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作者

Nancai Pei;Cheng Wang;Ruilin Sun;Xinhui Xu;Qing He;Xin Shi;Lin Gu;Jiali Jin;Juyang Liao;Jianrong Li;Linping Zhang;Zhiqiang Zhang;Zezhou Hao;Baoquan Jia;Erfa Qiu;Chang Zhang;Zhenkai Sun;Shasha Jiang;Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch

来源

URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING,Vol.46,Issue1,Article 126472

语言

英文

关键字

Ecosystem-Landscape-Forest framework;Forest City;Interdisciplinary approach;Rapid urbanization;Urban ecosystems;Urban green infrastructure

作者单位

Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou 510520, China;Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry/Urban Forest Research Center, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing 100091, China;Hunan Forest Botanical Garden, Changsha 410114, China;South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China;Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Ecosystem Protection and Restoration of Poyang Lake Watershed (JXAU), Nanchang 330045, China;School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;Xinhua College of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510520, China;School of Science, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China;School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA;Department of Botany, MRC-166, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA;Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada;Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou 510520, China;Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry/Urban Forest Research Center, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing 100091, China;Hunan Forest Botanical Garden, Changsha 410114, China;South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China;Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Ecosystem Protection and Restoration of Poyang Lake Watershed (JXAU), Nanchang 330045, China;School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;Xinhua College of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510520, China;School of Science, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China;School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA;Department of Botany, MRC-166, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA;Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada

摘要

In the Anthropocene, natural resource management approaches, including forestry, have been incorporating cross-disciplinary, multi-functional, and highly technological endeavors. Urban forestry has emerged as a way of adapting natural resource management to city settings. Here we propose a research agenda for more integrative urban forestry with due consideration to forest, landscape, and ecosystem dimensions (i.e., E-L-F framework). We further offer a two-pronged pathway of emerging technologies related to assessing and understanding urban forest ecosystems. Specifically: 1) spatial-level techniques, which include assessment of forest canopy, understory, and belowground functions; and 2) organism-level techniques involving micro-, meso-, and macro- components of forests. We demonstrate this approach with an empirical case study describing China’s current experience with urban forestry approaches. In China, urban forestry has developed rapidly during recent years, incorporating several fundamental principles and adopting a wide range of emerging technologies. Applying the results of this case study in China will help advance modern urban forestry across the globe, and may inspire urban forest researchers, decision makers, and practitioners.