Urban Forests and Landscape Ecology

• Other Authors: Esperon-Rodriguez, Manuel (Editor), Harrison, Tina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; aesthetics; causal effects; crown form; foliage form; urban forests; urban forest; NATURA 2000 area; soundscape; birds; biological diversity; ecosystem disservices; Mediterranean region; green infrastructure; urban forest types; indicators; microclimate; human thermal comfort; outdoor thermal environment; public health; ecological services; urban green space; remote sensing; deep learning; convolutional neural network; residual structure; attention mechanism; n/a; urban biodiversity; urban habitat quality; InVEST model; land surface temperature; Moran's I; Zhengzhou; social media data; spatiotemporal utilization; Shanghai; ecological function; landscape structure; GIS; air pollution alleviation; accumulation on leaves; PM2.5; encapsulated particles; urban trees
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Urbanization is a dominant driver of landscape transformation across the world, with cities representing centers of economic and socio-cultural development. Today, more than 4.2 billion people live in urban areas, which represent ~3% of the Earth's land area. By 2050, it is predicted this numbe...