Land-use history causes differences in park nighttime cooling capacity and forest structure.

ABSTRACT: Cities are temporally dynamic ecosystems that experience continuous redevelopment over time. Urban parks, which provide critical benefits to resident wellbeing, are developed on different land-use types and contain natural elements that are susceptible to the effects of historical decision-making. Thus, understanding the current day functioning of our city's ecosystems and planning for the equitable distribution of park benefits in the future requires incorporation and understanding of the impacts of historical decision-making. We measured neighborhood sociodemographic composition, forest structure, and the cooling effect of 33 sites in parks across Montreal, each with a past land-use in one of three classes: agricultural, forested, or industrial. We asked the following questions: (1) what

SUBMITTER: Richmond IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12322716 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature