This study aimed to assess the impacts of composted sewage sludge and steel mill slag on urban soil fertility and tree growth. The research was conducted in an urban area (Botucatu, State of São Paulo, Brazil) characterised ...

Green infrastructure, and specifically urban afforestation, is one of the most important activities of city management today, because of the multitude of ecosystem services it provides. The pattern of tree planting in urban ...

ABSTRACT Sidewalks are free open spaces, essential for walking, meeting and leisure in cities that have been losing ground in the last decades to motor vehicles. The walkability understands the need not only for spatial ...

Toxic plants, many ornamentals, may be present in gardens, backyards, parks, vases, squares and vacant lots around the cities. Some of these plants are well known and exuberant, with strong color and decorative aspects, ...

The assessment of the population's perception of urban afforestation can be an important source of information to improve the benefits of the presence of plants and minimize the possible problems caused by them. The objective ...

Population growth in urban areas and increasing urbanization meant that the number of existing trees declined gradually. In the last decades, a greater preoccupation with the planting of trees in the urban centers has ...

Urban afforestation has important functions, but problems related to its management are equally relevant, analysis of which is needed in order to prevent accidents. However, due to the subjectivity in the assessment, there ...