Patterns and dynamics of urban forests in relation to land use and development history in Guangzhou City, China

Guangzhou city, the premier metropolis of south China, has been established for 2800 years, and has a long history of urban greening and heterogeneous land use. Five urban districts, which represent old, middle-aged and young stages of development and cover the bulk of the city's built-up zones, form the study area. Interpretation of aerial photgraphs is used as a basis to classify the urban forest into three types, and to design a sampling scheme for studying trees in urban parks, institutional grounds and roadsides.

[Ti: Patterns and dynamics of urban forests in relation to land use and development history in Guangzhou City, China]
[Au: Jim, C.Y. and, Liu, H.T., ,]
[So: Geographical Journal 167(4):358-375.]
[Ky: Managing the Urban Forest]]