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Managing municipal green space for ecosystem services
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In this article, the authors surveyed the membership of the Society for Municipal Arborists and found that municipal foresters perceived the management of municipal green space to enhance ecosystem services to be increasingly significant to the goals and actions of their departments.About:
This article is published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.The article was published on 2010-01-01. It has received 162 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Municipal or urban engineering & Ecosystem services.read more
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Urban forests and pollution mitigation: analyzing ecosystem services and disservices.
TL;DR: Development of urban forest management alternatives that mitigate pollution should consider scale, contexts, heterogeneity, management intensities and other social and economic co-benefits, tradeoffs, and costs affecting stakeholders and urban sustainability goals.
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Urban ecology and sustainability: The state-of-the-science and future directions
Jianguo Wu,Jianguo Wu +1 more
TL;DR: The most salient thrust of current research activities in the field of urban ecology is the emerging urban sustainability paradigm which focuses on urban ecosystem services and their relations to human well-being.
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Challenges and strategies for urban green-space planning in cities undergoing densification: A review
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of urban densification and compact city development on urban green space and its planning are discussed. But, the literature on the compact city approach often lacks specific suggestions for urban green spaces conservation and planning.
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A systematic quantitative review of urban tree benefits, costs, and assessment methods across cities in different climatic zones
TL;DR: A quantitative review of 115 original urban tree studies, examining: (i) research locations, (ii) research methods, and (iii) assessment techniques for tree services and disservices, is provided in this paper.
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Air pollution removal by trees in public green spaces in Strasbourg city, France
TL;DR: In this article, the authors integrated i-Tree Eco model in order to estimate air pollution removal by urban trees in Strasbourg city, France, and showed that public trees, i.e., trees managed by the city, removed about 88 t of pollutants during one year period (from July 2012 to June 2013): about 1 ton for CO; 14 tons for NO2; 56 tons for O3; 12 tons for PM10-coarse (particles with diameter ranging from 2.5 to 10μm); 5 tons for P2.5 and 1 metric ton for
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The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
Robert Costanza,Rudolf de Groot,Stephen Farberk,Monica Grasso,Bruce Hannon,Karin E. Limburg,Shahid Naeem,José M. Paruelo,Robert Raskin,Paul Suttonkk,Marjan van den Belt +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have estimated the current economic value of 17 ecosystem services for 16 biomes, based on published studies and a few original calculations, for the entire biosphere, the value (most of which is outside the market) is estimated to be in the range of US$16-54 trillion (10^(12)) per year, with an average of US $33 trillion per year.
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Mail and internet surveys : the tailored design method
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of the design of web, mail, and mixed-mode surveys, and present a survey implementation approach for web-based and mail-based surveys.
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Fundamentals of ecology
TL;DR: This book discusses the role of energy in Ecological Systems, its role in ecosystem development, and its implications for future generations of ecologists.
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Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place
John R. Logan,Harvey Molotch +1 more
TL;DR: A sociological classic is updated with a new preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work as discussed by the authors.