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Raffaele Lafortezza
Researcher at University of Bari
Publications - 147
Citations - 6285
Raffaele Lafortezza is an academic researcher from University of Bari. The author has contributed to research in topics: Green infrastructure & Ecosystem services. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 136 publications receiving 4617 citations. Previous affiliations of Raffaele Lafortezza include University of Cambridge & University of Hong Kong.
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The MIMOSE Approach to Support Sustainable Forest Management Planning at Regional Scale in Mediterranean Contexts
Matteo Vizzarri,Lorenzo Sallustio,Davide Travaglini,Francesca Bottalico,Gherardo Chirici,Vittorio Garfì,Raffaele Lafortezza,Raffaele Lafortezza,Donato Salvatore La Mela Veca,Fabio Lombardi,Federico Guglielmo Maetzke,Marco Marchetti +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors implemented a new approach, Multiscale Mapping of Ecosystem Services (MIMOSE), to assess ecosystem services in Mediterranean forests located in a mountainous region of Italy.
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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,Francesco Ferrini,Fabio Salbitano,Mariagrazia Agrimi,Luigi Portoghesi,Paolo Semenzato,Giovanni Sanesi +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a field study assessed benefits and subjective well-being reported by urban residents visiting four different typologies of green spaces, selected on the basis of urban forestry expert criteria according to a 2 × 2 factorial design.
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Benefits and well-being perceived by people visiting green spaces in periods of heat stress.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present results of a study conducted in Italy and the UK with the general goal to contribute to the theoretical and empirical rationale for linking green spaces with well-being in urban environments.
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Green Infrastructure as a tool to support spatial planning in European urban regions
TL;DR: In this article, an updated conceptual framework for the development, management, and analysis of green infrastructure networks by focusing on contemporary drivers nested together at the territorial level and with a prominent role for temporal considerations is presented.
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Urban forests, ecosystem services, green infrastructure and nature-based solutions: Nexus or evolving metaphors?
Francisco J. Escobedo,Vincenzo Giannico,Chi Yung Jim,Giovanni Sanesi,Raffaele Lafortezza,Raffaele Lafortezza +5 more
TL;DR: This paper conducted a review of the literature to better understand the origin, trends, and evolution of these metaphors and their institutional and contextual interpretations, and found that ecosystem services appeared in 2006, green infrastructure in 2007 and nature-based solutions (NBS) in 2015.