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Urban Forest Landscape Planning, Management and Evaluation
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Urban Forest Landscape Planning, Management and Evaluation

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 August 2024 | Viewed by 3690

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Milena D. Lakicevic

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Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Interests: landscape planning; decision support systems in landscape management; application of the R program in landscape ecology
Dr. Kazuhiro Aruga

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Department of Forest Science, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan
Interests: forest engineering; forest operations; forestry machinery; forest biomass; environmental conservation; forest road; biomass harvesting
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Prof. Dr. Won-Sop Shin

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School of Forest Resources, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju-si 361-763, Republic of Korea
Interests: forest therapy; social forestry; forest recreation; forest welfare; forest education; psychological benefits of forest/nature use; forest/nature and public health
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Urban forests are residuals of nature within a city and have multiple benefits for city dwellers. Additionally, they are important for preserving the biodiversity of plant, animal, and fungal species and their communities. The survival of urban forests depends on how they are planned, monitored, and managed; therefore, this topic should be addressed carefully and include a multidisciplinary approach.

This Special Issue aims to publish high-profile papers that deal with up-to-date research in planning and managing urban forests. The scope of this issue is broad and encompasses research related to diverse biology and forestry disciplines such as botany, dendrology, entomology, forest pathology, etc., in the context of urban forests and their proper management and planning. In addition to this, there are newly developed IT tools (including decision support systems) and specialized software in forestry science that move both theory and practical work forwards, and papers dealing with this subject are also very welcome. The papers we are soliciting should help in understanding the process of urban forest planning, management, and evaluation by offering representative real case study examples or introducing contemporary methodology and practices.

Dr. Milena D. Lakicevic
Dr. Kazuhiro Aruga
Prof. Dr. Won-Sop Shin
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forests is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • urban biodiversity
  • urban landscape planning
  • biotic factors
  • abiotic factors
  • decision-making process
  • IT tools

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Building Urban Forest Resilience to Sea Level Rise: A GIS-Based Climate Adaptation Tool for New York City
by Ravneet Kaur, Richard A. Hallett and Navé Strauss
Forests 2024, 15(1), 92; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15010092 - 03 Jan 2024
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Urban forests in coastal regions are vulnerable to changing climate conditions, especially sea level rise (SLR). Such climate change impacts add complexity for urban forest managers as they make decisions related to tree species selection. The New York City (NYC) Parks Department manages [...] Read more.
Urban forests in coastal regions are vulnerable to changing climate conditions, especially sea level rise (SLR). Such climate change impacts add complexity for urban forest managers as they make decisions related to tree species selection. The New York City (NYC) Parks Department manages over 660,000 street trees, many of which occupy sites that are susceptible to saltwater flooding. In order to build a resilient urban tree canopy in these flood-prone zones, we ranked tree species based on their overall tolerance to coastal vulnerability factors such as high winds, salt spray, and soil salinity. Our results revealed that 16 of the 44 species ranked high in overall tolerance to these factors. We also developed a GIS-based tool, specific to NYC, which delineates three coastal tiers based on their susceptibility to coastal vulnerability factors using SLR projections for the 2100s. The species list combined with the GIS tool provides urban forest managers a method to assign tree species to different coastal tiers based on their ability to withstand coastal climate change impacts into the future. We provide details on how this tool was developed for NYC so other coastal cities can replicate this approach to creating a more resilient future coastal urban forest. Full article
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Impacts and Predictions of Urban Expansion on Habitat Connectivity Networks: A Multi-Scenario Simulation Approach
by Shihui Chang, Kai Su, Xuebing Jiang, Yongfa You, Chuang Li and Luying Wang
Forests 2023, 14(11), 2187; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14112187 - 03 Nov 2023
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Urban expansion is leading to the loss and fragmentation of habitats, which poses a threat to wildlife. People are hopeful that, through scientific urban planning and the adoption of innovative models for human communities, such a situation can be improved. Thus, a case [...] Read more.
Urban expansion is leading to the loss and fragmentation of habitats, which poses a threat to wildlife. People are hopeful that, through scientific urban planning and the adoption of innovative models for human communities, such a situation can be improved. Thus, a case study was carried out in Nanning City, China, to extract habitats, build an ecological resistance surface, and construct a habitat connectivity network (HCN). To simulate changes to unused land in the future, we put forth the A (the parcel is divided into strips), B (the parcel is divided into two strips), C (the central area of the parcel is planned as a quadrangle), and D (opposite to Scenario C, the peripheral area is green space) scenarios of human communities that guarantee a 30% ratio of green space, and established the corresponding HCNs. The results indicate that: (1) Currently, the habitats cover approximately 153.24 km2 (34.08%) of the entire study area. The ecological corridors in this region amount to a total of 5337, and the topological indicators and robustness indicate a strong stability of the current HCN. (2) With urban expansion, once continuous habitats are being fragmented into smaller green spaces, it is estimated that the habitats will shrink by 64.60 km2. The topological indicators and robustness reveal that the stability of the HCNs becomes lower as well. Multiple scenario simulations demonstrated that Scenario D is better than Scenarios B and C, while Scenario A performed the worst. (3) Furthermore, we observed a stronger negative impact of urban expansion on local connectivity. This indicates that the influence of urban expansion on the local HCNs is often more pronounced and may even be destructive. Our findings can advise urban planners on decisions to minimize the impact of urban expansion on wildlife. Full article
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Fuzzy AHP Assessment of Urban Parks Quality and Importance in Novi Sad City, Serbia
by Bojan Srdjevic, Milena Lakicevic and Zorica Srdjevic
Forests 2023, 14(6), 1227; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061227 - 13 Jun 2023
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This paper proposes an AHP approach that utilizes the fuzzy extent model to prioritize five city parks based on their present quality and projected importance for Novi Sad City, the capital of Vojvodina Province, in Serbia. The study involved an expert evaluation of [...] Read more.
This paper proposes an AHP approach that utilizes the fuzzy extent model to prioritize five city parks based on their present quality and projected importance for Novi Sad City, the capital of Vojvodina Province, in Serbia. The study involved an expert evaluation of a set of eight criteria to identify the most relevant subset of criteria for a detailed park assessment. The park evaluation took into account uncertainties (fuzziness), the expert’s risk tolerance, and different levels of optimism and pessimism. The obtained results could serve when defining upcoming city plans and management agendas related to green areas in the city. The proposed fuzzy-based methodology can be extended to group decision-making scenarios by involving more experts and stakeholder representatives. The park weights obtained through the fuzzy AHP methodology described in this paper can aid city planners and politicians in the strategic allocation of financial, organizational, and human resources for parks. Full article
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