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Increasing Cities, Decreasing Green Areas – Challenge to Urban Green Professionals

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2019)

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Pasi Puttonen

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Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Interests: early silviculture; forest management for production of wood and non-wood services; forest regeneration; stand dynamics; growth and yield; multipurpose forest management; forest certification
Prof. Dr. Clive Davies

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School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Interests: green infrastructure; urban forestry; urban agriculture; food for cities; landscape planning, landscape ecology; governance
Prof. Dr. Alan Simson

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School of Art, Architecture & Design, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
Interests: landscape urbanism; urban forestry; green infrastructure

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) will arrange a conference themed as “Increasing Cities, Decreasing Green Areas—Challenge to Urban Green Professionals”. The population in urban areas keeps on increasing. With expanding built infrastructure, can forests, trees and other green infrastructure continue to prove a multitude of ecosystem services?

The conference has three main topic areas:

  • Planning of urban forests and other green infrastructure 
  • Participation in the planning of urban forests and other green spaces
  • Management of urban forests and other green spaces

The three topics areas aim at to answer several principal questions that examine issues on how to maintain the provision multitude of services of urban forests and other green infrastructure to a diversity of citizens.

Research shows that urban forests and green infrastructure provide citizens with important cultural services by offering restorative, stress-alleviating experiences and enhancing health. How can we reserve and sustain enough urban forests and green areas for people? 

Urban populations are continuously diversifying—how can we make sure that, in the planning process, citizen input is received broadly and it is impartial, unbiased, fair, equitable and objective?

Ecological conditions for functioning urban forests and other green infrastructure are changing due to local and global factors. What are practical methods to maintain ecological connections to sustain biodiversity in urban green areas and forests? How can we mitigate and adapt to climate change in urban forests and green environments?

More information at: https://www.efuf2018.com/registration-abstract-submission

The conference will be arranged in Helsinki and Vantaa, Finland, May 15 – 20, 2018

Prof. Dr. Pasi Puttonen
Prof. Dr. Clive Davies
Prof. Dr. Alan Simson
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • conflict resolution
  • ecological connections
  • green infrastructure
  • health benefits
  • participatory planning
  • risk management
  • social media
  • urban forests

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Devising Urban Biodiversity Habitat Provision Goals: Ecosystem Services Analysis
by Maibritt Pedersen Zari
Forests 2019, 10(5), 391; https://doi.org/10.3390/f10050391 - 1 May 2019
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This paper employs a unique ecosystem services analysis methodology to evaluate how cities could support or generate ecosystem services. Ecosystem services analysis can provide quantifiable goals for urban ecological regeneration that are determined by the site-specific ecology and climate of an urban area. [...] Read more.
This paper employs a unique ecosystem services analysis methodology to evaluate how cities could support or generate ecosystem services. Ecosystem services analysis can provide quantifiable goals for urban ecological regeneration that are determined by the site-specific ecology and climate of an urban area. In this research, the ecosystem service of habitat provision is the key focus. The role of urban green space and urban forests is crucial within this. Setting ambitious targets for urban ecological performance and ecosystem services provision is of great importance due to the large negative environmental impact that cities currently have on ecosystems and, therefore, ecosystem service provision, and because healthier ecosystems enable humans to better adapt to climate change through creating potentials for increased resilience. A comparative case study analysing the ecosystem service of habitat provision in two existing urban environments with similar climates (Cfb according to the Köppen Climate Classification System) but in different parts of the world, namely Wellington, New Zealand and Curitiba, Brazil, was conducted to examine how the ecosystem services analysis concept can used to devise urban habitat provision goals. The paper concludes that, although achieving habitat provision goals derived from ecosystem services analysis in urban areas is likely to be difficult, determining quantitative site- and climate-specific staged goals could enable urban design professionals to increase the effectiveness of conservation and regeneration efforts in terms of ecosystem service provision from urban green and blue spaces. Full article
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Effects of Biochar and Sludge on Carbon Storage of Urban Green Roofs
by Haoming Chen, Jinyi Ma, Xinjun Wang, Pingping Xu, Shuo Zheng and Yanwen Zhao
Forests 2018, 9(7), 413; https://doi.org/10.3390/f9070413 - 10 Jul 2018
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Green roofs can improve urban ecological conditions by mitigating the heat island effect and absorbing harmful gases. Soil additives can improve roof soil properties and promote the stability of the urban ecosystem. As soil additives, biochar and sludge are widely used in the [...] Read more.
Green roofs can improve urban ecological conditions by mitigating the heat island effect and absorbing harmful gases. Soil additives can improve roof soil properties and promote the stability of the urban ecosystem. As soil additives, biochar and sludge are widely used in the ground, but their application on roofs is still scarce. This study examined the carbon storage potential of green roofs amended with sludge and biochar. The roof soil was composed of soil and varying proportions of the additives (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%, v/v); Sedum lineare was then planted. The carbon contents of the soils and plants were measured for one year. The influence of biochar or sludge on the carbon content of the roof soil and the factors affecting the roof carbon storage potential were analyzed. The results showed that the carbon storage potential of a biochar green roof (9.3 kg C m−2) was significantly higher than that of a sludge green roof (7.9 kg C m−2). Biochar increased the carbon content of the green roof by improving the physical properties of the roof soil and promoting plant growth, whereas sludge increased the carbon content of the green roof by improving the chemical properties of the roof soil. Moreover, biochar could not only store large amounts of stable carbon, but also reduce the weight of the green roof, improve soil moisture, and provide a resourceful utilization of municipal sludge. Thus, biochar can be considered a material for promoting carbon storage on green roofs. Full article
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