The urban forest : cultivating green infrastructure for people and the environment

• Other Authors: Pearlmutter, David (Editor), Calfapietra, Carlo (Editor), Samson, Roeland (Editor), O'Brien, Liz (Editor), Ostoić, Silvija Krajter (Editor), Sanesi, Giovanni (Editor), Amo, Rocío Alonso del (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• Series: Future city ; v. 7.
• Subjects: Urban forestry.; City planning.; Trees in cities.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319502809; 9783319502793
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book focuses on urban "green infrastructure"? the interconnected web of vegetated spaces like street trees, parks and peri-urban forests that provide essential ecosystem services in cities. The green infrastructure approach embodies the idea that these services, such as storm-water ru...