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Planning and Optimization of Urban and Peri-urban Forests

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2018)

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Karin Öhman

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Professor in Forest Planning, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Resource Management, Forest planning, SE-901 83 UMEÅ, Sweden
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Dr. Jeannette Eggers

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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Attention to the use and importance of the urban and peri-urban forests has been frequently given during the last years. Due to increasing urbanization, this forest is widely used for recreation activities. However, at the same time, nature conservation and wood production continues to be important because of the expected increases in biomass demand in the rise of a bio-based economy. Unfortunately, forest management for wood production is often in conflict with management for ecological and social values of the forest because they pose different demands on the forest condition. As a result, tools that can analyze synergies and trade-offs between different forest values are needed. To handle the huge number of alternatives in forest management that make the planning exercise a formidable challenge, a promising option is to base these tools on optimization modelling. We encourage studies from different fields, including operation research and modelling to this Special Issue in order to promote knowledge about how to implement the balancing of economical, ecological and social values of the urban and peri-urban forest in forest planning, management and governance.

Dr. Karin Öhman
Dr. Jeannette Eggers
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forests is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Ecosystem services
  • Forest management
  • Forest planning
  • Mathematical programming
  • Optimization methods
  • Trade off analysis

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Effects of Spatial Pattern of Forest Vegetation on Urban Cooling in a Compact Megacity
by Wen Zhou, Fuliang Cao and Guibin Wang
Forests 2019, 10(3), 282; https://doi.org/10.3390/f10030282 - 22 Mar 2019
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Urban forests can be an effective contributor to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Understanding the factors that influence the cooling intensity of forest vegetation is essential for creating a more effective urban greenspace network to better counteract the urban warming. The [...] Read more.
Urban forests can be an effective contributor to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Understanding the factors that influence the cooling intensity of forest vegetation is essential for creating a more effective urban greenspace network to better counteract the urban warming. The aim of this study was to quantify the effects of spatial patterns of forest vegetation on urban cooling, in the Shanghai metropolitan area of China, using correlation analyses and regression models. Cooling intensity values were calculated based on the land surface temperature (LST) derived from remote sensing imagery and spatial patterns of forest vegetation were quantified by eight landscape metrics, using standard and moving-window approaches. The results suggested that 90 m × 90 m was the optimal spatial scale for studying the cooling effect of forest vegetation in Shanghai’s urban area. It also indicated that woodland performed better than grassland in urban cooling and the size, shape, and spatial distribution of woodland patches had significant impacts on the urban thermal environment. Specifically, the increase of size and the degree of compactness of the patch shape can effectively reduce the LST within the woodland. Areas with a higher percentage of vegetation coverage experienced a greater cooling effect. Moreover, when given a fixed amount of vegetation covers, aggregated distribution provided a stronger cooling effect than fragmented distribution and increasing overall shape complexity of woodlands can enhance the cooling effect on surrounding urban areas. This study provides insights for urban planners and landscape designers to create forest adaptive planning strategies to effectively alleviate the UHI effect. Full article
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The Concept of Landscape Structure, Forest Continuum and Connectivity as a Support in Urban Forest Management and Landscape Planning
by Janez Pirnat and David Hladnik
Forests 2018, 9(10), 584; https://doi.org/10.3390/f9100584 - 20 Sep 2018
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Close-to-nature urban forests and remnants of natural vegetation represent an important opportunity for urban residents to experience daily perception of and access to the natural environment. Despite there being a high percentage of forest cover (59%) and a favorable structure of the prevailing [...] Read more.
Close-to-nature urban forests and remnants of natural vegetation represent an important opportunity for urban residents to experience daily perception of and access to the natural environment. Despite there being a high percentage of forest cover (59%) and a favorable structure of the prevailing forested landscapes in Slovenia, urban expansion and infrastructure-driven development has severely weakened the connectivity and conservation of urban and suburban forests. The majority of urban settlements lie within walking distance of the surrounding forests (<1 km). However, only close-to-nature forests with relatively low silvicultural inputs offer ecosystem services sufficient to fulfil the supply and demand of the expanding urban population. In order to estimate the conservation of forests in the open space of Slovenian settlements, we used a spatial model of landscape structure and forest connectivity. The model can be enhanced with patterns of corridors and stepping stones of natural vegetation in the landscape matrix to provide support in the decision-making process of landscape planning and the conservation of urban and suburban forests. Full article
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