Strategic Planning of Urban Green Space in Large Spatiotemporal Scales

Dear Colleagues,

Unprecedented urban expansion has resulted in the fragmentation of green spaces and undermines their ecosystem service provisions. Urban green spaces can not only provide recreational areas for residents, but can also maintain biodiversity, mitigate climate hazards and environmental pollution. Since preserving green spaces during urban densification is challenging, developing strategic spatial planning for green spaces is essential for sustainable urban development. With the support of information technology, numerous studies on mapping and modeling urban green spaces and their ecosystem services across spatial and temporal scales have emerged. These new technologies and models can support the strategic planning and management of urban green spaces and provide planning-based solutions to urban challenges, such as flooding, heat waves, environmental pollution, and social vulnerability.

With the negative impacts of urban expansion and densification, more studies on the theories, techniques, models, and management approaches for large spatiotemporal scale green space planning are needed. This Special Issue welcomes papers on the following topics:

(1) Spatial-temporal changes, through monitoring, analyzing, and forecasting of urban green spaces, that can support strategic spatial planning.

(2) Addressing development challenges and urban issues through strategic planning of urban green spaces.

(3) New methodologies, technologies, and models that can support urban green space planning on large spatiotemporal scales.

(4) Monitoring or simulating the effectiveness of urban green space planning schemes across long time series.

(5) Sustainable management methods used to implement strategic planning of urban green spaces.

In addition, interdisciplinary investigations that address the above-mentioned fields are welcome. However, papers that focus on landscape design at the microscopic scale are not covered in this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Yuncai Wang
Guest Editor

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