Urban Forestry: Toward an Ecosystem Services Research Agenda: A Workshop Summary

by National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

Much of the ecological research in the past decades has focused on rural or wilderness areas. Today, however, ecological research has been taking place in our cities, where our everyday decisions can have profound effects on our environment. This research, or urban ecology, includes an important element, trees. Trees have had a variety of environmental benefits for our environment including the sequestering carbon, reducing urban heat island effects,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309287588
• ISBN13: 9780309287586
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.4" x 10.9"