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Publikováno v:
Forests, Vol 12, Iss 3, p 316 (2021)
(1) Research Highlights: Afforestation is one of the most effective urban greening practices for mitigating a variety of environmental issues. Globally, municipal governments have launched large-scale afforestation programs in metropolitan areas duri
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https://doaj.org/article/2ccadd70f78b4b20815972affa894b68
Publikováno v:
Forests, Vol 7, Iss 9, p 208 (2016)
This paper describes a research project exploring future urban forests. This study uses a Delphi approach to develop a set of key indicators for healthy, resilient urban forests. Two groups of experts participated in the Delphi survey: International
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https://doaj.org/article/eeff71faa0864d62b4b5bf1807016424
Publikováno v:
Environmental Science and Policy
Engaging with the future to make better decisions in the present is key for sustainable development and climate change responses. In this conceptual paper, we suggest a scenario building approach that connects psychological principles of future think
Autor:
Stephen R.J. Sheppard, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Lorien Nesbitt, Sophie A. Nitoslawski, Zhaohua Cheng, Cynthia Girling
Publikováno v:
Environmental Science & Policy. 122:14-24
While being major greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters, cities also suffer some of the most severe climate change impacts. Urban forests have gained increasing recognition as nature-based solutions to climate change via the various benefits they provide, su
Publikováno v:
Ecological Economics. 161:41-49
This study examines public opinions about economic growth, prosperity and the environment, and segments the sample based on some of these attitudes. A sample of 1001 Canadians participated in an online survey in January 2016. Data shows that economic
Publikováno v:
Landscape and Urban Planning. 181:51-79
This research examines the distributional equity of urban vegetation in 10 US urbanized areas using very high resolution land cover data and census data. Urban vegetation is characterized three ways in the analysis (mixed vegetation, woody vegetation
Publikováno v:
Canadian Public Policy. 44:368-383
Canada is embarking on a low-carbon energy transition that will involve the diffusion of innovations and the reconfiguration of energy systems. This article examines the potential contribution that transition experiments can make to this process. Tra
Publikováno v:
Energy Research & Social Science. 46:368-380
Substantial public engagement in and support for climate action is needed to prevent the worst impacts of climate change from occurring. Efforts to boost such engagement can be collectively referred to as “social mobilization” initiatives, which
Designing and evaluating analytic-deliberative engagement processes for natural resources management
Publikováno v:
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2020)
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The need to involve the public and stakeholders in decision-making around issues of technological complexity and conflicting values and knowledge systems is widely accepted in the field of natural resources management. Addressing both analysis and de
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Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 34:240-248
Urban vegetation, and in particular urban forests, provide a wide range of ecosystem services to urban societies and may thus be classified as environmental goods. Their status as goods suggests that urban societies’ interactions with urban vegetat