Urban Forests (eBook, PDF)

Ecosystem Services and Management
Redaktion: Blum, J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This new research compendium focuses on urban forestry research and management, while also considering the sociological and community aspects. The book looks at the benefits of urban forests with respect to urban sustainability and human health; issues related to expanding the urban tree canopy; managing urban forests in a community context; and improving our understanding of urban forests through research and practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781771884266
• Artikelnr.: 45435254

Autorenporträt

Blum, J.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Benefits of Urban Forests. Contribution of Ecosystem Services
to Air Quality and Climate Change Mitigation Policies: The Case of Urban
Forests in Barcelona, Spain. Modelling Short-Rotation Coppice and Tree
Planting for Urban Carbon Management-A Citywide Analysis. Neighborhood
Greenspace and Health in a Large Urban Center. Part II: Expanding the Urban
Tree Canopy. Public Reactions to New Street Tree Planting. It's Not Easy
Going Green: Obstacles to Tree-Planting Programs in East Baltimore. Part
III: Managing Urban Forests. A Protocol for Citizen Science Monitoring of
Recently-Planted Urban Trees. Part IV: Improving Our Understanding of Urban
Forests. 110 Years of Change in Urban Tree Stocks and Associated Carbon
Storage. Biological, Social, and Urban Design Factors Affecting Young
Street Tree Mortality in New York City. Tree Diversity in Southern
California's Urban Forest: The Interacting Roles of Social and
Environmental Variables. Assessing the Effects of the Urban Forest
Restoration Effort of MillionTreesNYC on the Structure and Functioning of
New York City Ecosystems.