2021

What do they like about trees? Adding local voices to urban forest design and planning

Highlights Local voices should inform future urban forest design. Multiple methods are used to elicit local preferences and priorities for trees. The existing local urban forest does not match residents’ stated preferences. Residents preferred mature and iconic trees and a less formal esthetic. Both near-home greenspace and access to natural spaces were important.   Abstract …

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Accelerating a green recovery of cities: Lessons from a scoping review and a proposal for mission-oriented recovery towards post-pandemic urban resilience

In the post-pandemic era, we must value our cities as cultural and economic centres, that are socially and environmentally diverse. This requires a transformation in the way we plan and govern our cities, but what can be learnt from the current crisis about how cities should be managed? In this article, we report on a scoping review to help identify seven lessons learnt for cities from the COVID-19 pandemic…

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