Our Special Issue on #UrbanEcosystemServices and #EnvironmentalJustice" is finally fully published!Highlights of the 11 SI papers (+editorial) in this #ThreadEdited together with @JLangemeyer Edyta Łaszkiewicz & Nadja Kabisch @bcnuej @ICTA_UAB @unilodz @GreenEquityLab

Paper 1/11: "Weaving notions of justice into urban ecosystem services research and practice" by @JLangemeyer & @JamesJTConnolly. It develops an ES justice model from an urban perspective, providing theoretical entry points and practical examples. OA: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.021

Paper 2/11: "Physical activity patterns in two differently characterised urban parks under conditions of summer heat" by N. Kabisch & @RolKraemer. Results indicate that age groups based activities in parks are linked to park design characteristics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.02.008

Paper 3/11: "Urban green spaces for the social interaction, health and well-being of older people" by F. Enssle & N. Kabisch. Results show that older people who have close social networks use urban parks more often than those who are more isolated in their daily lives.

Paper 4/11: "A just urban ecosystem service governance at the neighbourhood level- perspectives from Sofielund, Malmö" by @JAlkanOlsson et al. Findings show that a distributive injustice of ES provision influences the local perception of what is just. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.06.025

Paper 5/11: "Under one canopy? Assessing the distributional environmental justice implications of street tree benefits in Barcelona".We show that the provision of ES by street trees is positively associated with the distribution of certain vulnerable groups, such as
older people.

6/11: "Environmental justice and outdoor recreation opportunities: A spatially explicit assessment in Oslo metropolitan area" by @MrtSuarez et al. It highlights that cultural ES assessments should go beyond the analysis of uneven access and also account for people’s preferences.

Paper 7/11: "Planning for environmental justice - reducing well-being inequalities through urban greening" by @CharlotteLiotta et al. It develops a new method to assess inequities in access to benefits of green spaces in Paris based on a multidimensional definition of well-being.

8/11: "Children’s green walk to school: An evaluation of welfare-related disparities in the visibility of greenery among children" by E. Łaszkiewicz & D. Sikorska. They found that children in Lodz who belong to poor welfare group have less greenery along their home-school routes.

9/11: "The role of informal green spaces in reducing inequalities in urban green space availability to children and seniors" by D. Sikorska et al. They propose maintaining various types of unmanaged green areas in two Polish cities to help limit disparities to urban ES access.

Paper 10/11: "Hidden drivers of social injustice: uncovering unequal cultural ES behind green gentrification" by @aterramaia et al. They found aesthetic and recreational features of parks to be associated with green gentrification, but not parks’ community and social features.

11/11:"Property price effects of green interventions in cities: A meta-analysis and implications for gentrification" by M. Bockarjova et al. They highlighted the process by which green interventions have an impact on housing markets & derive implications for green gentrification.

And "bonus track": our editorial of the SI with some reflections on the importance of EJ aspects in urban ES assessments to help urban decision makers in applying instruments that contribute to more sustainable and just cities. Open access until mid-Dec.: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bzy-5Ce0rdYZd