The urban forest : cultivating green infrastructure for people and the environment /: cultivating green infrastructure for people and the environment. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Pearlmutter, Carlo Calfapietra, Roeland Samson, Liz O'Brien, Silvija Krajter Ostoić, Giovanni Sanesi, Rocío Alonso del Amo, editors.
• Editors: Pearlmutter, David; Calfapietra, Carlo; Samson, Roeland; O'Brien, Liz; Ostoić, Silvija Krajter; Sanesi, Giovanni; Amo, Rocío Alonso del
• Contents: Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Environmental services provided by urban forests and green infrastructure -- 1.1. Introduction: Urban trees as environmental engineers -- 1.2. Ecosystem services: The environmental components -- 1.3. Delivery of goods and services -- 1.4. Biodiversity as support for ecosystem services and human wellbeing -- 1.5. The cost of greening: Disservices of urban trees -- 1.6. Case studies: Modeling the atmospheric benefits of urban greening -- 1.7. Assessing the ecosystem services deliverable: The critical role of the Urban Tree Inventory -- 1.8. Species-specific information for enhancing ecosystem services -- 1.9. Conclusions and recommendations -- 2. Socio-cultural services provided by urban forests and green infrastructure -- 2.1. Introduction: Socio cultural services of urban forests and green infrastructure -- 2.2. Social and environmental justice: Diversity in access to and benefits from urban green infrastructure? examples from Europe -- 2.3. Recreational use of urban green infrastructure: the tourist?s perspective -- 2.4. The role and value of urban forests and green infrastructure in promoting human health and wellbeing -- 3. Economic benefits and governance of urban forests in a green infrastructure approach -- 3.1. Introduction: Governance and economic valuation -- 3.2. Challenges to governing urban green infrastructure in Europe? the case of the European Green Capital Award -- 3.3. The role of partnerships and the Third Sector in the development and delivery of urban forestry and green infrastructure -- 3.4. The Value of Valuing: Recognising the benefits of the Urban Forest -- 4. Summary -- 4.1. Introduction: Tying it all together -- 4.2. Linking the environmental, social and economic aspects of urban forestry and green infrastructure -- 4.3. Growing the Urban Forest: our Practitioners? Perspective -- Subject index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 635.9/77; 550; Earth sciences; Urban forestry; City planning; Trees in cities; GARDENING -- Urban; GARDENING -- Trees; City planning; Trees in cities; Urban forestry; Earth Sciences; Earth Sciences, general; Life Sciences, general; Environment, general; Social Sciences, general; Science -- Life Sciences -- General; Science -- Environmental Science; Social Science -- General; Life sciences: general issues; The environment; Society & social sciences; Geography; Life sciences; Environmental sciences; Social sciences; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Earth sciences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319502809; 3319502808
• Related ISBNs: 9783319502793; 3319502794
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 13, 2017).
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