Urban greening for climate resilient and sustainable cities: grand challenges and opportunities

Prashant Kumar; Jeetendra Sahani; Karina Corada Perez; Ajit Ahlawat; Maria de Fatima Andrade; Maria Athanassiadou; Shi Jie Cao; Lisa Collins; Sagnik Dey; Silvana Di Sabatino; Christos H. Halios; Felicity Harris; Colin Horton; Luis Inostroza; Laurence Jones; Thomas Rodding Kjeldsen; Ben McCallan; Aonghus McNabola; Rajeev Kumar Mishra; Sumit Kumar Mishra; Erick G. Sperandio Nascimento; Gwilym Owen; Khaiwal Ravindra; Neyval C. Reis; Veronica Soebarto; Jannis Wenk; Hannah Sloan Wood; Runming Yao

doi:10.3389/frsc.2025.1595280

Urban greening for climate resilient and sustainable cities: grand challenges and opportunities

Prashant Kumar
, Jeetendra Sahani
, Karina Corada Perez
, Ajit Ahlawat
, Maria de Fatima Andrade
, Maria Athanassiadou
, Shi Jie Cao
, Lisa Collins
, Sagnik Dey
, Silvana Di Sabatino
, Christos H. Halios
, Felicity Harris
, Colin Horton
, Luis Inostroza
, Laurence Jones
, Thomas Rodding Kjeldsen
, Ben McCallan
, Aonghus McNabola
, Rajeev Kumar Mishra
, Sumit Kumar Mishra

Erick G. Sperandio Nascimento, Gwilym Owen, Khaiwal Ravindra, Neyval C. Reis, Veronica Soebarto, Jannis Wenk, Hannah Sloan Wood, Runming Yao

University of Surrey
Southeast University
University of East London
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
University of São Paulo
The Met Office
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Korea University
Università di Bologna
University of Reading
PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCIL
Rugby Borough Council
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Mendel University in Brno
Centre For Ecology & Hydrology
Liverpool Hope University
Surrey County Council
Zero Carbon Guildford (ZERO)
RMIT University
Trinity College Dublin
Delhi Technological University
National Physical Laboratory of India
University of British Columbia
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
SENAI CIMATEC University
Cardiff Council
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
University of Adelaide
Department G—Qualitative Hydrology
Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG)
Independent Consultant
Joint International Research Laboratory of Green Buildings and Built Environments, MOE
Chongqing University

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Original language	English
Article number	1595280
Journal	Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2025.1595280
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

climate adaptation
green infrastructure
strategic urban planning
UN SDGs
urban greening

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Urban Studies
Public Administration

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Kumar, P., Sahani, J., Corada Perez, K., Ahlawat, A., Andrade, M. D. F., Athanassiadou, M., Cao, S. J., Collins, L., Dey, S., Di Sabatino, S., Halios, C. H., Harris, F., Horton, C., Inostroza, L., Jones, L., Rodding Kjeldsen, T., McCallan, B., McNabola, A., Kumar Mishra, R., ... Yao, R. (2025). Urban greening for climate resilient and sustainable cities: grand challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 7, Article 1595280. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2025.1595280

Kumar, P, Sahani, J, Corada Perez, K, Ahlawat, A, Andrade, MDF, Athanassiadou, M, Cao, SJ, Collins, L, Dey, S, Di Sabatino, S, Halios, CH, Harris, F, Horton, C, Inostroza, L, Jones, L, Rodding Kjeldsen, T, McCallan, B, McNabola, A, Kumar Mishra, R, Kumar Mishra, S, Sperandio Nascimento, EG, Owen, G, Ravindra, K, Reis, NC, Soebarto, V, Wenk, J, Wood, HS & Yao, R 2025, 'Urban greening for climate resilient and sustainable cities: grand challenges and opportunities', Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, vol. 7, 1595280. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2025.1595280

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