The Urban Forest: Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment (Hardcover, 2017)

Preface.- Contributors.- 1. Environmental services provided by urban forests and green infrastructure.- 1.1. Introduction: Urban trees as environmental engineers; Roeland Samson .- 1.2. Ecosystem services: The environmental components.- 1.2.1. The Urban Heat Island: thermal comfort and the role of urban greening; Jelle A. Hiemstra et al .- 1.2.2. Urban trees and their relation to air pollution; Roeland Samson et al .- 1.2.3. Carbon sequestration by urban trees; Silvano Fares et al .- 1.2.4. Water regulation and purification; Ursa Vilhar .- 1.2.5. Soil quality; Miglena Zhiyanski .- 1.3. Delivery of goods and services; Abhishek Tiwary et al .- 1.4. Biodiversity as support for ecosystem services and human wellbeing; Pedro Pinho et al .- 1.5. The cost of greening: Disservices of urban trees; Paloma Carinanos et al .- 1.6. Case studies: Modeling the atmospheric benefits of urban greening; Ana Isabel Miranda .- 1.7. Assessing the ecosystem services deliverable: The critical role of the Urban Tree Inventory; Naomi Zurcher .- 1.8. Species-specific information for enhancing ecosystem services; Roeland Samson et al .- 1.9. Conclusions and recommendations; Roeland Samson .- 2. Socio-cultural services provided by urban forests and green infrastructure.- 2.1. Introduction: Socio cultural services of urban forests and green infrastructure; Liz O'Brien .- 2.2. Social and environmental justice: Diversity in access to and benefits from urban green infrastructure - examples from Europe; Liz O'Brien et al .- 2.3. Recreational use of urban green infrastructure: the tourist's perspective; Theano S. Terkenli .- 2.4. The role and value of urban forests and green infrastructure in promoting human health and wellbeing; Guiseppe Carrus et al .- 3. Economic benefits and governance of urban forests in a green infrastructure approach.- 3.1. Introduction: Governance and economic valuation; Natalie Gulsrud, Silvija Krajter .- 3.2. Challenges to governing urban green infrastructure in Europe - the case of the European Green Capital Award; Natalie Gulsrud et al .- 3.3. The role of partnerships and the Third Sector in the development and delivery of urban forestry and green infrastructure; Ian Whitehead et al .- 3.4. The Value of Valuing: Recognising the benefits of the Urban Forest; Kenton Rogers et al .- 4. Summary.- 4.1. Introduction: Tying it all together; Rocio Alonso del Amo, Giovanni Sanesi .- 4.2. Linking the environmental, social and economic aspects of urban forestry and green infrastructure; Nerys Jones, Clive Davies .- 4.3. Growing the Urban Forest: our Practitioners' Perspective; Naomi Zurcher, Maria Beatrice Andreucci .- Subject index.