Articles | Volume 26, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1635-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Review article: Reviewing Berlin's urban parks from the perspectives of socio-economic inequality, climate resilience, and sustainable management
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- Final revised paper (published on 08 Apr 2026)
- Preprint (discussion started on 05 Jun 2025)
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RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-469', Thomas Panagopoulos, 08 Jul 2025
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Subham Mukherjee, 29 Oct 2025
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Subham Mukherjee, 29 Oct 2025
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RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-469', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Aug 2025
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Subham Mukherjee, 29 Oct 2025
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Subham Mukherjee, 29 Oct 2025
- AC3: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-469: Query Regarding Submission of Park Photographs for the Manuscript', Subham Mukherjee, 29 Oct 2025
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AR – Author's response | RR – Referee report | ED – Editor decision | EF – Editorial file upload
ED: Publish as is (31 Oct 2025) by Tobias Sauter
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (01 Nov 2025) by Maria-Carmen Llasat (Executive editor)
AR by Subham Mukherjee on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2025)
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 Nov 2025) by Tobias Sauter
AR by Subham Mukherjee on behalf of the Authors (20 Nov 2025)
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ED: Publish as is (24 Nov 2025) by Tobias Sauter
ED: Publish as is (24 Nov 2025) by Maria-Carmen Llasat (Executive editor)
AR by Subham Mukherjee on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2025)
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This review paper aims to analyse how socio-economic conditions and climate change impact Inequality, Climate Resilience, and Sustainable Management of the urban parks in Berlin. The topic is pertinent and has growing importance in recent years.
The aim of the study is not clearly stated in lines 99-100. Sustainability is a very generic term, but in this paper, it seems that the focus is on the sustainable maintenance of urban green spaces and their contribution to "urban resilience to climate extremes" and not bout the adaptability of green spaces in Berlin to "climate change". This has to be clarified because the analyses of the bibliography are about resilience.
The last paragraph of the introduction, lines 105-109, does not mention the description of the case study.
Chapter 5 does not show the Impacts on Berlin from climate change. Berlin has a moderate continental climate (Dfb), and it was the same moderate continental climate 100 years ago. Figure 5 shows an increasing trend in temperature, but this might be the effect of urbanisation because the population doubled in this period. As it is correctly written in lines 349-350 UHI would still exist in cities even without global warming, as it is inherently linked to the urban form and density.
Chapter 5.4. Biodiversity Loss is about the huge effect of urbanisation and not about the light effect of temperature change in Berlin.
In line 447, Air and Water Purification is about lower precipitation, but Figure 5 does not show a significant change. The ozone problem is due to UHI and transportation pollution and not because of climate change.
The title of chapter 6 repeats twice Berlin’s Urban Park management.
Chapter 6 should discuss all urban green spaces (green infrastructure) and not only parks.
Chapter 6 is a well-documented discussion; however, the conclusion chapter is very extensive and should be shortened. The last two paragraphs can be deleted.
The paper can be accepted after the above minor revision