Society & Culture[1] Society & Culture[1]Archaeology [2]Denmark [3]Videnskab.dk [4] Urban archaeology is one of our best archives of the development of society and people. Until now it has been neglected but this can and must change, say two archaeologists. Cities are some of the best archives we have of the development of people and societies, and so we should start treating them as such, says...

In this study we examine the Urban Heat Island (UHI) of Granada. First, we perform a study of the evolution of the recorded temperatures at a meteorological station over the last century. In this record, the minimum temperatures increase while the maximum temperatures decrease. We also compare both rural and urban temperature records, obtaining the UHI fluctuations on a smaller time scale. The ...

Urban and peri-urban forests provide a variety of ecosystem service benefits for urban society. Recognising and understanding the many human–tree interactions that urban forests provide may be more complex but probably just as important to our urbanised society. This paper introduces four themes that link the studies from across the globe presented in this Special Issue: (1) human–tree interact...