Journal
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 154-162Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.01.001
Keywords
Environmental psychology; Forest management; Landscape preference; Street trees; Urban parks; Urban planning
Categories
Funding
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Ask authors/readers for more resources
A significant component of the urban ecosystem is the urban forest. It is also the quintessential meeting point of culture and nature, so it is critical to incorporate values-based approaches to managing them. The values that really count are those of urban citizens. A novel qualitative method was used to determine what qualities of the urban forest are valued by citizens of Calgary, Alberta, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. These values were compared with those reported in the literature to reveal that citizens value the urban forests mostly for their non-material benefits. Specifically, urban forests contribute to human emotional, intellectual, and moral fulfilment. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier GmbH.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available