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Urban Forests for Healthier Cities: Policy, Planning, Regulations, and Institutional Arrangements

  1. Introduction
  2. PART I: DEFINING URBAN FOREST CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS

    What is an Urban Forest?
  3. What Challenges Do Urban Forests Face?
  4. Why Do Urban Forests Matter?
  5. Consider Context
  6. Multiple Stakeholders, Multiple Scales
  7. PART II: POLICY, PLANNING, AND REGULATIONS

    Introduction to Policy for Urban Forests
  8. Public Space Interventions
  9. Case Study: Greening Kuala Lumpur
  10. Introduction to Planning for Urban Forests
  11. Case Studies: Urban Planning
  12. Comprehensive and Strategic Plans
  13. Urban Forest Management Plans
  14. Case Study: San Francisco, CA, USA
  15. Case Study: Greening for Resilience in Melbourne, Australia
  16. Introduction to Regulations for Urban Forests
  17. Zoning
  18. PART III: FUNDING AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

    Institutional Arrangements: Part I
  19. Institutional Arrangements: Part II
  20. Case Study: Evolving Urban Forest Management in Seattle, WA, USA
  21. Funding and Valuation
  22. Case Study: Expanding Urban Forests in Curitiba, Brazil
  23. Challenges
  24. Gaps in Knowledge
  25. PART IV: SUMMARY AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

    Summary
  26. Selected Resources
  27. Credits
  28. References

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  1. Introduction
  2. PART I: DEFINING URBAN FOREST CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS

    What is an Urban Forest?
  3. What Challenges Do Urban Forests Face?
  4. Why Do Urban Forests Matter?
  5. Consider Context
  6. Multiple Stakeholders, Multiple Scales
  7. PART II: POLICY, PLANNING, AND REGULATIONS

    Introduction to Policy for Urban Forests
  8. Public Space Interventions
  9. Case Study: Greening Kuala Lumpur
  10. Introduction to Planning for Urban Forests
  11. Case Studies: Urban Planning
  12. Comprehensive and Strategic Plans
  13. Urban Forest Management Plans
  14. Case Study: San Francisco, CA, USA
  15. Case Study: Greening for Resilience in Melbourne, Australia
  16. Introduction to Regulations for Urban Forests
  17. Zoning
  18. PART III: FUNDING AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

    Institutional Arrangements: Part I
  19. Institutional Arrangements: Part II
  20. Case Study: Evolving Urban Forest Management in Seattle, WA, USA
  21. Funding and Valuation
  22. Case Study: Expanding Urban Forests in Curitiba, Brazil
  23. Challenges
  24. Gaps in Knowledge
  25. PART IV: SUMMARY AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

    Summary
  26. Selected Resources
  27. Credits
  28. References
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Selected Resources

General Urban Forest Resources:

  • Cities4Forests Toolbox
  • Guidelines on Urban and Peri-urban Forestry (FAO)
  • Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit
  • Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry (2017)
  • Urban Forestry: Planning and Managing Urban Greenspaces (Miller, Hauer, and Werner, 2015)
  • Legal and Institutional Aspects of Urban and Peri-urban Forestry and Greening (FAO)
  • Planning for Urban Forests, American Planning Association (2009)

Resources for Public Space Interventions:

  • Cities Safer by Design (WRI)
  • Toolkit for Community Participation in Pocket Parks (EMBARQ)
  • Complete Streets Local Policy Workbook (Smart Growth America)
  • The 8 Principles of the Sidewalk: Building More Active Cities

General Green Infrastructure Resources:

  • Green Infrastructure: How to Manage Water in a Sustainable Way (NRDC)
  • Integrating Green and Gray: Creating Next Generation Infrastructure (WRI)

Social Equity Resources:

  • Cities4Forests Social Equity Learning Guide
  • Roadmap for Inclusive Planning (C40)
  • Mapping Social Landscapes Guide (WRI)
  • Meaningful Stakeholder Consultation (IDB)

Guidelines and Literature on Urban Trees/Green Infrastructure and Air Quality:

  • Using Green Infrastructure to Protect People from Air Pollution (Greater London Authority)
  • Implementing Green Infrastructure for Air Pollution Abatement: General Recommendations for Management and Plant Species Selection (University of Surrey)
  • Using Green Infrastructure to Improve Urban Air Quality (GI4AQ) (Hewitt, Ashworth, and MacKenzie, 2020)
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  • Cities4Forests helps cities around the world to connect with and invest in inner forests (such as city trees and urban parks), nearby forests (such as green corridors and watersheds) and faraway forests (such as tropical and boreal forests). We encourage our cities to better conserve, manage, and restore these forests, and we provide technical assistance for them to align local policy, share knowledge, and access peer-to-peer learning and communication activities for cities to take climate action together.

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