Since vegetation in urban areas delivers crucial ecological services as a support to human well-being and to the urban population in general, its monitoring is a major issue for urban planners. Mapping and monitoring the changes in urban green spaces are important tasks because of their functions such as the management of air, climate and water quality, the reduction of noise, the protection of...

China made the announcement to create the Xiongan New Area in Hebei in April 1, 2017. Thus a new megacity about 110km southwest of Beijing will emerge. Xiongan New Area is of great practical significance and historical significance for transferring Beijing’s non-capital function. Simulating the urban dynamics in Xiongan New Area can help planners to decide where to build the new urban and furth...

Urgent biophilia describes the conscious desire of humans to seek interactions with nature during periods stress. This study examines changes in frequency and reason for visiting urban green spaces by residents Wellington, New Zealand, determine whether resident behavior a stressful period exemplifies principles urgent biophilia. The COVID-19 pandemic resulting lockdowns were used as due signif...

Urban parks provide multiple ecosystem services as an important element of the urban space and improve human health wellbeing. This study used Gaussian-based 2SFCA method to evaluate spatiotemporal distribution changes in park accessibility within Sixth Ring Road Beijing over 15 years. The also bivariate correlation analysis analyze relationship between urbanization factors access. results show...

Cities around the world increasingly recognize need to build on their resilience deal with converging forces such as disasters, environmental degradation, urban sprawl, and climate change. Given significance of critical infrastructure networks (CINs) for maintaining quality life in buildings communities, improving is high importance governors, planners, policymakers. Therefore, this study propo...

Sustainable communities are promoted as a desirable policy goal and, in particular, local authorities are encouraged to contribute to climate change mitigation through urban planning. Furthermore, recent research takes a broad perspective on the environmental sustainability of urban areas and considers the environmental impact of all consumption. A focus group study was conducted in Finland for...