Resident Engagement in Urban Forests and Parks Management

Dear Colleagues,

The relationships between urban communities and their landscapes are framed by community as a dynamic field of social interactions bounded by place. Persistent features of local life enable residents to share common interests and pursue collective action towards the improvement of their urban forest and associated environment. However, there is an ongoing need to understand motivations and barriers of resident actions, particularly in terms of negotiating equity, science, and socio-political influences. This Special Issue presents up-to-date research on the interdisciplinary study of resident engagement in the management of their urban greenspaces, including forests, parks, and undeveloped corridors. It aims to gather systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the topic, study protocols, theoretical and/or conceptual papers, and empirical studies. Included studies may be qualitative or quantitative and focused on sociological, psychological, economic, or cultural factors. The study design may vary from secondary data analysis to representative surveys, longitudinal studies, case studies, interviews and focus groups, and evaluation of best practices. Papers can focus on how urban forest environments influence and are influenced by focused human interventions in terms of policy and/or management. The papers can explore these topics from both the perspective of the individual or from a broader societal perspective. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Urban forest equity;
• Forest planning;
• Civic science;
• Participatory research;
• Environmental education.

Dr. Jason S. Gordon
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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.

• urban forest equity
• forest planning
• civic science
• participatory research
• environmental education