Increasing urban tree cover is an often proposed mitigation strategy against urban heat as trees are expected to cool cities through evapotranspiration and shade provision…
Trees and large shrubs in urban environments provide a wide array of ecosystem services, enhancing the well-being of urban residents…
Although several studies on the dispersion of heavy toxic gas released from ruptured tanks on vehicles during transportation have considered complex terrain such as urban buildings…
As cities increasingly turn to nature-based solutions to address key urban socio-ecological challenges, approaches to their governance, planning and implementation are increasingly important for ensuring their effectiveness…
Individual tree extraction from urban mobile laser scanning (MLS) point clouds is important for many urban applications. Recently, deep learning-based semantic segmentation…
Highlights Residential tree canopy cover is associated with lower prenatal stress among women with anxiety or depression. 100 m buffers are more sensitive than 500 m in detecting stress-greenness associations. Evaluating stress-greenness associations should take into account mental health history. Abstract Objective To examine the association of urban residential tree canopy cover with perceived stress …
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Many cities actively manage their urban trees in an effort to increase canopy coverage, manipulate species and size distributions, and maximize associated environmental and social benefits…
Increasing urban green spaces and canopy cover requires careful planning of irrigation strategies, especially in arid and semiarid areas. This study investigates how vegetation cover and irrigation affect the water balance and vegetation productivity of a small urban reserve in the Melbourne metropolitan area, Australia…
In the post-pandemic era, we must value our cities as cultural and economic centres, that are socially and environmentally diverse. This requires a transformation in the way we plan and govern our cities, but what can be learnt from the current crisis about how cities should be managed? In this article, we report on a scoping review to help identify seven lessons learnt for cities from the COVID-19 pandemic…
TREENET acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
