Green Space Planning, Design and Governance for Enhanced Human Wellbeing

Dear Colleagues,

Green spaces have long been confirmed to be the essential components of urban lands that can provide multiple services for human wellbeing. Many studies aim to understand which measures are impactful to optimize human wellbeing outcomes in green spaces. However, most existing studies focus on the specific characteristics of green spaces that are beneficial. To what extent active human interventions can transform green spaces for enhanced human wellbeing have not been well synthesized. This Special Issue aims to solicit relevant studies in demonstrating the role of landscape planning, design, and governance for enhanced human wellbeing.

To draw inspiration from a wide variety of disciplines, this Special Issue broadly defines green spaces and human wellbeing. Green spaces can be different parks, forests, natural reserves, agricultural landscapes, etc. human wellbeing can cover basic materials for living well, physical and mental health, security, as well as good social relations. The highlighted requirement of this Special Issue is action-based research, which means that the included papers should have clear action implications for planning, design or governance of green spaces. A paper that focuses on one or more of the following topics is welcome to consider our Special Issue:

• In-depth analytics that can identify existing challenges between green spaces and human wellbeing with clear implications for future actions;
• Innovative planning, design and/or governance strategies that can enhance certain aspects of human wellbeing;
• Solid performance assessment of ongoing planning, design and/or governances strategies concerning human wellbeing;
• Thorough review or perspective of varied governance strategies or policies that have been proposed in one or different countries for enhanced human wellbeing.

Dr. Zhifang Wang
Dr. Salman Qureshi
Prof. Dr. Guangsi Lin
Dr. Mohammed Almahood
Prof. Dr. Wenwen Cheng
Guest Editors

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