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(Re)presenting urban heat islands in Australian cities: A study of media reporting and implications for urban heat and climate change debates

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The effects of climate change and urban heat islands are predicted to grow and compound in the future. In the context of urban heat becoming an increasing problem, this article explores the extent to which this is recognised in media…

Climate change adaptation and carbon emissions in green urban spaces: Case study of Adelaide

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Concentrations of building mass and insufficient greenery in cities are identified to contribute significantly to extended heat stress in the built environment, commonly known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect. This paper presents a scenario-based modelling built on climate change projections and potential alterations of urban greenery in 2030 and 2090 in Adelaide, South Australia…

Functional adaptations and trait plasticity of urban trees along a climatic gradient

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In urban environments, long-term tree survival and performance requires physiological tolerance or phenotypic plasticity in plant functional traits…

How climate change perception is reshaping attitudes towards the functional benefits of urban trees and green space: Lessons from Hong Kong

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Urban greening has rapidly emerged as a key urban climate change adaptation strategy. Urban greening is thought to confer manifold socio-ecological benefits upon residents in towns and cities…

It Isn’t Rocket Science: Street Trees Can Make a Difference in Climate Change

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For decades we have been listening to ordinary Australians saying that there is nothing that they can do about climate change. They argue that Australia with its small population is not really significant in the grand scale of global climate change and politics…

Mapping ecoacoustic hot spots and moments of biodiversity to inform conservation and urban planning

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As the rate of urbanisation continues to increase, widespread habitat clearing within peri-urban landscapes contributes to significant environmental impacts, including loss of biological diversity…

The Urgency of Now

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Never has there been a more important time to prioritize urban forests and urban forest management…
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