Multi-Scale Observations of the Impacts of Green Space on Urban Landscapes

Dear Colleagues,

Urban green space plays a critical role in shaping urban landscape structure, regulating ecological processes, and improving environmental quality in cities; however, the impacts of green space on urban landscapes are not confined to a single spatial or temporal scale. Instead, the mechanisms and manifestations vary substantially across different spatial and temporal extents. Understanding how green space influences urban landscapes through multi-scale observation and analysis, encompassing ecological processes, physical environmental regulation, and social and cultural responses, has become an important issue on sustainable development and urban landscapes.

The goal of this Special Issue is to gather together original research articles and review papers that provide insight into the impacts urban green space can have on landscape patterns, functions, and processes across regional, city-wide, neighborhood, and finer spatial scales, as well as across different temporal scales. Contributions are encouraged to employ diverse data sources and research approaches, including remote sensing observation, field-based monitoring, modeling and simulation, machine learning, and social surveys, etc., and studies that examine the complex relationships between green space and urban landscapes under varying spatial, temporal, and management scales are particularly encouraged.

By integrating perspectives from across multiple scale perspectives, this Special Issue seeks to advance theoretical understanding and methodological development in research on urban green space and urban landscapes. At the same time, it aims to provide scientific evidence that can support sustainable urban development and inform landscape planning and governance in rapidly changing urban contexts.

This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link, but are not limited to, the following themes:

• The characteristics of urban green space patterns at different spatial scales and their impact on the urban landscape structure;
• The multi-scale responses of urban green spaces to the ecological functions, environmental effects, and ecosystem services of the urban landscape;
• The application and innovation of multi-scale analysis methods in the study of urban green spaces and landscapes;
• The scale differences and mechanisms by which green spaces influence the urban landscape under the background of urban expansion, renewal, or climate change;
• The application implications of multi-scale research results in urban landscape planning and design, optimization of the green space system, land management, etc.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Prof. Dr. Katsunori Furuya
Dr. Sining Zhang
Guest Editors

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