A Novel Intelligent Classification Method for Urban Green Space Based on High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images by Zhiyu Xu, Yi Zhou, Shixin Wang, Litao Wang, Feng Li, Shicheng Wang, Zhenqing Wang

“…The real-time, accurate, and refined monitoring of urban green space status information is of great significance in the construction of urban ecological environment and the improvement of urban ecological benefits. …”
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Assessment of Urban Forest Ecological Benefit Based on the i-Tree Eco Model—A Case Study of Changchun Central City by Hongyu Zhao, Dongliang Zhao, Xue Jiang, Shiyu Zhang, Zhanlue Lin

“…This research provides quantitative support for the balanced construction of urban ecological civilization and economic benefits. It can provide quantitative support for a balance between urban ecological development, economic development, and spatial optimization.…”
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Ecological Well-Being Performance Evaluation of Chinese Major Node Cities along the Belt and Road by Jing Bian, Feng Lan, Zhao Hui, Jiamin Bai, Yuanping Wang

“…Under the constraints of resources and the environment, improving the urban ecological well-being performance (<i>EWP</i>) is a fundamental requirement and inevitable choice for urban ecological civilization construction and sustainable development. …”
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Dynamic Evolution of the Ecological Resilience and Response under the Context of Carbon Neutrality by Bo Li, Xinyuan Li, Chenghao Liu

“…The new patches were mainly located in the southern of Jinzhou and the downtown area of Dalian; (c) carbon storage had a clear positive impact on urban ecological resilience, and this impact showed an increasing trend. …”
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Dynamic Responses of Rhizosphere Microorganisms to Biogas Slurry Combined with Chemical Fertilizer Application during the Whole Life Cycle of Rice Growth by Zhenbao Shi, Yanmei Yang, Yehong Fan, Yan He, Tian Li

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The Construction of Ecological Security Pattern under Rapid Urbanization in the Loess Plateau: A Case Study of Taiyuan City by Qiong Qiao, Zhilei Zhen, Liming Liu, Pingping Luo

“…Here, geographic information systems (GIS) were used to analyze, manipulate, and visualize urban ecological multi-source information and remote sensing (RS) for the history of land use/land-cover (LULC) changes and the structure of the urban ecological system. …”
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Green Infrastructure Network Identification at a Regional Scale: The Case of Nanjing Metropolitan Area, China by Wei Liu, Hao Xu, Xiaotong Zhang, Wenqi Jiang

“…By comparing the hubs with the statutory green space protection area and the urban ecological control line, the identification results were more than 70% accurate, showing that the results were valid and reliable. …”
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Experimental test of assisted migration for conservation of locally range-restricted plants in Alberta, Canada by Yuzhuo Wang, Jennine L.M. Pedersen, S. Ellen Macdonald, Scott E. Nielsen, Jian Zhang

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Influence of Sheep’s Wool Vegetation Mats on the Plant Growth of Perennials by Susanne Herfort, Kerstin Pflanz, Marina-Sandra Larsen, Thomas Mertschun, Heiner Grüneberg

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Environmental attitude: values on urban wildlife a case study of Kuala Lumpur Urban Parks by Hj. Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim

“…‘Urban biodiversity and wildlife management’ has been accepted as being an important urban ecological component in an urban environment. The improvement of urban plans and landscape fabric can potentially advance the urban ecological environment. …”
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ACTUAL ISSUES OF MASTOPATHY DIAGNOSTICS IN LARGE INDUSTRIAL CITY OF CHELYABINSK REGION by A. V. Zurochka, T. A. Tiunova

“…Urban ecological problems are associated with industrial pollution emissions, waste of metallurgical production, unhealthy lifestyle and reproductive behavior lead to a steady rise in cancer pathology in theChelyabinskregion. …”
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Monitoring Ecological Changes on a Rapidly Urbanizing Island Using a Remote Sensing-Based Ecological Index Produced Time Series by Lili Lin, Zhenbang Hao, Christopher J. Post, Elena A. Mikhailova

“…Island ecosystems are susceptible to the considerable impacts of increasing human activities, landscape reconstruction, and urban expansion, resulting in changes in the ecological environment and urban ecological security issues. Remote sensing techniques can achieve the near-real-time ecological environment monitoring of these rapidly changing areas. …”
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Economic Growth Target, Government Expenditure Behavior, and Cities’ Ecological Efficiency—Evidence from 284 Cities in China by Can Zhang, Tengfei Liu, Jixia Li, Mengzhi Xu, Xu Li, Huachun Wang

“…The conclusions are as follows: China’s urban ecological efficiency has increased over time. At the spatial level, it shows the distribution characteristics of east > northeast > middle > west. …”
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Study on the spatial variability of thermal landscape in Xi’an based on OSM road network and POI data by Jiang Wu, Shenshan Han, Leijie Shi, Qun Hui

“…The findings of the study can provide scientific guidance for both the enhancement of urban ecological environment as well as the rational planning and layout of the city.…”
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Multi-temporal evaluation and optimization of ecological network in multi-mountainous city by Bin Wu, Yu Bao, Zhitai Wang, Xintong Chen, Wenfei Wei

“…However, the densifying development inside the city has been leading to the reduction of the number and area of the URMs and the decrease of the connectivity of the urban green space system, resulting in the fragile urban ecological environment. The construction and optimization of ecological network (EN) is an effective way to protect important urban ecological patches and improve the stability of urban green space ecosystem. …”
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Carbon Sink Limitation Determines the Formation of the Altitudinal Upper Limit of an Evergreen Oak in Eastern China by Xijin Zhang, Kun Song, Ellen Cieraad

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The Chemical Composition of Biogas Digestates Determines Their Effect on Soil Microbial Activity by Kerstin Nielsen, Christina-Luise Roß, Marieke Hoffmann, Andreas Muskolus, Frank Ellmer, Timo Kautz

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Bimetallic catalysts as electrocatalytic cathode materials for the oxygen reduction reaction in microbial fuel cell: A review by Ke Zhao, Yuanxiang Shu, Fengxiang Li, Guosong Peng

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Comprehensive assessment of the coupling coordination degree between urbanization and ecological environment in the Siberian and Far East Federal Districts, Russia from 2005 to 201... by Ji Zheng, Yingjie Hu, Tamir Boldanov, Tcogto Bazarzhapov, Dan Meng, Yu Li, Suocheng Dong

“…Based on constructing an integrated urbanization-ecological environment index system, this article conducts a comprehensive evaluation of the coupling coordination degree between urbanization and the ecological environment and uncovers its spatiotemporal variation characteristics in the Siberian and Far East Federal Districts, Russia from 2005 to 2017. …”
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Urbanization against ecologically sensitive areas: effects of land use activities on surface water bodies in the Kumasi Metropolis by Stephen Appiah Takyi, Owusu Amponsah, Godfred Darko, Charles Peprah, Richard Apatewen Azerigyik, Gabriel Kofi Mawuko, Augustine Awolorinke Chiga

“…The increase in human activities in urban areas resulting from the urbanisation process continues to put immense pressure on urban ecological resources including water bodies. This study seeks to assess the relationship between the various categories of human activities within the 100 m buffer of the major water bodies in the Kumasi Metropolis and the chemical and biological composition of the pollutants that are emitted into the water bodies. …”
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