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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Urbanization has caused multiple environmental grand challenges that impair
    urban sustainability. Urban vegetation (UV), a mainstream nature-based solution
    (NBS), can mitigate urban challenges through providing important ecosystem services
    (ESs). However, successful implementation of UV to provide ESs, is impaired due
    to insufficient knowledge of its effectiveness under different climatic and socio-economic
    conditions. Here, we quantify seven ESs provided by UV across 2,148 cities with
    ≥250,000 residents. We show that UV makes substantial contributions to outdoor
    recreation and stormwater regulation but is less effective in reducing air pollution,
    in most cities, regardless of the climatic and socio-economic context. The contributions
    of UV to carbon sequestration, coastal protection, shade provision, and land surface
    temperature reduction were generally smaller and varied substantially dependent
    on city climatic and human development index characteristics. Comprehensive assessments
    for urban NBS planning are essential to maximize ES efficacy for urban sustainability
    improvements and support human well-being.
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article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Daniel R.
  full_name: Richards, Daniel R.
  last_name: Richards
- first_name: Richard N.
  full_name: Belcher, Richard N.
  last_name: Belcher
- first_name: L. Roman
  full_name: Carrasco, L. Roman
  last_name: Carrasco
- first_name: Peter J.
  full_name: Edwards, Peter J.
  last_name: Edwards
- first_name: Simone
  full_name: Fatichi, Simone
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  last_name: Fatichi
- first_name: Perrine
  full_name: Hamel, Perrine
  last_name: Hamel
- first_name: Mahyar
  full_name: Masoudi, Mahyar
  last_name: Masoudi
- first_name: Mark J.
  full_name: McDonnell, Mark J.
  last_name: McDonnell
- first_name: Nadav
  full_name: Peleg, Nadav
  last_name: Peleg
- first_name: Margaret C.
  full_name: Stanley, Margaret C.
  last_name: Stanley
citation:
  ama: Richards DR, Belcher RN, Carrasco LR, et al. Global variation in contributions
    to human well-being from urban vegetation ecosystem services. <i>One Earth</i>.
    2022;5(5):522-533. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006">10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006</a>
  apa: Richards, D. R., Belcher, R. N., Carrasco, L. R., Edwards, P. J., Fatichi,
    S., Hamel, P., … Stanley, M. C. (2022). Global variation in contributions to human
    well-being from urban vegetation ecosystem services. <i>One Earth</i>. Elsevier.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006</a>
  chicago: Richards, Daniel R., Richard N. Belcher, L. Roman Carrasco, Peter J. Edwards,
    Simone Fatichi, Perrine Hamel, Mahyar Masoudi, Mark J. McDonnell, Nadav Peleg,
    and Margaret C. Stanley. “Global Variation in Contributions to Human Well-Being
    from Urban Vegetation Ecosystem Services.” <i>One Earth</i>. Elsevier, 2022. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006</a>.
  ieee: D. R. Richards <i>et al.</i>, “Global variation in contributions to human
    well-being from urban vegetation ecosystem services,” <i>One Earth</i>, vol. 5,
    no. 5. Elsevier, pp. 522–533, 2022.
  ista: Richards DR, Belcher RN, Carrasco LR, Edwards PJ, Fatichi S, Hamel P, Masoudi
    M, McDonnell MJ, Peleg N, Stanley MC. 2022. Global variation in contributions
    to human well-being from urban vegetation ecosystem services. One Earth. 5(5),
    522–533.
  mla: Richards, Daniel R., et al. “Global Variation in Contributions to Human Well-Being
    from Urban Vegetation Ecosystem Services.” <i>One Earth</i>, vol. 5, no. 5, Elsevier,
    2022, pp. 522–33, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006">10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006</a>.
  short: D.R. Richards, R.N. Belcher, L.R. Carrasco, P.J. Edwards, S. Fatichi, P.
    Hamel, M. Masoudi, M.J. McDonnell, N. Peleg, M.C. Stanley, One Earth 5 (2022)
    522–533.
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date_created: 2026-07-27T12:30:23Z
date_published: 2022-05-20T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-07-30T10:36:42Z
day: '20'
doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006
extern: '1'
fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006
intvolume: '         5'
issue: '5'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.006
month: '05'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
page: 522-533
publication: One Earth
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2590-3322
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Global variation in contributions to human well-being from urban vegetation
  ecosystem services
type: journal_article
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volume: 5
year: '2022'
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