Urban Forest Landscapes: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives

by Laila Singh, Sanjay Patal, Girish Bali

ISBN: 9789371707879
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2026
Price : Rs. 19990.00
Biblio : 206p., tbls., figs., ind., 25cm.,

About The Book

• Introduction to urban forest landscapes as complex ecosystems within urban environments • Overview of multidisciplinary approaches to studying and managing urban forests, including ecology, urban planning, sociology, and landscape architecture • Discussion of the ecological, social, and economic benefits of urban forests, such as carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and community well-being • Exploration of challenges and opportunities in integrating diverse perspectives and stakeholders in urban forest management • Examination of case studies and best practices for designing, planning, and maintaining urban forest landscapes • Consideration of future trends and innovations in urban forestry, including green infrastructure, citizen science, and nature-based solutions for urban sustainability.

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. Urban Forests and Landscape Ecology 1 2. Analysis of the Structure and Ecological Function of an Extreme Landscape in a Tropical Region of West Java, Indonesia 3 3. An Indicator-Based Approach to Assess the Readiness of Urban Forests for Future Challenges: Case Study of a Mediterranean Compact City 29 4. Response of Spatio-Temporal Differentiation Characteristics of Habitat Quality to Land Surface Temperature in a Fast Urbanized City 53 5. Exploring the Determinants of Urban Green Space Utilization Based on Microblog Check-In Data in Shanghai, China 73 6. Concatenated Residual Attention UNet for Semantic Segmentation of Urban Green Space 91 7. Responses of Visual Forms to Neighboring Competition: A Structural Equation Model for Cotinus coggygria var. cinerea Engl. 113 8. The Temporal Variation of the Microclimate and Human Thermal Comfort in Urban Wetland Parks: A Case Study of Xixi National Wetland Park, China 133 9. The Nature and Size Fractions of Particulate Matter Deposited on Leaves of Four Tree Species in Beijing, China 155 10. Analysis of the Noise Pollution in the Bielański Forest NATURA 2000 Area in Light of Existing Avifauna (Warsaw, Poland) 171 Index 193