URBAN treesDROUGHT toleranceCITIES & townsINTRODUCED speciesSPECIES diversityUrban forests provide ecosystem services important for regulating climate, conserving biodiversity, and maintaining human well‐being. However, these forests vary in composition and physiological traits due to their uni...
Using interviews and creative arts workshops, we explored the value of urban nature for the mental health and wellbeing of 24 young people aged 17–27 years, 9 of whom had lived experience of mental health difficulties. Trees, water, open spaces and views were frequently experienced nature ...
Urban forests provide critical ecosystem services to humans, and, as in other systems, invertebrates are central to structuring and maintaining the functioning of urban forests. Identifying the role of invertebrates in urban forests can help elucidate their importance to practitioners and the public, ...
China has made great strides in unlocking the potential of its new energy industry, not only as a way to achieve its dual carbon goals of peaking carbon emissions before 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality before 2060, but also as a means to improve the quality of people's lives through low...
Getting out into nature may sound like a simple fix, but for many people, particularly those living in urban areas, nature can be hard to access. Green infrastructure such as trees, woodlands, parks and allotments in and around towns and cities are essential to making sure the benefits of ...
When people cut down trees, why not think about the consequences of their actions? When we walk in the street, we often see a lot of garbage on the road. We should be ashamed. We human beings make the beautiful earth such a mess and turn the beautiful street into a trash can. In ...
People living in rural communities and those at the lower end of the income spectrum tend to bear the brunt of the digital divide. According to the FCC, the digital divide between rural and urban America “remains too large to bring rural communities fully into the digital age,” with...
2. Do you think people are less willing to help others these days, compared to the past? (Why?/Why not?) 参考答案: It is sad to say yes. Nowadays we are afraid to help others, because we are not sure if the person is really in need. Some people may pretend that they are in ...
”Trees and other plants help cool the environmentby providing shade and through evapotranspiration. Besides increasing the number of parks and gardens within a city, vegetation can be integrated into the urban fabric in a multitude of ways, from planting trees along the streets to green roofs ...