Biophilic Cities and Communities

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This Topic explores the role of biophilic cities and communities; participating journals include Buildings, Forests, Land, and Sustainability. It comprises thirty-seven papers involving biophilic-related studies touching on natural resources and environmental and social sustainability in Asia, Europe, and America. This collection addresses three fields of research: (1) Biophilic urbanism and processes. This research field focuses on land use/cover change, spatial-temporal trends, geodesign, bioclimatic design, sustainable urban-rural planning, etc. (2) Natural resource conservation and management. This field focuses on urban ecosystems, ecological patterns and processes, environmental education and policies, forest management, nature-based solutions, etc. (3) Computational social science and human behavior. This last field of research addresses multi-sensory interaction, social and historical sensing, mental health and well-being, big data and cognitive computing, etc.