Biophilic Cities and Communities

Overview & Synopsis

This Topic explores the role of biophilic cities and communities; participating journals include Buildings, Forests, Land, and Sustainability. It comprises thirty-seven papers involving biophilic-related studies touching on natural resources and environmental and social sustainability in Asia, Europe, and America. This collection addresses three fields of research: (1) Biophilic urbanism and processes. This research field focuses on land use/cover change, spatial–temporal trends, geodesign, bioclimatic design, sustainable urban–rural planning, etc. (2) Natural resource conservation and management. This field focuses on urban ecosystems, ecological patterns and processes, environmental education and policies, forest management, nature-based solutions, etc. (3) Computational social science and human behavior. This last field of research addresses multi-sensory interaction, social and historical sensing, mental health and well-being, big data and cognitive computing, etc.