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1. Characteristics of forest sites used by a Danish forest preschool

Author:
Lerstrup, Inger; Refshauge, Anne Dahl
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.20 pp. 387-396
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
forests; interviews; monitoring; preschool children; preschools; surface water; weather
Abstract:
... Outdoor stays in green settings are regarded as beneficial for preschoolers, but not much is known about the characteristics of the sites that are chosen and used by outdoor preschools, the so-called ‘forest sites’. Therefore, this paper investigates the characteristics and use of forest sites in a Danish forest preschool and the activities and features in use during time for child-initiated activ ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.09.010

2. Consensus in visual preferences: The effects of aesthetic quality and landscape types

Author:
Wang, Ronghua; Zhao, Jingwei; Liu, Zhenyu
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.20 pp. 210-217
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
aesthetics; farms; forests; landscapes
Abstract:
... Our research used pictures of four different landscapes to study the effects of two possible sources (visual aesthetic quality (VAQ) and landscape types) on the consensus of visual preferences among 156 undergraduate respondents. There were ten pictures each of urban, urban green space, farm, and forest landscapes presented for visual preference assessment. We found that VAQ assessment had a signi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.09.005

3. Does green space matter? Exploring relationships between green space type and health indicators

Author:
Akpinar, Abdullah; Barbosa-Leiker, Celestina; Brooks, Kerry R.
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.20 pp. 407-418
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
data collection; educational status; forests; health status; income; land cover; mental health; monitoring; regression analysis; risk factors; socioeconomics; urban areas; Washington (state)
Abstract:
... This study explores whether general specification or specific types of green spaces are associated with mental and general health. A sample of 5,148 respondents from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, conducted in 2006 in Washington State across 98 zip-codes, was analyzed. Measures included mental health complaints (last 30 days), anxiety-depression complaints (last 14 days), and gene ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.10.013

4. Forest gardens – new opportunities for urban children to understand and develop relationships with other organisms

Author:
Askerlund, Per; Almers, Ellen
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.20 pp. 187-197
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
Apoidea; aesthetics; case studies; children; curriculum; data collection; ecosystem services; elementary students; energy resources; flowers; forests; gardens; humans; insect pollination; insects; interviews; labor; landscapes; learning; small fruits; snails; urban population; Sweden
Abstract:
... This case study explores a learning situation in a forest garden in Sweden. A forest garden is an edible polyculture landscape with different layers of mostly perennial vegetation. The forest garden is designed to maximize the yield of useful plants while minimizing the input of energy and resources, including human labour. Forest gardens may offer learning situations that contextualize interconne ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.08.007

5. Responses of anuran communities to rapid urban growth in Shanghai, China

Author:
Zhang, Wei; Li, Ben; Shu, Xiaoxiao; Pei, Enle; Yuan, Xiao; Sun, Yujie; Wang, Tianhou; Wang, Zhenghuan
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.20 pp. 365-374
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
Bufo; Fejervarya; Pelophylax nigromaculatus; aquatic plants; breeding; forests; frogs; habitat destruction; habitats; landscapes; models; planning; ponds; species diversity; urban areas; urbanization; wetlands; China
Abstract:
... Urbanization affects amphibian communities through habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation of habitat quality. The effects of these changes in habitat at different scales vary depending on the sensitivity of individual species. We assessed the breeding distribution of anurans along an urban–rural gradient in Shanghai, China, a region experiencing intensive urbanization. Our results showed tha ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.10.005

6. The cultural landscape of Sintra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site—The balance between forest restoration and carbon stock

Author:
Soares, Paula; Pina, João Pedro; Oliveira, Nuno; Tomé, Margarida
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.20 pp. 358-364
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; allometry; biomass; carbon; carbon sinks; childhood; conflict management; cultural landscape; cutting; ecosystems; environmental impact; equations; forest management; forest restoration; forests; indigenous species; inventories; memory; public opinion; public ownership; tree and stand measurements; trees; Europe
Abstract:
... Sintra’s Cultural Landscape is a World Heritage Site and was the first cultural landscape to be listed in Europe by UNESCO, in 1995. It is a privileged ecosystem with natural and cultural value classified as priorities for conservation. Parques de Sintra-Monte da Lua is a state-owned company established to restore, maintain and promote the public properties in the World Heritage Site. The forest a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.10.010

7. Adapting and applying evidence gathering techniques for planning and investment in street trees: A case study from Brisbane, Australia

Author:
Plant, Lyndal; Sipe, Neil
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.19 pp. 79-87
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
business enterprises; canopy; case studies; cities; data collection; forest ecosystems; forests; humans; investment planning; land use; longevity; planning; planting; remote sensing; risk; spatial variation; street trees; surveys; Australia
Abstract:
... Trees along footpath zones (or verges) grow on the “front-line” of urban forest ecosystems, increasingly recognised as essential to the quality of human life in cities. Growing so close to where residents live, work and travel, these street trees require careful planning and active management in order to balance their benefits against risks, liabilities, impacts and costs. Securing support and inv ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.07.005

8. Assessing urban tree condition using airborne light detection and ranging

Author:
Plowright, Andrew A.; Coops, Nicholas C.; Eskelson, Bianca N.I.; Sheppard, Stephen R.J.; Aven, Neal W.
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.19 pp. 140-150
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
forests; lidar; planting date; trees; urban areas; Canada
Abstract:
... With increased interest in urban forests on behalf of city dwellers and urban planners, there is a growing need for comprehensive information on urban tree condition. This study examines the potential of airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) for evaluating tree condition in the urban center of Surrey, Canada. An approach to detecting and outlining free-growing trees from LiDAR data augmente ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.026

9. Community gardening and governance over urban nature in New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward

Author:
Passidomo, Catarina
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.19 pp. 271-277
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
cities; ecology; forests; gardening; gardens; governance; landscapes; politics; social change; urban agriculture; urban areas; New Brunswick; New Jersey
Abstract:
... Lefebvre's right to the city (RTTC) framework argues for a renewed politics of inhabitance in cities, which enfranchises urban residents to imagine and create urban space to meet their needs. Another theoretical framework, Urban Political Ecology (UPE) works to “untangle the interconnected economic, political, social, and ecological processes that go together to form highly uneven and deeply unjus ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.01.001

10. Development of urban forest governance in Turkey

Author:
Atmiş, Erdoğan
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.19 pp. 158-166
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
experts; forests; governance; momentum; nongovernmental organizations; planning; society; urban development; urban forestry; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Urban forests are considered an important resource for introducing forests and forestry to urban society in Turkey, with the number having risen rapidly to 133 since their introduction in 2003. Unfortunately, following initial decisive and determined actions to establish urban forests by the General Directorate of Forestry, the momentum has now been somewhat lost with the consequence that many urb ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.018

11. Examining the product and process of scenic beauty evaluations using moment-to-moment data and GIS: The case of Savannah, GA

Author:
Pierskalla, Chad D.; Deng, Jinyang; Siniscalchi, Jason M.
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.19 pp. 212-222
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
aesthetics; forests; geographic information systems; prediction; questionnaires; spring; summer; tourism; tourists; trees; willingness to pay; winter; Georgia
Abstract:
... Growing out of a recent debate on aesthetics, and in particular scenic beauty, we added the term ‘process’ to our conceptualization of scenic beauty so it is broader and more dynamic than other traditional definitions. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the product (content of the environment such as tree characteristics) and process (spatial and temporal patterns of change perceived such as ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.07.011
CHORUS:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.07.011

12. Heterogeneous preferences for social trail use in the urban forest: A latent class model

Author:
Mieno, Taro; Shoji, Yasushi; Aikoh, Tetsuya; Arnberger, Arne; Eder, Renate
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.19 pp. 20-28
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
elderly; food plants; forests; harvesting; models; motivation; probability; questionnaires; sociodemographic characteristics; vegetables; Japan
Abstract:
... This study explored visitors’ preferences for social conditions of trail use in urban forests. It is important to understand the heterogeneous nature of visitor preferences because the recreational use of urban forests is characterized by multipurpose uses with different visiting motivations. To understand preference heterogeneity, this study used a discrete choice experiment using a latent class ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.016

13. “No place for wilderness”: Urban parks and the assembling of neoliberal urban environmental governance

Author:
Gabriel, Nathaniel
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.19 pp. 278-284
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
case studies; ecology; econometric models; environmental governance; forests; green infrastructure; issues and policy; labor; parks; politics; reproduction; strength (mechanics); trees; urban development; wilderness
Abstract:
... For well over a decade, urban political ecology has been concerned with the neoliberalization of infrastructure as a key site of struggle in the reproduction of urban space. While urban forests, trees, and parks have not featured as prominently in that literature as other resources (e.g., water), they are increasingly managed and promoted as a form of “green” infrastructure by city governments eag ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.02.006

14. Survival is not enough: The effects of microclimate on the growth and health of three common urban tree species in San Francisco, California

Author:
Martin, Meredith P.; Simmons, Cary; Ashton, Mark S.
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.19 pp. 1-6
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
Arbutus; Prunus cerasifera; Prunus serrulata; aesthetics; canopy; drought tolerance; ecosystem services; foresters; forests; managers; microclimate; ornamental trees; planting; shade trees; street trees; vigor; California
Abstract:
... Urban forest managers must balance social, economic, and ecological goals through tree species selection and planting location. Ornamental trees are often popular in tree planting programs for their aesthetic benefits, but studies find that they have lower survivability and growth compared to larger shade trees. To maximize ecosystem services within these aesthetic preferences, it is important to ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.004

15. Towards social arboriculture: Arborists’ perspectives on urban forest labour in Southern Ontario, Canada

Author:
Bardekjian, Adrina C.
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.19 pp. 255-262
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
arboriculture; arborists; employment; forests; interviews; issues and policy; labor; labor market; laws and regulations; politics; urban forestry; working conditions; Ontario
Abstract:
... This paper explores how arborists negotiate their work environment, including the pressures of policies, the labour market, technologies, government regulations and lack thereof, and the non-human agencies with which they are confronted. The political climate surrounding urban forestry in Southern Ontario influences and governs operations and physical labour. There are many (f)actors and condition ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2015.10.014

16. Urban permeability for birds: An approach combining mobbing-call experiments and circuit theory

Author:
Shimazaki, Atsushi; Yamaura, Yuichi; Senzaki, Masayuki; Yabuhara, Yuki; Akasaka, Takumi; Nakamura, Futoshi
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.19 pp. 167-175
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
antipredatory behavior; birds; buildings; forests; grasslands; habitats; land cover; permeability; probability; reciprocal crosses; surface water; urban areas; wood
Abstract:
... The urban matrix was recently shown to be a mosaic of heterogeneous dispersal habitats. We conducted a playback experiment of mobbing calls to examine the probabilities of forest birds to cross a distance of 50m over urban matrix with different land-cover types in an urban area. We treated the reciprocal of the crossing probabilities as a movement resistance for forest birds. We drew resistance su ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.024

17. An urban forest-inventory-and-analysis investigation in Oregon and Washington

Author:
Strunk, Jacob L.; Mills, John R.; Ries, Paul; Temesgen, Hailemariam; Jeroue, Lacey
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.18 pp. 100-109
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
USDA; computer software; databases; forest inventory; forests; land cover; land use; trees; urban areas; Oregon; Washington (state)
Abstract:
... The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis program recently inventoried trees on 257 sample plots in the urbanized areas of Oregon and Washington. Plots were located on the standard grid (≈1 plot/2428ha) and installed with the 4-subplot footprint (≈.067ha with 4 circular subplots). Using these data, we examined: 1) use of the land use classification dat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.04.006
Chorus Open Access:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.04.006

18. Developing the volume models for 5 major species of street trees in Gwangju metropolitan city of Korea

Author:
Kim, Hyun-Jun; Lee, Sang-Hyun
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.18 pp. 53-58
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
Zelkova serrata; Prunus serrulata; carbon sequestration; Metasequoia; street trees; experts; forests; tree and stand measurements; planting; local government; Ginkgo biloba; equations; models; traffic; Platanus occidentalis; economic analysis; regression analysis; stand basal area; pollarding; Korean Peninsula
Abstract:
... Street trees are one of the most important parts of an urban forest system because they have various functions including environmental conservation, harmony of scenery, traffic safety, and prevention. Moreover, of the analysis factors considered for street trees, volume is mainly used not only for further research on health assessment, environment analysis, carbon storage estimation, and economic ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.05.004

19. Diversification of the urban forest—Can we afford to exclude exotic tree species?

Author:
Sjöman, Henrik; Morgenroth, Justin; Sjöman, Johanna Deak; Sæbø, Arne; Kowarik, Ingo
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.18 pp. 237-241
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
Internet; biodiversity; cities; ecological resilience; ecosystem services; environmental factors; forests; indigenous species; international policy and programs; introduced plants; laws and regulations; planting; risk; trees; urban areas; urban development; urban forestry; urban planning; Central European region
Abstract:
... Introduced tree species represent a substantial component of urban forests in cities all over the world. Yet there is controversy about the further use of introduced tree species. Many practice orientated publications,research papers and governmental websites in the fields of urban planning, urban forestry, and urban ecology argue for planting native species and avoiding introduced species. Such a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.011

20. Effectiveness of corridor vegetation depends on urbanization tolerance of forest birds in central Tokyo, Japan

Author:
Matsuba, Misako; Nishijima, Shota; Katoh, Kazuhiro
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2016 v.18 pp. 173-181
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
birds; breeding season; forests; habitats; humans; landscapes; linear models; species diversity; street trees; understory; urban areas; urbanization; wildlife; winter; woodlands; Japan
Abstract:
... Vegetation corridors, such as street trees in urban areas, which connect patchy woodland and mitigate habitat isolation, are expected to enhance the persistence of birds in urban landscapes. However, the effectiveness of urban corridors on birds remains equivocal because vegetation corridor is often managed for human use with little consideration of wildlife. Here we compared the effects of three ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2016.05.011