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| Author(s): |
Locosselli, Giuliano Maselli
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Buckeridge, Marcos Silveira
Total Authors: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION; v. 37, n. 1, p. 7-pg., 2023-02-01. |
| Abstract | |
Key message Urban trees and forests are one of the main tools available in cities to face current and future environmental challenges and ultimately promote well-being. More than half of the world's population lives in cities nowadays. This rural exodus to cities resulted from a pursuit of better life quality. However, the urban population increase led to new levels of complexity. Such complexity calls for multifunctional solutions such as Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Trees are at the core of NbS, for all the ecosystem services they provide. Nevertheless, managing them is challenging and requires both the empirical knowledge of practitioners and a deep scientific understanding of the tree's structure and function. This special issue on "Urban Trees " advances our knowledge of their ecosystem services, tolerance and resilience to the urban environment, their possible disservices, and steps forward on new proposals for managing urban trees. It is clear from the current literature and the studies in this special issue that decision-making on urban trees must be supported by scientific evidence to promote well-being in cities. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 20/06694-8 - BIOTA SYNTHESIS - Nucleus of Analysis and Synthesis of Nature-Based Solutions |
| Grantee: | Jean Paul Walter Metzger |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Problem-Oriented Research Centers in São Paulo |
| FAPESP's process: | 22/02365-5 - Informed greening of cities for urban cooling (GreenCities) |
| Grantee: | Maria de Fátima Andrade |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/08783-0 - Functional forests: biodiversity in the benefit of cities |
| Grantee: | Giuliano Maselli Locosselli |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/50884-5 - INCT 2014: National Institute of Science and Technology of Bioethanol |
| Grantee: | Marcos Silveira Buckeridge |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 20/09251-0 - Functional forests: biodiversity in the benefit of cities |
| Grantee: | Giuliano Maselli Locosselli |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Young Researchers |