Scientific research on ecosystem services and human well-being: A bibliometric analysis

Wang, Bojie; Zhang, Qin; Cui, Fengqi

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107449

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“…These trends in geographic distribution networks echo prevailing foci on sustainability and the human–nature connection in the planning process within developed countries [ 15 , 16 , 17 ]. Indeed, Nalau and Verrall [ 26 ] postulate that the United States’ increased focus on climate change-related policy during the Obama administration and the United Kingdom’s Climate Impact Program may be major inspirations for these countries’ growing bodies of scholarship.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…In recent years, there has been a spike in published articles performing reviews or meta-analyses on the extant literature related to green spaces and BGI, although many of those articles tend not to position BGI as one of many practices that fall under the larger umbrella of BUP. Those articles also tend to examine the relationship between green spaces or ecosystem services and the following themes in isolation: public health [ 14 ], human well-being [ 15 , 16 ], or urban sustainability [ 17 ]. Based on our searches on Scopus, there are few, if any, studies that distinctly utilize the overarching philosophy of biophilia or BUP and connect it with human emotions.…”

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Finding the “Heart” in the Green: Conducting a Bibliometric Analysis to Emphasize the Need for Connecting Emotions with Biophilic Urban Planning

Tirri

Swanson

Meenar

2021

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Although there is a robust body of literature exploring the relationship between biophilic urban planning (BUP) and public health and well-being, there is a dearth of scholarship on the emotional components of BUP. It is crucial to understand these sentiment-related elements, so planners can assign “human value” to green spaces as a strategy for emphasizing the need to thoughtfully implement and properly maintain them in urban environments. Furthermore, humans’ emotional experiences with green spaces may also reveal hidden or unexpected functions of those spaces. To confirm this lack of emphasis on emotions in BUP, we used Scopus to conduct a bibliometric analysis on relevant literature published within the last twenty years (2001–2021), ultimately collecting 589 relevant peer-reviewed articles. We then utilized VOSviewer (Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands) to visualize our results and identify thematic, geographic, authorship/co-authorship, publication, and temporal trends. “Green space” appeared as our most frequently occurring keyword and scholars affiliated with institutions located within the United States, the United Kingdom and China were the top producers of relevant results. Our authorship analysis resulted in 67 different clusters and three major but isolated networks. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening was the most prevalent source of publication and 2019–2021 was the most prolific period of activity to date. While the goal of our review is to underscore the dearth of controlled, interdisciplinary research on the emotional components of BUP, we also uncovered additional key gaps in scholarship that could promote future avenues of inquiry. First, by focusing on the emotional value of green spaces, practitioners can ascribe them an intangible “human value” that could, in turn, generate more community-focused designs that provide access across socioeconomic, racial and age brackets. Second, an increase in scholarly representation from developing countries could help address the “human value” of green spaces not simply as a “first-world” phenomenon. Finally, a global focus on the emotional, human connections to green spaces may help scholars and practitioners alike mitigate the growing trend of green gentrification.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Finding the “Heart” in the Green: Conducting a Bibliometric Analysis to Emphasize the Need for Connecting Emotions with Biophilic Urban Planning

Tirri

Swanson

Meenar

2021

IJERPH

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“…This diversity in the countries participating in the scientific production of BE (55% countries of the world) indicated the extended prosperity of the BE term as a future academic research topic in recent years, specifically from 2012 to the present day. Figure 9 represents the countries most contributing to the literature of the two focused scientific fields (BE and coastal tourism), where the circle size represents the country's scientific production and lines represent the country collaborations [66]. According to Figure 9a, which depicts the country contributions in BE outputs, the United States of America ranked first with 126 articles, far from the second place obtained by the United Kingdom with 80 articles.…”

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Blue Economy and Coastal Tourism: A Comprehensive Visualization Bibliometric Analysis

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This paper aims to analyze the scientific production of the blue economy and coastal tourism research fields to identify research topics and publication patterns. Accordingly, bibliometric analysis was selected as a quantitative meta-analysis literature review method. Scopus was the main database for extracting the scientific production in blue economy and coastal tourism. Various bibliometrics analysis techniques were used to analyze 476 and 49 publications in blue economy and coastal tourism, respectively. The main results are summarized as follows: (i) the number of publications in the blue economy scientific sector has increased significantly, and (ii) contrarily, a relatively small body of blue economy literature is concerned with the coastal tourism sector despite its significant role in the blue economy.

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“…Although research on the links between ecosystem services generally and poverty alleviation has taken off in the last 5 years (Wang et al, 2021), an examination of the literature indicates relatively little research on the links between UGI specifically (or urban greening) and poverty alleviation. In mid-February 2021 I conducted a literature search using Scopus and the Web of Science using the following search string "urban green * " OR "green infrastructure" AND "poverty * ".…”

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Urban Green Infrastructure for Poverty Alleviation: Evidence Synthesis and Conceptual Considerations

Shackleton

2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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The multiple benefits of urban green infrastructure (UGI) that support sustainable cities are increasingly acknowledged, and yet the bulk of research over the past decade or so has focused on only a small subset of the numerous benefits, notably recreation, physical and mental health, and regulating services. In contrast, there is very little information on the contribution of UGI to several of the other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular SDG 1 of reducing poverty, despite the pervasiveness of poverty globally. This paper considers the diverse direct and indirect ways in which UGI can contribute to poverty alleviation, drawing on the limited evidence from various regions of the world. The direct links between UGI and poverty alleviation is via three means, namely provision of (1) consumptive or provisioning goods such as wild foods and firewood, (2) employment in UGI development, maintenance, and restoration, and (3) land for urban agriculture, income generation and dwelling. There are also a number of indirect links such as cash savings, improved physical and mental health, improved social networks, improved educational outcomes, and regulation of potential natural disasters. However, the commonly unequal distribution of UGI within and between cities means that the poverty alleviation potential and benefits are inequitably distributed, often against those who are most in need of them, i.e., the urban poor. This demands greater attention to promoting the equitable distribution and quality of UGI and mainstreaming of UGI into poverty reduction strategies and programmes and vice versa, as well as greater examination of the links between UGI and poverty alleviation in a greater range of contexts.

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Scientific research on ecosystem services and human well-being: A bibliometric analysis

Cited by 108 publications

References 48 publications

Finding the “Heart” in the Green: Conducting a Bibliometric Analysis to Emphasize the Need for Connecting Emotions with Biophilic Urban Planning

Finding the “Heart” in the Green: Conducting a Bibliometric Analysis to Emphasize the Need for Connecting Emotions with Biophilic Urban Planning

Blue Economy and Coastal Tourism: A Comprehensive Visualization Bibliometric Analysis

Urban Green Infrastructure for Poverty Alleviation: Evidence Synthesis and Conceptual Considerations

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