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OA_type: green
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 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. Using
    a mechanistic ecohydrological model, a series of numerical experiments were carried
    out for the period 1999–2018, which included a prolonged drought. Results indicated
    that irrigation played an essential role in helping both trees and grass productivity
    by increasing soil moisture and vegetation water access during the drought. With
    10% tree cover, grass benefitted more than trees by increasing irrigation, and
    trees coped well with drought even without additional water. However, trees strongly
    relied on irrigation to maintain productivity when tree cover increased, highlighting
    the need for a sustainable balance between increasing urban greening and water
    conservation. Differences in soil properties and rooting strategies were also
    found to strongly modify the need for irrigation and the competition for water.
    These results provide quantitative insights on how increasing tree cover and vegetation
    diversity may impact irrigation requirements, highlighting the key role of mechanistic
    numerical models to support urban planners in the evaluation and design of urban
    green spaces.
article_number: '104198'
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article_type: original
author:
- first_name: V.
  full_name: Marchionni, V.
  last_name: Marchionni
- first_name: Simone
  full_name: Fatichi, Simone
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  last_name: Fatichi
- first_name: N.
  full_name: Tapper, N.
  last_name: Tapper
- first_name: J.P.
  full_name: Walker, J.P.
  last_name: Walker
- first_name: G.
  full_name: Manoli, G.
  last_name: Manoli
- first_name: E.
  full_name: Daly, E.
  last_name: Daly
citation:
  ama: Marchionni V, Fatichi S, Tapper N, Walker JP, Manoli G, Daly E. Assessing vegetation
    response to irrigation strategies and soil properties in an urban reserve in southeast
    Australia. <i>Landscape and Urban Planning</i>. 2021;215. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104198">10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104198</a>
  apa: Marchionni, V., Fatichi, S., Tapper, N., Walker, J. P., Manoli, G., &#38; Daly,
    E. (2021). Assessing vegetation response to irrigation strategies and soil properties
    in an urban reserve in southeast Australia. <i>Landscape and Urban Planning</i>.
    Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104198">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104198</a>
  chicago: Marchionni, V., Simone Fatichi, N. Tapper, J.P. Walker, G. Manoli, and
    E. Daly. “Assessing Vegetation Response to Irrigation Strategies and Soil Properties
    in an Urban Reserve in Southeast Australia.” <i>Landscape and Urban Planning</i>.
    Elsevier, 2021. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104198">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104198</a>.
  ieee: V. Marchionni, S. Fatichi, N. Tapper, J. P. Walker, G. Manoli, and E. Daly,
    “Assessing vegetation response to irrigation strategies and soil properties in
    an urban reserve in southeast Australia,” <i>Landscape and Urban Planning</i>,
    vol. 215. Elsevier, 2021.
  ista: Marchionni V, Fatichi S, Tapper N, Walker JP, Manoli G, Daly E. 2021. Assessing
    vegetation response to irrigation strategies and soil properties in an urban reserve
    in southeast Australia. Landscape and Urban Planning. 215, 104198.
  mla: Marchionni, V., et al. “Assessing Vegetation Response to Irrigation Strategies
    and Soil Properties in an Urban Reserve in Southeast Australia.” <i>Landscape
    and Urban Planning</i>, vol. 215, 104198, Elsevier, 2021, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104198">10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104198</a>.
  short: V. Marchionni, S. Fatichi, N. Tapper, J.P. Walker, G. Manoli, E. Daly, Landscape
    and Urban Planning 215 (2021).
das_tickbox: '1'
date_created: 2026-07-27T12:30:24Z
date_published: 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-08-06T08:20:58Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104198
extern: '1'
intvolume: '       215'
keyword:
- Urban green spaces
- Remnant vegetation
- Irrigation
- Stormwater harvesting
- Ecohydrological modeling
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10133304/1/REVISED_Manuscript_Marchionni.pdf
month: '11'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
publication: Landscape and Urban Planning
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1872-6062
  issn:
  - 0169-2046
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Assessing vegetation response to irrigation strategies and soil properties
  in an urban reserve in southeast Australia
type: journal_article
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volume: 215
year: '2021'
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