Urban Forestry and Landscape Restoration
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2019) | Viewed by 17978
Special Issue Editor
Interests: geospatial analysis of landscapes, sustainable forest and biodiversity management, forestry and urban forestry, dendrochronology, dendrochemistry, forest wildfires
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban areas are complex ecosystems in which forests can act as essential contributors to their environmental and economic values. Often, grey, blue, and green infrastructures are artificially integrated to build systems that provide quality natural environments in man’s daily life for his well-being and mitigate inequalities and conflicts within urbanized societies. With the continuous growth and fragmentation of urban areas, the management and planning of urban forests have been addressed to restore deforested or degraded landscapes, to regain their ecological functions, and to enhance human well-being. Achieving these goals requires the broadest possible support in terms of knowledge exchange and expertise and sets the scene to improve urban forest and landscape restoration interventions. This support could be crucial to adapt the urban landscape to future scenarios, including climate change effects.
This Special Issue offers the opportunity to describe findings related to the integration issues between forest resources and urban ecosystems. Research articles can focus on any aspect of urban forestry and landscape restoration, such as monitoring, management plans, ecosystem services assessment, ecological functions, human health and wellbeing, and case studies. If you have questions about whether your submission is appropriate, please enquire with the guest editor via email.
Dr. Giuseppe Colangelo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Sustainable management mitigation
- Ecosystem services
- Human well-being
- Climate change
- Urbanization.
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