Pub Date : 2025-12-27DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105573
Yang Chen , Yuhong Wang , Jia Huan Liew , Phoenix Wang , Siqi Jia , Xiaoli Ding , Wu Chen
River restoration has been increasingly recognized as a vital aspect of sustainable urban planning. However, evaluations of the restoration efforts often rely on limited pre- and post-restoration comparisons of the same sites, without understanding the natural states of the rivers before disturbance. Knowledge of the natural states is important because it is what restoration implies. To cover this gap, this study uses natural river ecosystems as benchmarks to assess urban and peri-urban river restoration. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the hydro-morphology, water quality, and biodiversity of restored urban and peri-urban rivers and their natural counterparts. Our findings indicate that restored sites generally exhibit poorer habitat conditions and water quality. Restored sites can achieve comparable or even higher levels of biodiversity for certain biological groups due to high nutrient levels, but they fall short in hosting protected species. Our findings suggest that it is challenging to restore urban and peri-urban rivers to their natural states. Instead, planners and policymakers may aim to create a new state that incorporates useful natural elements, addresses site constraints, and balances the functional needs of urban communities.
{"title":"Assessing urban and peri-urban river restoration with natural benchmarks in Hong Kong","authors":"Yang Chen , Yuhong Wang , Jia Huan Liew , Phoenix Wang , Siqi Jia , Xiaoli Ding , Wu Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105573","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105573","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>River restoration has been increasingly recognized as a vital aspect of sustainable urban planning. However, evaluations of the restoration efforts often rely on limited pre- and post-restoration comparisons of the same sites, without understanding the natural states of the rivers before disturbance. Knowledge of the natural states is important because it is what restoration implies. To cover this gap, this study uses natural river ecosystems as benchmarks to assess urban and <em>peri</em>-urban river restoration. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the hydro-morphology, water quality, and biodiversity of restored urban and <em>peri</em>-urban rivers and their natural counterparts. Our findings indicate that restored sites generally exhibit poorer habitat conditions and water quality. Restored sites can achieve comparable or even higher levels of biodiversity for certain biological groups due to high nutrient levels, but they fall short in hosting protected species. Our findings suggest that it is challenging to restore urban and <em>peri</em>-urban rivers to their natural states. Instead, planners and policymakers may aim to create a new state that incorporates useful natural elements, addresses site constraints, and balances the functional needs of urban communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54744,"journal":{"name":"Landscape and Urban Planning","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 105573"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-26DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105571
Qiwei Song , Siyu Tian , Lingwei Zheng , Yuxuan Zheng , Lin Qiu , Bo Huang , Jeroen van Ameijde
Understanding how people value urban parks is vital for designing liveable and equitable cities, yet the nuanced measurement of park perception proves elusive. While analysis of user-generated content from social media offers scalability over conventional small-sample surveys or objective indicators, deriving effective perceptions beyond basic sentiment, aligned with actionable urban planning variables, remains a crucial challenge. Consequently, a critical gap persists in evaluating inequality in park accessibility through the lens of multi-dimensional quality experiences within diverse urban settings. This hinders truly citizen-centric green space planning and the derivation of insights that transcend quantity. To address this challenge, this study pioneers a systematic benchmarking of large language models (LLMs) and other encoders to classify three perception dimensions—perceived accessibility, usability, and attractiveness—from massive online review data. The fine-tuned Park-Perception-LLM achieved 83–91% accuracy, outperforming other algorithms. Applied to Hong Kong as a representative case of a high-density metropolis, we measured perception scores for 158 urban parks and developed a novel perception-weighted park accessibility metric. This uncovered pronounced inequalities, identifying neighbourhoods with abundant park capacity yet poor experiential quality—a nuanced socio-spatial disparity. Subsequent analysis of perception pathways revealed that diverse facility provision, natural park elements, nearby cultural amenities, and green streetscapes could significantly enhance perceived qualities, whereas monotonous urban forms undermine attractiveness. This LLM-driven framework accurately infers comprehensive perceptions from online reviews, providing a scalable analytical foundation to support planners, designers, and policymakers in integrating perception-based evidence into future park planning, design, and management decisions towards better quality of life.
{"title":"Beyond sentiment: Using large language models to decode multidimensional urban park perceptions for enhanced equality","authors":"Qiwei Song , Siyu Tian , Lingwei Zheng , Yuxuan Zheng , Lin Qiu , Bo Huang , Jeroen van Ameijde","doi":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105571","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105571","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding how people value urban parks is vital for designing liveable and equitable cities, yet the nuanced measurement of park perception proves elusive. While analysis of user-generated content from social media offers scalability over conventional small-sample surveys or objective indicators, deriving effective perceptions beyond basic sentiment, aligned with actionable urban planning variables, remains a crucial challenge. Consequently, a critical gap persists in evaluating inequality in park accessibility through the lens of multi-dimensional quality experiences within diverse urban settings. This hinders truly citizen-centric green space planning and the derivation of insights that transcend quantity. To address this challenge, this study pioneers a systematic benchmarking of large language models (LLMs) and other encoders to classify three perception dimensions—perceived accessibility, usability, and attractiveness—from massive online review data. The fine-tuned Park-Perception-LLM achieved 83–91% accuracy, outperforming other algorithms. Applied to Hong Kong as a representative case of a high-density metropolis, we measured perception scores for 158 urban parks and developed a novel perception-weighted park accessibility metric. This uncovered pronounced inequalities, identifying neighbourhoods with abundant park capacity yet poor experiential quality—a nuanced socio-spatial disparity. Subsequent analysis of perception pathways revealed that diverse facility provision, natural park elements, nearby cultural amenities, and green streetscapes could significantly enhance perceived qualities, whereas monotonous urban forms undermine attractiveness. This LLM-driven framework accurately infers comprehensive perceptions from online reviews, providing a scalable analytical foundation to support planners, designers, and policymakers in integrating perception-based evidence into future park planning, design, and management decisions towards better quality of life.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54744,"journal":{"name":"Landscape and Urban Planning","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 105571"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-24DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105568
Andrea Ghermandi , Yaella Depietri , Daniel E. Orenstein
User-generated content from social media platforms offers valuable insights into human-nature interactions, yet research frequently relies on data from only one or a few social media platforms. This limitation raises concerns about representation and measurement biases, especially as different platforms vary in user demographics, type of supported media, and content-sharing norms. To address these gaps, we conducted a comparative analysis of user-generated content related to nature experiences across 13 social media platforms, using Ramat Hanadiv nature park in Israel as a case study. We analyzed platform-specific socio-demographic characteristics, including users’ geographic origin, gender, and language, and evaluated differences in textual and visual content shared on each platform. Results were cross-validated against on-site survey data to assess whether combining data from multiple sources could reduce socio-demographic and content-related biases and whether textual, visual, or combined data more accurately reflects visitor preferences. Our findings reveal substantial variability across platforms. While data integration yielded a more balanced demographic representation, the combined content did not uniformly improve alignment with survey data. Textual content analysis offered closer alignment with survey responses, suggesting that it may more accurately capture visitors’ preferences than visual content alone. This study advances social media-based environmental research by showing that accounting for platform and content-type differences is essential for extracting reliable insights to guide environmental management and conservation planning.
{"title":"Human-nature interactions through a digital prism: Heterogeneity in user socio-demographics and content across social media platforms","authors":"Andrea Ghermandi , Yaella Depietri , Daniel E. Orenstein","doi":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105568","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105568","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>User-generated content from social media platforms offers valuable insights into human-nature interactions, yet research frequently relies on data from only one or a few social media platforms. This limitation raises concerns about representation and measurement biases, especially as different platforms vary in user demographics, type of supported media, and content-sharing norms. To address these gaps, we conducted a comparative analysis of user-generated content related to nature experiences across 13 social media platforms, using Ramat Hanadiv nature park in Israel as a case study. We analyzed platform-specific socio-demographic characteristics, including users’ geographic origin, gender, and language, and evaluated differences in textual and visual content shared on each platform. Results were cross-validated against on-site survey data to assess whether combining data from multiple sources could reduce socio-demographic and content-related biases and whether textual, visual, or combined data more accurately reflects visitor preferences. Our findings reveal substantial variability across platforms. While data integration yielded a more balanced demographic representation, the combined content did not uniformly improve alignment with survey data. Textual content analysis offered closer alignment with survey responses, suggesting that it may more accurately capture visitors’ preferences than visual content alone. This study advances social media-based environmental research by showing that accounting for platform and content-type differences is essential for extracting reliable insights to guide environmental management and conservation planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54744,"journal":{"name":"Landscape and Urban Planning","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 105568"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145823013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-22DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105565
Jie Xu , Minxin Gou , Haiyang Wang , Qiongshuang Guo , Bin Liu , Jianhua Zhou , Xinping Chen
Climate change poses significant challenges to urban trees, which exhibit unique physiological responses to urban environments and are often transplanted outside their native ranges. These factors make it essential to refine methods for understanding how urban tree population structure and functioning may shift under future climate conditions. This study presents an integrated framework combining field surveys, climate-niche safety margins, and physiological trait assessments to evaluate the climate resilience of urban woody plants in subtropical regions. Focusing on Chongqing, China, we compiled a comprehensive inventory of 333 urban woody species based on field data and existing records. Analysis of climate-niche safety margins revealed distinct vulnerability patterns across life forms, with all 293 analyzed species projected to exceed their maximum temperature tolerance thresholds under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 3–7.0 scenario by 2050. Trees consistently exhibited greater projected temperature sensitivity compared to shrubs, with deciduous trees being the most vulnerable—55 % of species exceeded their mean annual temperature safety margins. Physiological heat tolerance was assessed for 21 woody plant species during a 13-day extreme heat event, revealing substantial interspecific variation. Generalized additive models demonstrated that the 95th percentile of maximum temperature of the warmest month and the 5th percentile of annual precipitation collectively explained 70.96 % of the observed variation in heat tolerance through non-linear relationships. Cross-validation (mean R2 = 0.347) indicated moderate predictive accuracy, while underscoring the limitations of inferring physiological mechanisms solely from climatic correlations. These findings validate the relevance of climate realized niches in predicting heat tolerance and highlight the complexity of species–climate interactions. The proposed framework offers a systematic approach to climate-resilient urban forest management, providing practical guidelines for species selection and risk assessment in subtropical urban environments.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-17DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105567
Mark R. Kreider , William L. Rice , Cindy S. Leary , Erin O. Semmens , R. Travis Belote , Andrew J. Larson
{"title":"Health benefits of parks are more strongly associated with driving access than walking access in the contiguous United States","authors":"Mark R. Kreider , William L. Rice , Cindy S. Leary , Erin O. Semmens , R. Travis Belote , Andrew J. Larson","doi":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105567","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105567","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54744,"journal":{"name":"Landscape and Urban Planning","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 105567"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145784815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-16DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105554
Katherine J. Turo , Rodney T. Richardson , Molly Frabotta , Reed M. Johnson , Mary M. Gardiner
Cities have been acclaimed as hotspots for bee biodiversity and potential conservation targets, leading to continued investment in urban pollinator plantings. However, newly created habitats are rarely assessed for their efficacy in supporting bee fitness or the extent to which bees use seeded wildflowers. We compared urban bee nesting in targeted “pocket prairie” pollinator plantings versus urban farms that were intended to support multiple ecosystem services in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. We used trap nests to evaluate nesting success of native cavity nesting bees and pollen metabarcoding to determine whether bees collected pollen from seeded plantings during nest provisioning. Pollen DNA revealed most bee-collected pollen was from urban spontaneous vegetation (or “weeds”) in Fabaceae, especially Trifolium spp. We also found that urban farms harbored more native bee larvae than targeted pollinator plantings. Finally, when bee nests were situated in a landscape with greater greenspace connectivity, we observed more native bee larvae and greater plant diversity in bees’ nesting provisions. Collectively, these findings suggest that multi-service greenspaces like urban farms can provide important urban pollinator habitat, and greenspace value for bees is driven by resident weeds and greenspace configuration.
{"title":"Urban farms support cavity-nesting bees and DNA metabarcoding reveals weeds are key pollen resources","authors":"Katherine J. Turo , Rodney T. Richardson , Molly Frabotta , Reed M. Johnson , Mary M. Gardiner","doi":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cities have been acclaimed as hotspots for bee biodiversity and potential conservation targets, leading to continued investment in urban pollinator plantings. However, newly created habitats are rarely assessed for their efficacy in supporting bee fitness or the extent to which bees use seeded wildflowers. We compared urban bee nesting in targeted “pocket prairie” pollinator plantings versus urban farms that were intended to support multiple ecosystem services in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. We used trap nests to evaluate nesting success of native cavity nesting bees and pollen metabarcoding to determine whether bees collected pollen from seeded plantings during nest provisioning. Pollen DNA revealed most bee-collected pollen was from urban spontaneous vegetation (or “weeds”) in Fabaceae, especially <em>Trifolium</em> spp. We also found that urban farms harbored more native bee larvae than targeted pollinator plantings. Finally, when bee nests were situated in a landscape with greater greenspace connectivity, we observed more native bee larvae and greater plant diversity in bees’ nesting provisions. Collectively, these findings suggest that multi-service greenspaces like urban farms can provide important urban pollinator habitat, and greenspace value for bees is driven by resident weeds and greenspace configuration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54744,"journal":{"name":"Landscape and Urban Planning","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 105554"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145784817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-15DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105552
Marion Chatelain , Oskar Rennstam Rubbmark , Johannes Rüdisser , Michael Traugott
Urbanisation affects bird ecology and evolution through multiple pathways, including changes in habitat structure, temperature, pollution, and food availability. Among these, diet shifts likely play a central role, yet evidence on how adult birds adjust their diets across urban mosaics remains scarce. To address this gap, we investigated the year-round diet of two common songbirds—the great tit (Parus major) and the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)—across an urbanised landscape in Innsbruck, Austria. Using a dual-marker metabarcoding approach on fecal samples from 370 individuals captured at 147 locations, we identified both plant and arthropod dietary components. Urbanisation was associated with species- and season-specific changes in diet, demonstrating dietary flexibility in both species: urban great tits showed higher diet diversity and consumed a wider range of miscellaneous food items. During the breeding season, they often ate sunflower seeds—commonly provided at bird feeders—while less frequently consuming arthropods such as moths, spiders, and weevils. In contrast, urban blue tits more frequently consumed crab spiders and aphids, potentially compensating for reduced moth intake. These shifts are likely to contribute to urbanisation-driven variation in fitness. Moreover, they reflect broader changes in prey availability, vegetation and bird feeding practices. Specifically, urban green spaces increased plant-based food diversity, while residential areas promoted frequent use of bird feeders. Our findings suggest that urban management should focus on supporting diverse arthropod communities by promoting native vegetation, encourage wildlife-friendly gardening in residential areas, and preserve forest remnants and green corridors to enhance habitat connectivity.
{"title":"Urbanisation and habitat shape resource-driven dietary shifts in wild birds","authors":"Marion Chatelain , Oskar Rennstam Rubbmark , Johannes Rüdisser , Michael Traugott","doi":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105552","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105552","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urbanisation affects bird ecology and evolution through multiple pathways, including changes in habitat structure, temperature, pollution, and food availability. Among these, diet shifts likely play a central role, yet evidence on how adult birds adjust their diets across urban mosaics remains scarce. To address this gap, we investigated the year-round diet of two common songbirds—the great tit (<em>Parus major</em>) and the blue tit (<em>Cyanistes caeruleus</em>)—across an urbanised landscape in Innsbruck, Austria. Using a dual-marker metabarcoding approach on fecal samples from 370 individuals captured at 147 locations, we identified both plant and arthropod dietary components. Urbanisation was associated with species- and season-specific changes in diet, demonstrating dietary flexibility in both species: urban great tits showed higher diet diversity and consumed a wider range of miscellaneous food items. During the breeding season, they often ate sunflower seeds—commonly provided at bird feeders—while less frequently consuming arthropods such as moths, spiders, and weevils. In contrast, urban blue tits more frequently consumed crab spiders and aphids, potentially compensating for reduced moth intake. These shifts are likely to contribute to urbanisation-driven variation in fitness. Moreover, they reflect broader changes in prey availability, vegetation and bird feeding practices. Specifically, urban green spaces increased plant-based food diversity, while residential areas promoted frequent use of bird feeders. Our findings suggest that urban management should focus on supporting diverse arthropod communities by promoting native vegetation, encourage wildlife-friendly gardening in residential areas, and preserve forest remnants and green corridors to enhance habitat connectivity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54744,"journal":{"name":"Landscape and Urban Planning","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 105552"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145760434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-15DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105564
Yuliang Jiang , Elisa Palazzo , Simit Raval
As the global transition from coal accelerates, the concurrent decommissioning of coal mines and coal-fired power plants is generating extensive brownfields with regional socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Yet how rehabilitation of these brownfields balances regional sustainability priorities remains underexplored. This gap is particularly critical for Australia, where widespread closures are imminent. To address this gap, this study examines six European coal mine/plant case studies through a built environment disciplinary perspective rarely applied in mining engineering-led rehabilitation. Using an evaluation framework, it analyses European rehabilitation trajectories and contextual contrasts to inform Australia’s post-coal transition. The first step assesses integration, balance, and governance; the second examines their sub-components to identify strengths and weaknesses; and the third synthesises these results to distil lessons that inform targeted recommendations. Results reveal five cross-case lessons: integrated rehabilitation alone does not ensure balanced outcomes; governance structures are decisive; sustainability requires managing complex trade-offs; spatial design catalyses transformation; and long-term commitment underpins enduring success. Building on these findings, five context-specific recommendations are proposed: reform closure policy; embed spatial design in closure planning; tailor strategies to climate; address remoteness; and strengthen community and Indigenous inclusion. These timely insights are crucial for guiding Australia’s integration of policy and design knowledge to transform post-mining regions into sustainable landscapes amid the nation’s energy transition.
{"title":"Opportunities for Australia’s regional development: Lessons from the integrated rehabilitation of co-located coal mines and power plants in Europe","authors":"Yuliang Jiang , Elisa Palazzo , Simit Raval","doi":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105564","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105564","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As the global transition from coal accelerates, the concurrent decommissioning of coal mines and coal-fired power plants is generating extensive brownfields with regional socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Yet how rehabilitation of these brownfields balances regional sustainability priorities remains underexplored. This gap is particularly critical for Australia, where widespread closures are imminent. To address this gap, this study examines six European coal mine/plant case studies through a built environment disciplinary perspective rarely applied in mining engineering-led rehabilitation. Using an evaluation framework, it analyses European rehabilitation trajectories and contextual contrasts to inform Australia’s post-coal transition. The first step assesses integration, balance, and governance; the second examines their sub-components to identify strengths and weaknesses; and the third synthesises these results to distil lessons that inform targeted recommendations. Results reveal five cross-case lessons: integrated rehabilitation alone does not ensure balanced outcomes; governance structures are decisive; sustainability requires managing complex trade-offs; spatial design catalyses transformation; and long-term commitment underpins enduring success. Building on these findings, five context-specific recommendations are proposed: reform closure policy; embed spatial design in closure planning; tailor strategies to climate; address remoteness; and strengthen community and Indigenous inclusion. These timely insights are crucial for guiding Australia’s integration of policy and design knowledge to transform post-mining regions into sustainable landscapes amid the nation’s energy transition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54744,"journal":{"name":"Landscape and Urban Planning","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 105564"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145760385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-13DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105566
Seoyun Choi , Kyunghae Min , Sujoo Cho , Hyunsoo Lee , Seung Min Lee , Gun Joo Lee , Yoonjee Hong , Chang-Yong Choi
Rapid urbanization is expanding road networks worldwide, fragmenting wildlife populations and altering their movement. For urban-dwelling species, this human-wildlife interface can create mortality hotspots and exacerbate human-wildlife conflicts. We studied the movement patterns and behavioral strategies of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) within road networks using GPS-tracking of 34 individuals across urban and rural areas. We examined differences in road-crossing tendencies, diel and annual patterns, microhabitat characteristics at crossing sites, and road selection strategies between urban and rural raccoon dogs. Urban individuals crossed roads more frequently than rural counterparts, with crossing rates exhibiting a clear functional response to local road density. While diel crossing patterns were predominantly nocturnal and largely overlapped between habitat types, urban raccoon dogs exhibited more complex seasonal responses, including elevated daytime crossings and a pronounced peak in early August compared with the weaker rural peak in early November. Spatial models demonstrated that while environmental variables shaped the choice of road-crossing points in both settings, road-related elements emerged as additional influential factors in urban areas. Integrated step selection analysis revealed attenuated road avoidance in urban raccoon dogs, accompanied by sharper directional adjustments at crossings, suggesting compensatory risk-avoidance movement. These findings demonstrate flexible and context-dependent road use of raccoon dogs, which enables persistence in urban areas but simultaneously increases the risk of human–wildlife conflicts. Incorporating such behavioral insights into urban planning and road management will be essential to mitigate collisions and foster coexistence.
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