The purpose of this book is to examine urban forests in cities around the world. Constraints and opportunities imposed on urban forest composition, design, and management by the ecological characteristics of these biomes will be examined.
Joe McBride is Emeritus Professor of Urban Forestry in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at the University of California, Berkeley (see attached)
1. Introduction.- 2. Methods.- 3. Biomes, Human Settlement, and the Selection of Cities. 4. History.- 5. Composition.- 6. Design.- 7. Function.- 8. Management.- 9. Urban Forests, Biomes, and History.- 10. The Future of the Urban Forest.