Urban Forest

Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvDavid Pearlmutter,Carlo Calfapietra,Roeland Samson,Liz O'Brien,Silvija Krajter Ostoić,Giovanni Sanesi,Rocío Alonso del Amo

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This book focuses on urban "green infrastructure" – the interconnected web of vegetated spaces like street trees, parks and peri-urban forests that provide essential ecosystem services in cities.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-08-07
Mått155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt644 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieFuture City
Antal sidor351
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319843650

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Preface.- Contributors.- 1. Environmental services provided by urban forests and green infrastructure.- 1.1. Introduction: Urban trees as environmental engineers.- 1.2. Ecosystem services: The environmental components.- 1.3. Delivery of goods and services.- 1.4. Biodiversity as support for ecosystem services and human wellbeing.- 1.5. The cost of greening: Disservices of urban trees.- 1.6. Case studies: Modeling the atmospheric benefits of urban greening.- 1.7. Assessing the ecosystem services deliverable: The critical role of the Urban Tree Inventory.- 1.8. Species-specific information for enhancing ecosystem services.- 1.9. Conclusions and recommendations.- 2. Socio-cultural services provided by urban forests and green infrastructure.- 2.1. Introduction: Socio cultural services of urban forests and green infrastructure.- 2.2. Social and environmental justice: Diversity in access to and benefits from urban green infrastructure – examples from Europe.- 2.3. Recreational use of urban green infrastructure: the tourist’s perspective.- 2.4. The role and value of urban forests and green infrastructure in promoting human health and wellbeing.- 3. Economic benefits and governance of urban forests in a green infrastructure approach.- 3.1. Introduction: Governance and economic valuation.- 3.2. Challenges to governing urban green infrastructure in Europe – the case of the European Green Capital Award.- 3.3. The role of partnerships and the Third Sector in the development and delivery of urban forestry and green infrastructure.- 3.4. The Value of Valuing: Recognising the benefits of the Urban Forest.- 4. Summary.- 4.1. Introduction: Tying it all together.- 4.2. Linking the environmental, social and economic aspects of urban forestry and green infrastructure.- 4.3. Growing the Urban Forest: our Practitioners’ Perspective.- Subject index.

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