In recent decades, the world has experienced unprecedented urban growth which endangers the green environment in and around urban areas. In this work, an artificial neural network (ANN) based model is developed to predict future impacts of urban and agricultural expansion on the uplands of Deepor Beel, a Ramsar wetland in the city area of Guwahati, Assam, India, by 2025 and 2035 respectively. S...

ABSTRACT Complex stimuli in urban environments often lead to cognitive fatigue residents. As a result, there is growing demand from residents for restorative environments. Previous research has shown that the pure natural environment wild can help people achieve restoration. However, little attention been paid restoration through exposure green infrastructure. Based on Attention Restoration The...

Disaster event causes fatal damage on regional built environment (e.g., residential and commercial buildings, core infrastructures and roadways), which generates their functionality losses. Since economic and social activities in urban area depend on not only residential and commercial but also public services provided by facilities and infrastructures, it is essential to implement appropriate ...

The degradation of headwater streams is common in urbanized coastal areas, and the role these streams play in contributing to downstream pollution is a concern among natural resource managers and policy makers. Thus, many urban stream restoration efforts are increasingly focused on reducing the downstream flux of pollutants. In regions that suffer from coastal eutrophication, it is unclear whet...

Loss of natural soil and vegetation within the urban environment can significantly affect the hydrologic cycle by increasing storm water runoff rates and volumes. In order to mitigate these modifications in urban areas engineered systems are developed, such as green roofs, to mimic and replace functions (evapo-transpiration, infiltration, percolation) which have been altered due to the impact o...

Analysis of potential impacts of a proposed salt marsh restoration in West River Memorial Park (New Haven, Connecticut) on surrounding human communities was conducted using resident surveys and behavioral sampling along the West River, a literature survey of recreational trends and behavior, and a geographic information system (GIS) of biophysical and demographic features. Current and potential...