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Raf Aerts

Raf Aerts

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
9063
World Ranking
5478
National Ranking
68

Overview

Raf Aerts is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and specializes in environmental science, with particular emphasis on the intersections of urban green space and health. Their research addresses how environmental factors influence public health outcomes, often focusing on urban settings.

Aerts has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Residing in urban areas with higher green space is associated with lower mortality risk: A census-based cohort study with ten years of follow-up, 2021, Environment International
  • Association between urban environment and mental health in Brussels, Belgium, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • Residential green space, air pollution, socioeconomic deprivation and cardiovascular medication sales in Belgium: A nationwide ecological study, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Tree pollen allergy risks and changes across scenarios in urban green spaces in Brussels, Belgium, 2020, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Exposure to green space and pollen allergy symptom severity: A case-crossover study in Belgium, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

The frequent co-authors in Aerts's work include:

  • Ben Somers
  • Tim S. Nawrot
  • An Van Nieuwenhuyse
  • Jos Van Orshoven
  • Claire Demoury

Their publications commonly appear in the following venues:

  • Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Environmental Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Acta Horticulturae
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Aerts's main field of study is Environmental Science. Within this broad area, subfields of focus include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Immunology and Allergy, Environmental Engineering, Speech and Hearing, and Plant Science.

The primary topics covered by Aerts's work are:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Best Publications

  • Jatropha bio-diesel production and use

    Wouter Achten;Louis Verchot;Ywe Jan Franken;Erik Mathijs

  • Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    Raf Aerts;Olivier Honnay

  • Biodiversity and human health: mechanisms and evidence of the positive health effects of diversity in nature and green spaces.

    Raf Aerts;Olivier Honnay;An Van Nieuwenhuyse

  • A global meta-analysis of the biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits of coffee and cacao agroforestry

    Matthias De Beenhouwer;Raf Aerts;Olivier Honnay

  • Jatropha biodiesel fueling sustainability

    Wouter Mj Achten;Erik Mathijs;Louis Verchot;Virendra P Singh

  • Towards domestication of Jatropha curcas

    Wouter Mj Achten;Lene R Nielsen;Raf Aerts;Ard G Lengkeek

  • Jatropha: From global hype to local opportunity

    Wouter Mj Achten;Wouter Maes;Raf Aerts;L Verchot

  • Climate change effects on soil arthropod communities from the Falkland Islands and the Maritime Antarctic

    S.F. Bokhorst;A.H.L. Huiskes;P. Convey;P.M. van Bodegom

  • Impacts of trait variation through observed trait–climate relationships on performance of an Earth system model: a conceptual analysis

    L. M. Verheijen;V. Brovkin;R. Aerts;Gerhard Bönisch

  • Global mapping of Jatropha curcas yield based on response of fitness to present and future climate.

    Antonio Trabucco;Antonio Trabucco;Wouter M. J. Achten;Colm Bowe;Raf Aerts

  • Species composition and diversity of small Afromontane forest fragments in northern Ethiopia

    Raf Aerts;Raf Aerts;Koenraad Van Overtveld;M Haile;Martin Hermy

  • Conservation of the Ethiopian church forests: Threats, opportunities and implications for their management

    Raf Aerts;Koen Van Overtveld;Eva November;Alemayehu Wassie

  • Semi-forest coffee cultivation and the conservation of Ethiopian Afromontane rainforest fragments

    Raf Aerts;Kitessa Hundera;Kitessa Hundera;Gezahegn Berecha;Gezahegn Berecha;Pieter Gijbels

  • Effects of Coffee Management Intensity on Composition, Structure, and Regeneration Status of Ethiopian Moist Evergreen Afromontane Forests

    Kitessa Hundera;Kitessa Hundera;Raf Aerts;Alexandre Fontaine;Maarten Van Mechelen

  • On the difference between “exclosures” and “enclosures” in ecology and the environment

    Raf Aerts;Jan Nyssen;Mitiku Haile

  • Restoration of Dry Afromontane Forest Using Pioneer Shrubs as Nurse-Plants for Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata

    Raf Aerts;Raf Aerts;Aklilu Negussie;Wouter Maes;Eva November;Eva November

  • Biodiversity and carbon storage co-benefits of coffee agroforestry across a gradient of increasing management intensity in the SW Ethiopian highlands

    Matthias De Beenhouwer;Lore Geeraert;Jan Mertens;Maarten Van Geel

  • More than biofuel? Jatropha curcas root system symmetry and potential for soil erosion control

    Bert Reubens;Wouter Achten;Wouter Maes;Frederique Danjon

  • Genetic variation and risks of introgression in the wild Coffea arabica gene pool in south-western Ethiopian montane rainforests

    Raf Aerts;Gezahegn Berecha;Gezahegn Berecha;Pieter Gijbels;Kitessa Hundera;Kitessa Hundera

  • Residing in urban areas with higher green space is associated with lower mortality risk: A census-based cohort study with ten years of follow-up.

    Mariska Bauwelinck;Mariska Bauwelinck;Lidia Casas;Tim S. Nawrot;Benoit Nemery

  • Elevation and exposition rather than soil types determine communities and site suitability in Mediterranean mountain forests of southern Anatolia, Turkey

    Maximilien Fontaine;Raf Aerts;Kürşad Özkan;Ahmet Mert

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart Muys
Bart Muys KU Leuven
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Ben Somers
Ben Somers KU Leuven
Sebastian Schmidtlein
Sebastian Schmidtlein Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne
Duccio Rocchini
Duccio Rocchini University of Bologna
Tim S. Nawrot
Tim S. Nawrot Hasselt University
Jan Nyssen
Jan Nyssen Ghent University

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