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Raffaele Lafortezza

Raffaele Lafortezza

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
10696
World Ranking
3300
National Ranking
56

Overview

Raffaele Lafortezza is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with substantial contributions to several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics explored in their work encompass:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Frequently published venues for Lafortezza include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Ecological Indicators, Urban forestry & urban greening, Remote Sensing, and Environmental Research.

They have co-authored extensively with several researchers, including Vincenzo Giannico, Mario Elia, Giovanni Sanesi, Yongxian Su, and Marina D'Este.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "The European Union roadmap for implementing nature-based solutions: A review" (2021), published in Environmental Science & Policy
  • "Green spaces, quality of life, and citizen perception in European cities" (2021), published in Environmental Research
  • "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of and attitudes towards urban forests and green spaces: Exploring the instigators of change in Belgium" (2021), published in Urban forestry & urban greening
  • "Association between indoor-outdoor green features and psychological health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: A cross-sectional nationwide study" (2021), published in Urban forestry & urban greening
  • "Are Community Gardening and Horticultural Interventions Beneficial for Psychosocial Well-Being? A Meta-Analysis" (2020), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Go greener, feel better? The positive effects of biodiversity on the well-being of individuals visiting urban and peri-urban green areas

    Giuseppe Carrus;Massimiliano Scopelliti;Raffaele Lafortezza;Giuseppe Colangelo

  • Benefits and well-being perceived by people visiting green spaces in periods of heat stress.

    Raffaele Lafortezza;Raffaele Lafortezza;Giuseppe Carrus;Giovanni Sanesi;Clive Davies

  • The MIMOSE Approach to Support Sustainable Forest Management Planning at Regional Scale in Mediterranean Contexts

    Matteo Vizzarri;Lorenzo Sallustio;Davide Travaglini;Francesca Bottalico

  • The health benefits of nature-based solutions to urbanization challenges for children and the elderly - A systematic review

    Nadja Kabisch;Matilda van den Bosch;Raffaele Lafortezza

  • Urban forests, ecosystem services, green infrastructure and nature-based solutions: Nexus or evolving metaphors?

    Francisco J. Escobedo;Vincenzo Giannico;Chi Yung Jim;Giovanni Sanesi

  • Nature-based solutions for resilient landscapes and cities.

    Raffaele Lafortezza;Raffaele Lafortezza;Jiquan Chen;Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch;Thomas B. Randrup

  • Green Infrastructure as a tool to support spatial planning in European urban regions

    Raffaele Lafortezza;Clive Davies;Giovanni Sanesi;Cecil C. Konijnendijk

  • Recreational ecosystem services in European cities: Sociocultural and geographical contexts matter for park use

    L.K. Fischer;J. Honold;A. Botzat;D. Brinkmeyer

  • Nature-based solutions: Settling the issue of sustainable urbanization.

    Raffaele Lafortezza;Raffaele Lafortezza;Giovanni Sanesi

  • Staying in touch with nature and well-being in different income groups: The experience of urban parks in Bogotá

    M. Scopelliti;G. Carrus;C. Adinolfi;G. Suarez

  • Transitional path to the adoption of nature-based solutions

    Clive Davies;Raffaele Lafortezza;Raffaele Lafortezza

  • Beyond green: Broad support for biodiversity in multicultural European cities

    Leonie K. Fischer;Jasmin Honold;Rozalija Cvejić;Tim Delshammar

  • Urban green infrastructure in Europe: Is greenspace planning and policy compliant?

    Clive Davies;Clive Davies;Raffaele Lafortezza;Raffaele Lafortezza

  • Relations between naturalness and perceived restorativeness of different urban green spaces

    Giuseppe Carrus;Raffaele Lafortezza;Giuseppe Colangelo;Ivana Dentamaro

  • The European Union roadmap for implementing nature-based solutions: A review

    Clive Davies;Clive Davies;Wendy Y. Chen;Giovanni Sanesi;Raffaele Lafortezza;Raffaele Lafortezza

  • Grassland canopy cover and aboveground biomass in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia: Spatiotemporal estimates and controlling factors

    Ranjeet John;Jiquan Chen;Vincenzo Giannico;Vincenzo Giannico;Hogeun Park

  • Nature-based solutions to promote human resilience and wellbeing in cities during increasingly hot summers.

    Angelo Panno;Giuseppe Carrus;Raffaele Lafortezza;Luigi Mariani

  • Urban green infrastructure and urban forests: a case study of the Metropolitan Area of Milan

    Giovanni Sanesi;Giuseppe Colangelo;Raffaele Lafortezza;Enrico Calvo

  • Green spaces, quality of life, and citizen perception in European cities

    Vincenzo Giannico;Giuseppina Spano;Mario Elia;Marina D’Este

  • Integrated forest management to prevent wildfires under mediterranean environments

    Piermaria Corona;Davide Ascoli;Anna Barbati;Giovanni Bovio

  • Comparison of two different approaches for assessing the psychological and social dimensions of green spaces

    Giovanni Sanesi;Raffaele Lafortezza;Mirilia Bonnes;Giuseppe Carrus

  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of and attitudes towards urban forests and green spaces: Exploring the instigators of change in Belgium

    Nicola da Schio;Amy Phillips;Koos Fransen;Koos Fransen;Manuel Wolff

  • Association between indoor-outdoor green features and psychological health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: A cross-sectional nationwide study.

    Giuseppina Spano;Marina D’Este;Vincenzo Giannico;Mario Elia

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiquan Chen
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
Anna Barbati
Anna Barbati Tuscia University
Piermaria Corona
Piermaria Corona The Canadian Real Estate Association
Ranjeet John
Ranjeet John University of South Dakota
Gherardo Chirici
Gherardo Chirici University of Florence
Marco Marchetti
Marco Marchetti University of Molise
Stephan Pauleit
Stephan Pauleit Technical University of Munich
Changliang Shao
Changliang Shao Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Jiaguo Qi
Jiaguo Qi Michigan State University
Dagmar Haase
Dagmar Haase Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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