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Extending large-scale forest inventories to assess urban forests [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Urban areas are continuously expanding today, extending their influence on an increasingly large proportion of woods and trees located in or nearby urban and urbanizing areas, the socalled urban forests.
Agrimi, Mariagrazia   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate

open access: yesPlants, People, Planet, 2022
Societal Impact Statement Globally, cities are planning for resilience through urban greening initiatives as governments understand the importance of urban forests in improving quality of life and mitigating climate change.
Manuel Esperon‐Rodriguez   +25 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Spatial Elements of Urban Landscape Forests on the Restoration Potential and Preference of Adolescents

open access: yesLand, 2021
City green space can promote people’s health and aesthetic satisfaction; however, most extant research focuses on suburban forests and urban parks. Urban landscape forests have important ecological and aesthetic value for urban environments.
Linjia Wu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conversions of coppices to a coppice-with-standards in Urban Forests of Moravský Krumlov

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2004
Conversions of oak coppices were many times carried out only by renaming to false high forests. The paper presents a method of the conversion of overmature coppices to a coppice-with-standards implementation of which was started in urban forests of ...
D. Utinek
doaj   +1 more source

ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NITROGEN DEPOSITION ON URBAN FORESTS: AN OVERVIEW [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2022
<List> <ListItem><ItemContent><p>● Patterns and effects of N deposition on urban forests are reviewed.</p></ItemContent></ListItem> <ListItem><ItemContent><p>● N deposition generally shows an ...
Enzai DU, Nan XIA, Yuying GUO, Yuehan TIAN, Binghe LI, Xuejun LIU, Wim de VRIES
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating carbon storage in urban forests of New York City

open access: yesUrban Ecosystems, 2021
Forests play an important role in mitigating many of the negative effects of climate change. One of the ways trees mitigate impacts of climate change is by absorbing carbon dioxide and storing carbon in their wood, leaves, roots, and soil.
Clara C. Pregitzer   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Design of Urban Forests [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This chapter explores the design of the urban forest. Whether the various elements are new to the urban green-space structure, or whether they are existing components which require changes in layout or management due to evolving demands, design has an important part to play.
Bell, Simon   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Forest structure and anthropogenic disturbances regulate plant invasion in urban forests

open access: yesUrban Ecosystems, 2021
Urban forest ecosystems, the structure, and functions therein are subjected to anthropogenic disturbances. Native and sensitive species from those forests might be lost due to such disturbances.
P. Aryal   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding Particulate Matter Retention and Wash-Off during Rainfall in Relation to Leaf Traits of Urban Forest Tree Species

open access: yesHorticulturae, 2023
Dynamic particulate matter (PM) behavior on leaves depends on rainfall events, leaf structural and physical properties, and individual tree crowns in urban forests.
Myeong Ja Kwak   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Combining the conservation of biodiversity with the provision of ecosystem services in urban green infrastructure planning. Critical features arising from a case study in the metropolitan area of Rome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A large number of green infrastructure (GI) projects have recently been proposed, planned and implemented in European cities following the adoption of the GI strategy by the EU Commission in 2013.
Anzellotti, I.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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