With the advent of an aging society, grandparents' involvement in childcare is becoming increasingly common, saving families and society huge nursing costs. Residential open space (ROS) is a common place for grandparents' outdoor childcare activities, influencing the health of grandparents and...

Physical inactivity poses a significant public health challenge. Numerous studies have argued that urban parks can promote physical activity (PA). However, evidence of physical activity observed over long periods of time in parks is still very lacking. Our serial cross-sectional study within...

Green infrastructure has emerged as an opportunity to balance sociocultural and ecological benefits, alongside the potential for biodiversity conservation in cities. However, key design challenges that remain unsolved including 1) how to effectively balance biodiversity conservation and...

Food waste is currently acknowledged as a major societal challenge, including the food waste at the household level estimated to be responsible for the wastage of one third of the food produced for human consumption. Hence, tackling household food waste (HFW) is gaining a momentum in societal...

The value of open space is often reflected by the higher prices of the homes located in its proximity. But is closer always better? We examine this question by estimating a hedonic regression using pooled crosssectional data from Germany spanning 2007 until 2023. We distinguish two types of open...

Given that lands became increasingly expensive for governments to meet open space standards, there emerged a growing trend towards private sector involvement public open space provision. This collaboration has given rise to public open spaces in private developments (POSPD), characterised by...

As urbanization progresses, urban stress has become an increasingly prominent concern, diminishing city residents’ well-being and overall quality of life. Responding to these challenges, nature-based solutions involving urban greenery have emerged as potential stress mitigators, providing...

Green spaces, such as city parks, function as carbon absorption strategies for the attainment of carbon neutrality. However, urban parks are at risk of losing their carbon absorption function based on changes in carbon flux dynamics due to climate change. Therefore, this study proposes an...

A group of members of the AlpPlan Alpine spatial planning network elaborated this position paper. It contains assessments and recommendations related to key spatial challenges of transnational relevance in the Alpine region. It generally refers to the entire Alpine macroregion (EUSALP...

Urban green spaces in the city of Niamey are under the threat of rapid urbanization in the context of climate change. The need of the urban green spaces management is become paramount. Therefore, this study aims to examine the determinants of the urban green spaces management in Niamey city. For...

Vertical gardens are becoming a common component at urban living and are also essential because of shrinking land spaces. The healthy growth of vertical garden plants depends upon many factors like growing containers, choice of plants, media, etc. They are commonly also known as a green wall....

Stated preference surveys must provide information on the good to be valued, and respondents must process and recall the information. Previous studies show that the type of information can affect stated preferences and the validity of value estimates, but how respondents process this information...

Thermal comfort and environmental health in open green spaces in cities contribute to sustainable urban development. In this study, research sites were selected in the urban area of Lanzhou, where they have different distances from the Yellow River and have different plant configuration spaces....

To address the inter-connected climate and biodiversity crises, it is crucial to understand whether, and if so how, nature-based solutions are perceived to contribute to carbon neutrality, biodiversity, human well-being and justice outcomes. We propose and explore the concept of carbon-smart...

This study combined field trials and a greenhouse study to measure the impacts of residuals-based soil amendments on soil health and vegetable yield and nutritional quality for three urban soils. Two biosolids based products and two food scrap-based materials were included. Amendment addition...

Urbanization can have a negative influence on the local biodiversity and biological communities. Especially ground-nesting birds are dependent on vegetation structure, green area size and ecological corridors. Urbanization is also proposed to alter the predator-prey interactions in city areas....

As cities become more densely populated, urban green spaces (UGS) are increasingly important due to the environmental and social benefits they provide. Cities are confronted with the challenge of equitable supply of high-quality urban green that meets the demand of residents. This is...

Green spaces in urban areas are considered critical infrastructure that provides economic, social, and environmental benefits for cities. This study seeks to clarify the roles of green spaces in the sustainable city discourse by first and foremost considering green spaces from a categorical...

Energy Transition commonly refers to changes during the time of a specific geographical unit, but rarely considers changes in the spatial organization of the energy system and how urban area, place and scale can shape it. Considering the geographies of a low-carbon energy transition means not...

Alpine open spaces are becoming noticeably scarcer. In the Alps, this applies to the inherently limited area of permanent settlement, which in the case of Tyrol covers only 11.8%. The population is growing in many of the valleys and with it the infrastructure it requires. However, the open...

Public spaces are considered a vital ingredient of prosperous cities as they support their sense of community, identity and culture. Understanding their relevance, the Mexican government has developed new regulatory frameworks. In 2016, the first federal legislation in Mexico was created and...

Padang has just begun to build an urban green space to increase the quality of the urban environment and provide recreational opportunities to residents. In such cases, a well-informed professional management plan needs to be formulated to preserve a better environment. Therefore, this study...

Urban green spaces (UGS) provide a magnitude of ecosystem services to city dwellers and the issue of equitable access to urban green has been a longstanding policy goal. Nevertheless, valuation studies in the UGS literature focusing on distributional aspects are scarce. Hence, I investigate...

This paper estimates the value of urban trees. The empirical strategy exploits an ecological catastrophe -- the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) infestation in Toronto to isolate exogenous variation in neighborhood tree canopy changes. Adding one tree to a postcode increases property prices by 0.40%; the...