Selected Publications
Quinton, J., Nesbitt, L., Sax, D. L., Harris, L. (2024). Greening the gentrification process: Insights and engagements from practitioners Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space
Cheng, Z., Nesbitt, L., Girling, C., Sheppard, S., Konijnendijk, C., Nitoslawski, S. (2024). Urban density and the urban forest: How well are cities balancing them in the context of climate change? Cities 149/104962
Rigolon, A., Owusu, R. O., Becerra, M., Daniel Cheng, Y. D., Christensen, J., Connolly. J. J. T., Corbin, C. N. E., Douglas, J. A., Fernandez, M., Jennings, V., Ito, J., Mullenbach, L. E., Nesbitt, L., Walker, R., Viera, S., Romero, F., Espiricueta, A. (2024). Advancing green space equity via policy change: A scoping review and research agenda Environmental Science & Policy 157/103765
Nesbitt, L., Quinton, J. (2023). Invited Perspective: Nature Is Unfairly Distributed in the United States—But That's Only Part of the Global Green Equity Story Environmental Health Perspectives 131/011301
Nesbitt, L., Meitner, M. J., Chamberlain, B., Gonzalez, J., Trousdale, W. (2023). A Comparison of Value-Weight-Elicitation Methods for Accurate and Accessible Participatory Planning Journal of Planning Education and Research OnlineFirst
Quinton, J., Nesbitt, L., Connolly, J.J.T., Wyly, E. (2023). How common is greening in gentrifying areas? Urban Geography Online/1-23
Carlsten, C., Brauer, M., Camp, P.G., Nesbitt, L., Turner, J. (2023). British Columbia, Canada, as a bellwether for climate-driven respiratory and allergic disorders The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 23/01198
Davis, Z., Nesbitt, L., Guhn, M., van den Bosch, M. (2023). Assessing changes in urban vegetation using Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) for epidemiological studies Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 88/128080
Barron, S., Rugel, E., Cheng, Z., Nesbitt, L., Sheppard, S., Czekajlo, A, Girling, C. (2023). Achieving the Urban Tree Trifecta: Scenario Modelling for Salubrious, Resilient, and Diverse Urban Forests in Densifying Cities Arboriculture & Urban Forestry Online
Czekajlo, A., Cheng, Z., Barron, S., Girling, C., Nesbitt, L. (2023). Modelling Four Neighbourhood-Scale Urban Forest Scenarios for 2050: Vancouver, Canada Arboriculture & Urban Forestry Online
Nesbitt, L., Sax, D. L., Quinton, J., Harris, L. M., Ordóñez Barona, O., Konijnendijk, C. (2023). Greening practitioners worry about green gentrification but many don't address it in their work Ecology & Society 28/29
Yuchi, W., Brauer, M., Czekajlo, A., Davies, H., Davis, Z., Guhn, M., Jarvis, I., Jerrett, M., Nesbitt, L., Oberlander, T., Sbihi, H., Su, J., van den Bosch, M. (2022). Neighborhood environmental exposures and incidence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a population-based cohort study Environment International 161/107120
Jarvis, I., Sbihi, H., Davis, Z., Brauer, M., Czekaijlo, A., Davies, H., Gergel, S., Guhn, M., Jerrett, M., Koehoorn, M., Nesbitt, L., Oberlander, T., Su, J. (2022). The influence of early-life residential exposure to different vegetation types and paved surfaces on early childhood development: a population-based birth cohort study Environment International 163/107196
Quinton, J., Nesbitt, L., Sax, D. (2022). How well do we know green gentrification? A systematic review of the methods Progress in Human Geography 46/960-987
Quinton, J., Nesbitt, L., Czekajlo, A. (2022). Wealthy, educated, and… non-millennial? Variable patterns of distributional inequity in 31 Canadian cities Landscape and Urban Planning 227/104535
Sax, D., Nesbitt, L., Hagerman, S. (2022). Expelled from the garden? Understanding the dynamics of green gentrification in Vancouver, British Columbia Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space OnlineFirst
Sax, D., Nesbitt, L., Quinton, J. (2022). Improvement, not displacement: A framework for urban green gentrification research and practice Environmental Science & Policy 137/373-383
Davis, Z., Guhn, M., Jarvis, I., Jerrett, M., Nesbitt, L., Oberlander, T., Sbihi, H., Su, J., van den Bosch, M. (2021). The association between natural environments and childhood mental health and development: A systematic review and assessment of different exposure measurements International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 235/113767
Cheng, Z., Nitoslawski, S., Konijnendijk, C., Sheppard, S., Nesbitt, L., Girling, C. (2021). Alignment of municipal climate change and urban forestry policies: A Canadian perspective Environmental Science & Policy 122/14-24
Nitoslawski, S.A., Wong‐Stevens, K., Steenberg, J.W.N., Witherspoon, K., Nesbitt, L., Konijnendijk van den Bosch, C.C. (2021). The Digital Forest: Mapping a Decade of Knowledge on Technological Applications for Forest Ecosystems Earth's Future 9/e2021EF002123
Konijnendijk, C.C., Nesbitt, L., Wirtz, Z. (2021). Urban Forest Governance in the Face of Pulse Disturbances – Canadian Experiences Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 47/267-283
Nesbitt, L., Konijnendijk, C., Lauster, N., Park, H. (2020). Intercultural learning in contested space: the biocultural realities of global cities through the lens of Vancouver, Canada In M. Cocks, C. Shackleton (eds.), Urban Nature: Enriching Belonging, Wellbeing and Bioculture, Routledge
Sax, D.*, Manson, C.*, Nesbitt, L. (2020). Governing for diversity: An exploration of practitioners' urban forest preferences and implications for equitable governance Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 2/572572
Devisscher, T., Konijnendijk, C., Nesbitt, L., Lenhart, J., Salbitano, F., Cheng, Z. C., Lwasa, S., van den Bosch, M. (2019). Sustainable Cities and Communities – Impacts on Forests and Forest-Based Livelihoods In C. J. Pierce Colfer, W. de Jong, G. Galloway, P. Pacheco, G. Winkel, and P. Katila (eds.), Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People, Cambridge University Press.
Nesbitt, L., Meitner, M., Girling, C., Sheppard, S. (2019). Urban green equity on the ground: Practice-based models of urban green equity in three multicultural cities Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 44/126433
Bardekjian, A., Nesbitt, L., Konijnendijk, C.C., Lötter, B.T. (2019). Women in urban forestry and arboriculture: Experiences, barriers and strategies for leadership Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 46/126442
Nesbitt, L., Meitner, M., Girling, C., Sheppard, S., & Lu, Y. (2019). Who has access to urban vegetation? A spatial analysis of distributional green equity in 10 US cities Landscape and Urban Planning 181/51-79
van den Bosch, M., Brauer, M., Burnett, R., Davies, H., Davis, Z., Guhn, M., Jarvis, I., Nesbitt, L., Oberlander, T., Rugel, E., Sbihi, H., Su, J., Jerrett, M. (2018). Born to be Wise: A population registry data linkage protocol to assess the impact of modifiable early-life environmental exposures on the health and development of children BMJ Open 8/e026954
Liu, J., Chamberlain, B.C., Kozak, R.A., Meitner, M., Nesbitt, L. (2018). Relating shape to human aesthetic evaluations of harvest blocks from an aerial perspective Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 33/793-799
Nesbitt, L., Meitner, M., Sheppard, S., & Girling, C. (2018). The dimensions of urban green equity: A framework for analysis Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 34/240-248
Konijnendijk, C.C., Nesbitt, L., Stephen, B. (2018). Vancouver: envisaging the world’s greenest city In Forests and Sustainable Cities: Inspiring Stories from Around the World, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Devisscher, T., Nesbitt, L., Bardekjian, A. (2018). Main findings and trends of urbanization In C. Farcy, R. de Camino, I. Martinez de Arano, E. Rojas Briales (eds.), Forestry in the Midst of Global Changes, CRC Press
Nesbitt, L., Hotte, N., Barron, S., Cowan, J., Sheppard, S. (2017). The social and economic value of cultural ecosystem services provided by urban forests in North America: A review and suggestions for future research Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 25/103-111
Nesbitt, L. and Meitner, M. (2016). Exploring Relationships between Socioeconomic Background and Urban Greenery in Portland, OR Forests 7/162