Urban Landscapes, Forestry and Green Infrastructure: From a Sustainable Perspective
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Forestry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2024 | Viewed by 1091
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban green infrastructure; social aspects and green spaces; ecosystem services of urban green spaces
Interests: urban design; microclimate; green infrastructure
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban landscapes, forestry, and green infrastructure are interconnected and essential components of urban development. Green elements provide crucial benefits for urban dwellers as they offer opportunities for recreation, improve air quality, and mitigate the urban heat island effect. Additionally, they help to promote environmental stewardship, boost economic viability, and support social well-being. As urbanization continues to advance, and under the threat of climate change and its accompanying factors of frequent extreme events such as flooding, wildfires, and heat waves, it is crucial to promote nature-based solutions and protect green spaces for the purpose of creating resilient and livable cities able to withstand environmental challenges.
For this reason, this Special Issue aims to collect studies on methodologies and solutions based on natural elements. In short, we will demonstrate their environmental, economic, social and cultural benefits to urban resiliency and the choices administrators and policy makers are confronted with. It is our hope that, by encouraging a communal discussion on the planning and management of urban green spaces, we can increase the resilience of both our cities and the natural environment on which they depend.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Sustainable urban landscapes planning and management (e.g., efficient land use, co-design, green regeneration, accessibility of green spaces, nature-based solutions in connection to urban mobility, and water and waste and energy management to face extreme events);
- Sustainable management of forest and green areas (e.g., technological solutions, co-management, public engagement of the local communities, aimed to improve the economic, environmental, and social sustainability);
- Ecosystem services (e.g., biodiversity conservation and increase in terms of plant and animal species in urban ecosystems, carbon sequestration, water and climate regulations, air, soil, noise pollution mitigation, aspects connected to recreation, culture, and well-being);
- Nature-based solutions, green spaces and resiliency of urban areas to climate change in relation to stormwater management and the risk of flooding and mitigate the urban heat island and thermal discomfort for urban dwellers connected to sun radiation and heat stress.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Francesca Ugolini
Prof. Dr. David Pearlmutter
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban resilience
- nature-based solutions
- urban environment
- climate change
- biodiversity
- biophilia
- cities
- green spaces
- health
- ecosystem services
