Smart Urban Forestry: Is It the Future?

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  • Stephan Pauleit
  • Gulsrud, Natalie Marie
  • Susanne Raum
  • Hannes Taubenböck
  • Tobias Leichtle
  • Sabrina Erlwein
  • Thomas Rötzer
  • Mohammad Rahman
  • Astrid Moser-Reischl
The urban forest, i.e. the stock of urban trees, is a major component of urban green spaces. It can make significant contributions to urban sustainability and climate change adaptation. Urban forest governance and management play a key role in the extent to which these contributions are realized for good. This chapter presents a selection of promising new technologies in support of urban forestry. Techniques and applications are introduced in the domains of remote sensing, modeling and citizen science. These technology-driven developments offer new potentials for ‘smart’ urban forestry but may also create new risks of a shift towards techno-managerialism as opposed to more open and democratic processes.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformed Urban Environments. The Urban Book Series.
Editors Ata Chokhachian, Michael U. Hensel, Katia Perini
Number of pages22
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2022
Pages161-182
Chapter10
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-03802-0
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-03803-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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