Thread by @CogitatioUP

New issue! We have just released an #openaccess collection focused on new urban forestry approaches and concepts for city #planning.

The issue was edited by @Dr_alessiorusso and Francisco J. Escobedo and is available here: bit.ly/3t7xOjg

What has the issue found? 🧵👇

1/ One of the priorities for cities is to provide equal access to healthy #food & lifestyles.#Urban food forests can contribute, but + effort is needed to identify the most effective mosaics of “#green” land uses. bit.ly/3PNrhE3

@FAOForestry @sim1borelli @botanicaUGR

2/ The inclusion of edible species in urban forest stands can enhance nutrition and #wellbeing in the urban landscape, where food deserts are common. bit.ly/3GwWbfC

3/ There is a need to leave the desk behind and enter the field to invigorate case study descriptions through the reflexive tool of narrative scholarship. bit.ly/3z7roEG

4/ A community-led green space development, enabling both participation & recognition of people in decision-making + equitable distribution of, and access to, green spaces, would likely enhance Environmental Justice in green space development. bit.ly/3t3Q3WC

@STRg_UKZN

5/ The next study reveals the challenges, difficulties, and limits of citizens' participation in urban forests, given the high degree of ambivalence and contrast in the way population groups relate to woodland and the representative/participatory systems. bit.ly/3M21V1U

6/ Population shrinkage affects not only vacant areas of cities but also overall green space #planning. It also reveals that general green space planning studies should consider demographic change as a relevant context factor. bit.ly/3NzUsIO

7/ The final article presents explorative research comparing how cities are dealing with planning an urban forest.

The results point to the diversity of organizational & typological interpretations of a forest at hand to achieve sustainability goals & overcome implementation barriers. bit.ly/3t4LAD2

@sanzserif @lbellogo @BKTUDelft @UrbanismTUDelft @HarvardGSD @itdupm @sararomero333