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Urban forestry : toward an ecosystem services research agenda : a workshop summary / Katie Thomas and Laurie Geller, rapporteurs ; Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Katie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban forestry--United States--Congresses.
- Urban forestry.
- Forest policy--United States--Congresses.
- Forest policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (76 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Much of the ecological research in the past decades has focused on rural or wilderness areas. Today, however, ecological research has been taking place in our cities, where our everyday decisions can have profound effects on our environment. This research, or urban ecology, includes an important element, trees. Trees have had a variety of environmental benefits for our environment including the sequestering carbon, reducing urban heat island effects, providing vital habitat for wildlife, and making nature accessible. These benefits have important impacts on the physical, socio-economic, and mental health of humans as well. Being exposed to trees has been shown to enhance social cohesion, improve health and recreational opportunities, and increase real estate values. In order to gain more knowledge into this urban forestry, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) held a workshop February 25-26, 2013. The workshop brought together more than 100 people with various interests in urban forestry research to share information and perspectives, foster communication across specific areas of ecosystem service research, and consider integrated approaches that cut across these realms. The workshop specifically examined current capabilities to characterize and quantify the benefits, key gaps in our understanding, the challenges of planning urban forests in a way that optimizes multiple ecosystem services and more. Urban Forestry: Toward an Ecosystem Services Research Agenda: A Workshop Summary presents an overview of the issues discussed by the workshop's breakout groups; summarizes presentations from the four panels which included Biophysical Services of the Urban Forest; and context for the study with introductory material from the workshop.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 URBAN FORESTRY: SERVICES, TOOLS, AND MANAGEMENT""; ""3 NEXT STEPS FOR THE FUTURE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A: OUTPUT FROM THE BREAKOUT GROUP DISCUSSION""; ""APPENDIX B: WORKSHOP AGENDA""; ""APPENDIX C: PARTICIPANT LIST""; ""APPENDIX D: ACRONYM LIST""; ""APPENDIX E: STATEMENT OF TASK""; ""APPENDIX F: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9780309287616
- 0309287618
- 9780309287593
- 0309287596
- OCLC:
- 923289344
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