban green spaces research, 1996–202421
The uncertain geographic context problem (UGCoP) in measuring people’s exposure to green space using the integrated 3S approach21
Green relief: An exploration into the restorative effects of urban green spaces on eyestrain21
The impact and future of edible landscapes on sustainable urban development: A systematic review of the literature21
Urban trees through a functional traits’ lens: Exploring the interplay between tree functional groups and social-ecological factors21
Modelling the environmental implications of phytoremediation in urban settings: A review of the integration of life cycle assessment and ecosystem services approaches21
Science fiction blockbuster movies – A problem or a path to urban greenery?21
Revealing nonlinear impact disparities of vegetation-building configurations on carbon sequestration efficiency through representation learning21
Urban heat riskscape and green injustice: A scoping review of health and environmental impacts20
A typo-morphological approach to frontage zones’ potential for urban green infrastructure20
Political and socioeconomic drivers of urban green space management: Insights from a case study in a Metropolitan Region of an Emerging Economy20
Public satisfaction with urban trees and their management in Australia: The roles of values, beliefs, knowledge, and trust20
The urban greening paradox: Measuring day-night perceived safety divergences from paired street view images using generative AI20
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