Journal article
City-size bias in knowledge on the effects of urban nature on people and biodiversity
D Kendal, M Egerer, JA Byrne, PJ Jones, P Marsh, CG Threlfall, G Allegretto, H Kaplan, HKD Nguyen, S Pearson, A Wright, EJ Flies
Environmental Research Letters | IOP Publishing Ltd | Published : 2020
Abstract
The evidence base for the benefits of urban nature for people and biodiversity is strong. However, cities are diverse and the social and environmental contexts of cities are likely to influence the observed effects of urban nature, and the application of evidence to differing contexts. To explore biases in the evidence base for the effects of urban nature, we text-matched city names in the abstracts and affiliations of 14 786 journal articles, from separate searches for articles on urban biodiversity, the health and wellbeing impacts of urban nature, and on urban ecosystem services. City names were found in 51% of article abstracts and 92% of affiliations. Most large cities were studied many..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The work was supported by the University of Tasmania through a Visiting Scholars program awarded to CGT, and a Research Enhancement Program grant awarded to EJF from the College of Science and Engineering. DK receives support from Australian Research Council Linkage grants (LP160100439 and LP160100780). CGT is supported by the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub, funded by the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program, and the Australian Research Council via a DECRA (DE 200101226). PJJ is supported by the Department of Health, Tasmanian Government