Smart Urban Forestry: Is It the Future?

Stephan Pauleit, Natalie Gulsrud, Susanne Raum, Hannes Taubenböck, Tobias Leichtle, Sabrina Erlwein, Thomas Rötzer, Mohammad Rahman, Astrid Moser-Reischl

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Abstract

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 publicationUrban Book Series
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages161-182
Number of pages22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameUrban Book Series
ISSN (Print)2365-757X
ISSN (Electronic)2365-7588

Keywords

  • Ecosystem services
  • Governance
  • Remote sensing
  • Social-ecological-technological system
  • Urban green infrastructure
  • Urban microclimate
  • Urban tree growth

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