A History of Urban Forests and Trees in Europe

Forrest, Mary; Bosch, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den

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“…This includes the monumental Benjamin Franklin Parkway, modeled after the Champs-Elysées in Paris, France, which itself was also lined with P. acerifolia. (Brownlee, 1989;Forrest and Konijnendijk, 2005). Indeed, P. acerifolia is considered "the most widely planted of all city trees" (Lawrence, 2006, 273), and has long been appreciated for its large size, rapid growth, and tolerance to urban environmental stresses (Pack, 1922;Dirr, 2011).…”

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Human and biophysical legacies shape contemporary urban forests: A literature synthesis

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Eisenman

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Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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Section: Urban Parks Movement and Civic Beautificationmentioning

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Human and biophysical legacies shape contemporary urban forests: A literature synthesis

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Eisenman

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Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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“…In Central Europe, urban nature more often consists of constructed parks purposefully established to green the urban environment (Beatley, 1999;Forrest & Konijnendijk, 2005). Typical for such facilities are lawns, flower beds, single trees and bushes, and tree and bush groups, making intensive management more necessary than with, for instance, forests.…”

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Looking for the role of nature experiences in planning and decision making: a perspective from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Faehnle

Bäcklund

Tyrväinen³

2011

Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy

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Public experiences of everyday environments influence well-being and quality of life and effective planning for these environments can promote social sustainability. This article discusses how residents' values related to urban nature areas are as important as ecological and technical issues and can inform urban nature planning and decision making. We first provide a generic review of residents' values and meanings regarding urban nature. We then outline practices for obtaining data on these values and meanings and present examples from the Helsinki (Finland) Metropolitan Area. The article concludes with a discussion of the challenges that nature experiences bring to planning and decision making and highlights why and how insights generated as a result of residents' participation should be included in the knowledge base for planning decisions.

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“…1173]. 7 The term 'suburban forest' is widely used in the literature [Maziers, 1994;GRBC, IBGE et al, 2003;Forrest & Konijnendijk, 2005;LAFS, 2009]. Given the geographic location of the wooded area and the semantic distinction which the term 'suburban' establishes between urban reality and the forest, it seems less appropriate.…”

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When you can’t see the city for the trees. A joint analysis of the Sonian Forest and urban reality

Roland¹

2016

brussels

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Number 60, July 2nd 2012. ISSN 2031-0293 Considering the width of the Sonian Forest 'ecotone', the forest cannot be studied as 'nature' which is independent of urban dynamics. In this part of the urban area, the distribution of forms of developed land did not take place in the form of isotropic rings moving outwards from a central area represented by the Pentagon, but rather according to a second element historically tied to the latter, i.e. the forest itself. This article presents a chronological overview of the relationships between the mass of plant life referred to as 'the forest' and urban forms and the lifestyle practices associated with the Brussels urban area today. It first highlights the asymmetry created by the forest during the Ancien Régime in terms of the distribution of activities and developed land. It then reviews the role played by the forest in the processes of urbanisation in the south/southeast of Brussels in the 19th and 20th centuries. Finally, it explains the impact of these interactions on the construction of the forest landscape and on its management, before taking a stance with respect to how the forest should be dealt with today. University, Canada. Following his professional training periods, in 2009 he began to work as a researcher and teacher in the Faculté d'architecture, d'ingénierie architecturale, d'urbanisme (LOCI) Lee Christopher Roland has a degree in architecture from I.S.A. St-Luc Bruxelles, and studied as an exchange student at McGill

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A History of Urban Forests and Trees in Europe

Cited by 26 publications

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Human and biophysical legacies shape contemporary urban forests: A literature synthesis

Human and biophysical legacies shape contemporary urban forests: A literature synthesis

Looking for the role of nature experiences in planning and decision making: a perspective from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

When you can’t see the city for the trees. A joint analysis of the Sonian Forest and urban reality

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