Urban Forestry

Urban forestry is a critical element of urban planning. Around the world, many cities are actively implementing nature-based solutions. Urban forests may be broadly defined as all trees within urban areas, including all the biota associated with trees plus the air, soil, and water elements that support their abiotic environment. Urban forests provide a diverse array of ecosystem services that support urban biodiversity and human communities. While urban forestry faces many challenges, at the same time, there are opportunities to increase or optimize the abundance, diversity, and arrangement of trees in cities, thus improving the supply of the ecosystem services that urban forests provide. These challenges and opportunities require strategic and comprehensive management that reflect the trees, the human communities, and the resources required to support sustainable and climate-resilient urban forests.

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204624001531

Edited and translated by Ma Chenshuo