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Urban Forestry and Urban Green Management: Promoting Sustainable Urban Tree Populations Ⅱ

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 3569

Special Issue Editor

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Urban forests and urban greenspaces are vital infrastructure for healthy cities and healthy people. As urban populations continue to grow, maintaining and growing trees in places with concentrations of people is vital for sustainable cities. Finding ways to effectively, efficiently, and equitably plant, grow, and manage urban tree populations is important to realize the social and ecological values they provide and promote sustainable urban forests. In this Issue, we aim to invite papers that promote sustainable urban forests. We broadly define sustainable urban forests as meeting the future needs of people through economic practice that promotes the social and ecological needs of a community. We invite authors to submit papers for publication with a focus on sustainable urban forestry and urban greenspace management. Topical areas should involve some aspect of sustainable practice through urban forestry and urban greenspace management through examples such as:

  • Arboricultural practice;
  • Growth and longevity;
  • Inventory and assessment;
  • Planting practice;
  • Urban forest economics;
  • Urban tree canopy; and
  • Urban tree health.

We look forward to your submissions for consideration for publication in this Special Issue. Papers will be sent to anonymous reviewers, which will evaluate each submitted paper for acceptability for publication.

Prof. Dr. Rich Hauer
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • arboriculture
  • economics
  • ecology
  • inventory
  • management
  • tree pests
  • people and society
  • sustainability
  • tree canopy
  • urban forestry
  • urban greenspaces

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The Tripping Point–Minimum Planting Widths for Small-Stature Trees in Dense Urban Developments
by Andrew K. Koeser, Richard J. Hauer, Deborah R. Hilbert, Robert J. Northrop, Hunter Thorn, Drew C. McLean and Allyson B. Salisbury
Sustainability 2022, 14(6), 3283; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14063283 - 11 Mar 2022
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As urban development increases in density, the space to grow urban trees becomes more constrained. In heavily developed areas, small stature trees can be planted to reduce both above- and below-ground conflicts with infrastructure elements. However, even these species can interfere with pavement [...] Read more.
As urban development increases in density, the space to grow urban trees becomes more constrained. In heavily developed areas, small stature trees can be planted to reduce both above- and below-ground conflicts with infrastructure elements. However, even these species can interfere with pavement when placed in extremely confining conditions. In this study, we build on past work to determine the minimum planting space widths of small stature urban trees. Species, stem diameter, and the height at which stem diameter measurements occurred were all strong predictors of trunk flare (i.e., the interface region between large structural roots and the trunk) diameter (adjusted R2 of 0.843). Additionally, we modelled the relationship between planting space and the presence or absence of pavement conflicts using the predictions derived from this effort to project the potential cost savings in two United States cities. Study results provide a guideline to create sufficient space for urban trees and minimize infrastructure damage and associated cost savings. Full article
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