Climate Change, Cities, and Urban Forests.
Climate change on the political level is a major driver of environmental change, the World Economic Forum has listed it in 2013 among the top five risks for the next ten years, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change proclaims on its Fifth Assessment Report that global climate change effect on human life is certain.
Climate change is a global political concern, yet it is principally at a local level where action is needed; cities have a significant role in dealing with this crisis, they are both drivers of climate change and areas of…
Konijnendijk and Randrup mentioned in the Encyclopedia of Forests Sciences that “comprehensive assessments of urban forests have been scarce, most assessments have been at the local level rather than national or international.” Moreover, urban forests have been mostly discussed from a forestry and forest sciences approach. In this article, I will highlight an overview of urban forests' definitions, benefits; on the environmental level as well as the urban level.
Urban Forests definitions and classifications Urban forests are defined as all natural and planted trees in urban areas, publicly and privately owned trees including individual trees along streets and in backyards…
Haya S
Urban designer and researcher, interested in environmental issues, founder of ECityLab
