Special Issue "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: 15 November 2023 | Viewed by 808
Special Issue Editors
Interests: landscape planning; decision support systems in landscape management; application of the R program in landscape ecology
Interests: forest engineering; forest operations; forestry machinery; forest biomass; environmental conservation; forest road; biomass harvesting
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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. Wonsop Shin
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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.
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Keywords
- urban biodiversity
- urban landscape planning
- biotic factors
- abiotic factors
- decision-making process
- IT tools
