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Trees for the urban millenium: Urban forestry update
| Author: |
Kuchelmeister, G. |
| Date: |
2000 |
| Periodical: |
Unasylva 200 |
| Abstract: |
Urban dwellers are increasingly recognizing and articulating the importance of urban forests as a vital component of the urban landscape, infrastructure and quality of life. Municipalities together with diverse stakeholders around the world have launched often quite ambitious urban forestry programs. Much progress has been achieved in urban forestry research and development in industrialized countries. However, multipurpose urban forestry in developing countries is still in its infancy. In addition, forestry work is conspicuously absent from urban development cooperation initiatives, despite the accelerated urbanization process taking place in developing countries.<br><br>This article highlights the importance of urban trees and related vegetation in and around densely populated areas in both industrialized and developing countries. The focus is on implications of urbanization for development co-operation, benefits of urban forests, poverty alleviation, innovative public-private partnerships and multi-resource management.
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