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Dear Colleagues,

The planet is developing towards a complex future under multiple factors such as climate change and rapid urbanization. According to the United Nation‘s report, there is an estimated average urbanization rate of ~80% and 55% in developed and developing countries as of the end of 2021, respectively. Green infrastructure (e.g., forests, parks and other types of green spaces) in urban areas provide people with a huge volume of ecosystem benefits. However, the quality of urban green infrastructure varies among cities in different countries/regions; key ecological processes, maintaining mechanisms as well as policy-decision routes remain unclear. This topic focuses on: the theoretical exploration and methodological innovation of forest biodiversity responses to the changed environment; animals and plants in natural and urban ecosystems; nature-based policies of city management; and routes to achieve sustainable development goals. All types of articles may include any aspect of climate change, forest biodiversity, human habitat, nature-based solution, urban ecology and urban planning, etc. This topic, in part, is also an important platform showing scientific output for the 60th anniversary of the Research Institute of Tropical Forestry (Chinese Academy of Forestry), the joint work of the Sino-Australian Collaborative Innovation Research Team “Urban Forestry and Livable Habitat”, National Urban Forest Innovation Alliance (China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration), and Sino-EU CLEARING HOUSE project research team (EU Horizon 2020 grant NO. 821242; China National Key R&D Program grant No. 2021YFE0193200). Suggested themes include, but are not limited to: 

  • forest biology 
  • human habitat 
  • geography and geo-information science 
  • landscape ecology 
  • machine learning and deep learning 
  • sustainable science 
  • urban biodiversity 
  • urban forestry 
  • others

Dr. Nancai Pei
Dr. Qian (Chayn) Sun
Dr. Jiali Jin
Dr. Zezhou Hao
Topic Editors

Keywords

  • climate change (extreme climate event)
  • forest disease and protction
  • human habitat
  • landsenses ecology and planning
  • nature-based solution
  • plant-environment interaction
  • rural revitalization
  • sustainable development goal
  • urban ecosystem function
  • urban green infrastructure

Participating Journals

Biology
Open Access
8,224 Articles
Launched in 2012
3.5Impact Factor
7.4CiteScore
17 DaysMedian Time to First Decision
Q1Highest JCR Category Ranking
Forests
Open Access
15,084 Articles
Launched in 2010
2.5Impact Factor
4.6CiteScore
17 DaysMedian Time to First Decision
Q2Highest JCR Category Ranking
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Open Access
65,097 Articles
Launched in 2004
-Impact Factor
8.5CiteScore
28 DaysMedian Time to First Decision
-Highest JCR Category Ranking
Land
Open Access
11,451 Articles
Launched in 2012
3.2Impact Factor
5.9CiteScore
16 DaysMedian Time to First Decision
Q2Highest JCR Category Ranking
Remote Sensing
Open Access
39,595 Articles
Launched in 2009
4.1Impact Factor
8.6CiteScore
25 DaysMedian Time to First Decision
Q1Highest JCR Category Ranking
Sustainability
Open Access
97,399 Articles
Launched in 2009
3.3Impact Factor
7.7CiteScore
19 DaysMedian Time to First Decision
Q2Highest JCR Category Ranking

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