Urban and Peri-Urban Forests—Status, Ecosystem Services, and Future Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

The role of urban forests in mitigating local climate and in providing a wide range of ecosystem services depends on their condition, spatial characteristics, management, and ability to adapt to global change drivers, such as more frequent climate extreme events, changes in atmospheric pollutants, and anthropogenic pressures. Different drivers could play a synergistic, antagonistic, or predisposing role in affecting urban forest ecosystem functioning and health. The Special Issue aims to present recent results and achievements in research related to peri-urban and urban forests status, their responses to global change and different anthropogenic impacts, ecosystem service provisioning, and the implementation of nature-based solutions to promote mutual synergies in fulfilling the urgent need for evidence-based solutions to policy, societal, and technological challenges.

Dr. Miglena Zhiyanski
Guest Editor

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