Urban biodiversity plays an important role in ecological processes and ecosystem services within cities, making conservation a priority many municipal sustainability plans. green spaces (UGS) have been key strategy for by providing habitat wildlife, including avian communities. While the attributes necessary to enhance habitability of UGS communities are relatively well known, understanding how...

Urban green spaces can be intensive water and energy consumers in the cities, particularly scarce regions. Though a very efficient use of such resources is necessary, tools for assessing both consumption efficiency are not available. In this paper, new methodology based on balances developed water-use urban spaces. The proposed balances, adapted from those supply systems, specifically tailored ...

This article reviews literature on the connection between urban green space access and environmental justice. It discusses the dynamics of the relationship as it relates to factors such as environmental quality, land use, and environmental health disparities. Urban development stresses the landscape and may compromise environmental quality. Since some communities are disproportionately impacted...

This paper introduces a practical approach to constructing a hybrid 3D metrical–topological model of a university campus or other extended urban region from labeled 2D floor plan geometry. An exhaustive classification of adjacency types is provided for a typical infrastructure, including roads, walkways, green-space, and detailed indoor spaces. We extend traditional lineal techniques to 2D open...

With the rapid pace of urban expansion, comprehensively understanding urban spatial patterns, built environments, green-spaces distributions, demographic distributions, and economic activities becomes more meaningful. Night Time Lights (NTL) images acquired through the Operational Linescan System of the US Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP/OLS NTL) have long been utilized to monito...