Forests,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(8), P. 1390 - 1390
Published: Aug. 9, 2024
Butterflies
serve
as
valuable
indicators
of
urban
ecosystem
quality.
Due
to
their
accessibility,
they
also
provide
residents
with
essential
opportunities
connect
nature,
fulfilling
social
functions
such
education
and
recreation,
which
significantly
contribute
city
dwellers’
physical
mental
well-being.
Urban
mountain
parks
are
critical
habitats
for
butterflies;
analyzing
spatial
temporal
distribution
the
impact
plant
elements
is
crucial
enhancing
landscape
quality
butterfly
diversity.
The
main
results
were
follows:
(1)
A
monthly
survey
was
carried
out
over
course
a
year
in
seven
Fuzhou
City.
This
recorded
46
species
butterflies
from
36
genera
across
7
families,
totaling
2506
butterflies.
(2)
Among
habitat
types
analyzed,
TS-,
T-,
SG-habitats
exhibited
elevated
levels
diversity,
richness,
abundance,
evenness.
There
variations
evenness,
abundance
observed
between
these
habitats.
With
exception
N-habitat,
there
consistent
seasonal
pattern
diversity
different
types.
(3)
Butterfly
correlated
vegetation
factors
tree,
shrub,
herb
layers.
Multiple
regression
modeling
using
Akaike
information
criterion
revealed
that
arbor
layer
present
top
four
models
(4)
assessment
ranked
TS-habitat
>
SG-habitat
TSG-habitat
T-habitat
TG-habitat
G-habitat
=
N-habitat.
Environmental Technology & Innovation,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
34, P. 103568 - 103568
Published: Feb. 9, 2024
Planning
for
extreme
heat
challenges
is
an
urgent
task
urban
planners,
designers,
and
managers
because
a
new
normal
climate-related
challenge
many
cities.
However,
how
to
integrate
existing
scientific
outcomes
achieve
the
transformation
from
research
practice
critical
question.
This
study
aims
frame
heat-resilient
infrastructure
system
management
plan
(UHMP)
better
promote
solution
implementation.
analyses
heat-related
challenges,
with
China
as
typical
nation
highly
urbanized
urbanizing
cities,
demonstrate
urgency
of
preparing
era.
then
elucidates
fundamentals
methods
UHMP
development,
structure
prevention,
preparation,
mitigation,
adaptation,
co-benefits
approaches.
Heat–resilient
was
framed
ensure
that
society
withstands,
responds
to,
recovers
heat–related
impacts
through
actions
planning,
design,
construction,
operation,
considering
structural
measures,
non–structural
approach.
Furthermore,
framework
developed
by
determining
key
mission,
components,
associated
agencies.
Overall,
this
provides
theoretical
methodological
frameworks
comprehensively
understand
solutions
increase
their
implementation
capacity.
Frontiers in Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Feb. 27, 2024
Along
with
urbanization
and
industrialization,
carbon
emissions
have
been
increasing
significantly,
resulting
in
global
warming.
Green
space
has
widely
accepted
as
a
natural
element
cities
to
directly
increase
sinks
indirectly
reduce
emissions.
The
quantification
of
benefits
generated
by
green
is
an
important
topic.
This
paper
aims
provide
comprehensive
review
the
methods
for
measuring
spaces.
results
indicate
that
existing
assessment
can
accurately
estimate
spaces
at
large
scales.
However,
are
not
fully
applicable
studies
urban
spaces,
due
low
precision
research
results.
assimilation
method
most
suitable
study
sequestration
efficiency
plants
project
scales
through
macroscopic
means.
Even
though,
experiments
unstable
under
different
weather
conditions.
To
address
challenges,
this
proposes
photosynthetic
rate
estimation
based
on
light-response
curve
which
efficient
describe
relationship
between
light
intensity
net
studying
plant
physiological
characteristics.
newly
proposed
method,
integrating
photosynthesis-light
response
curves
associated
meteorological
data,
advantages
short
measurement
time
ensuring
standardized
experimental
environment
result
comparability.
Overall,
combine
meteorology
physiology
propose
optimizing
sink
more
convenient
application
its
simple
process
In
practice,
provides
guidance
low-carbon
planning
design,
helps
promote
energy
conservation
emission
reduction
nature-based
solutions.
Applied Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(2), P. 667 - 667
Published: Jan. 11, 2025
This
paper
presents
a
method
for
the
automatic
detection
and
assessment
of
trees
tree-covered
areas
in
Katowice,
capital
Upper
Silesian
Industrial
Region
southern
Poland.
The
proposed
approach
utilizes
satellite
imagery
height
maps,
employing
image-processing
techniques
integrating
data
from
various
sources.
We
developed
pipeline
gathering
pre-processing
information,
including
vegetation
numerical
land-cover
models,
which
were
used
to
derive
new
tree
detection.
Our
findings
confirm
that
can
significantly
enhance
efficiency
urban
management
processes,
contributing
creation
greener
more
resident-friendly
cities.
Geophysical Research Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
52(2)
Published: Jan. 15, 2025
Abstract
Green
infrastructure‐based
heat
mitigation
strategies
can
help
alleviate
the
overheating
burden
on
urban
residents.
While
cooling
effect
of
parks
has
been
explored
in
individual
satellite‐based
studies,
a
global,
multi‐year
investigation
lacking.
This
study
provides
comprehensive
global
assessment
daytime
surface
park
cool
island
(
SPCI
)
climatology,
using
land
temperatures
from
2,083
systematically
selected
worldwide
(2013–2022).
Through
detailed
selection
and
data
stratification,
key
drivers
influencing
observed
intensity
are
isolated.
The
analysis
reveals
that
is
strongly
linked
to
type,
with
well‐treed
being,
average,
3.4°C,
cooler
than
surrounding
area
during
summer.
It
further
investigated
how
influenced
by
seasonal
variations,
droughts,
morphology
across
diverse
background
climates.
These
findings,
along
developed
set,
offer
critical
insights
for
designing
climate‐resilient
green
spaces.
