Sara Barron

Tolerant greenspaces: Designing urban nature-based solutions that foster social ties and support mental health among young adults

S Barron, EJ Rugel

Journal article  |  2023  |  Environmental Science and Policy

The voices of young adults (15−24) ring faintly in the conversation around nature-based solutions (NBS), an absence that results i..

PEOPLE IN CHANGING LANDSCAPES: Trends and interventions in fostering human– nature interaction

YC Yeh, M Cheung, S Barron, SH Hung

Book Chapter  |  2022

Environmental psychology, which considers the relationship between the landscape and the human health, has been a growing field of..

INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 6: Greenspace for healthy living

S Barron, CY Chang, SH Hung

Book Chapter  |  2022

Urban nature is situated within a diverse range of landscape types: greenspaces such as parks and greenway corridors, blue spaces ..

What do they like about trees? Adding local voices to urban forest design and planning

Sara Barron, Stephen Sheppard, Robert Kozak, Katherine Dunster, Kanchi Dave, Doris Sun, John Rayner

Journal article  |  2021  |  TREES FORESTS AND PEOPLE

Local preferences and priorities for trees and greenspaces are important considerations when planning and designing a community's ..

Urban agriculture as a nature-based solution to address socio-ecological challenges in Australian cities

Jonathan Kingsley, Monika Egerer, Sonia Nuttman, Lucy Keniger, Philip Pettitt, Niki Frantzeskaki, Tonia Gray, Alessandro Ossola, Brenda Lin, Aisling Bailey, Danielle Tracey, Sara Barron, Pauline Marsh

Journal article  |  2021  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Australia is currently grappling with a range of social and environmental challenges, many of which impact the way our public heal..

Greening Blocks: A Conceptual Typology of Practical Design Interventions to Integrate Health and Climate Resilience Co-Benefits

Sara Barron, Sophie Nitoslawski, Kathleen L Wolf, Angie Woo, Erin Desautels, Stephen RJ Sheppard

Journal article  |  2019  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

It is increasingly evident that exposure to green landscape elements benefits human health. Urban green space in cities is also re..

The social and economic value of cultural ecosystem services provided by urban forests in North America: A review and suggestions for future research

L Nesbitt, N Hotte, S Barron, J Cowan, SRJ Sheppard

Journal article  |  2017  |  Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

With the majority of the world's human population now living in cities, urban forests provide an increasingly important range of e..

Urban forest governance and community engagement

SRJ Sheppard, CCK van den Bosch, O Croy, A Macias, S Barron

Book Chapter  |  2017

Urban forest indicators for planning and designing future forests

S Barron, SRJ Sheppard, PM Condon

Journal article  |  2016  |  Forests

This paper describes a research project exploring future urban forests. This study uses a Delphi approach to develop a set of key ..

Energy: A neighbourhood affair

S Barron, S Cote, L Holy, R Tooke, S Sheppard

Journal article  |  2013  |  Landscapes