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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Review on Urban Forests and Trees as Nature-Based Solutions over 5 Years
Contributor:
Kong, Xiangqi;
Zhang, Xinna;
Xu, Chengyang;
Hauer, Richard J.
Published:
MDPI AG, 2021
Published in:
Forests, 12 (2021) 11, Seite 1453
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3390/f12111453
ISSN:
1999-4907
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
As human living environments face increasing challenges with resilience, the concept of nature-based solutions (NBS) was proposed in recent years as a way to promote sustainable living in urban environments. Urban forests and trees play important roles in urban ecosystems, while their potential as an NBS is promising. A bibliometric analysis was first conducted to explore the research pattern of NBS in urban environments. Studies of urban forest and tree-based green infrastructure in NBS research were further investigated using a systematic literature review method. The initial studies on NBS have increased since 2015 with 493 documents published from 142 sources in over 70 countries and regions. Keyword analysis showed green infrastructure had a rather high frequency of utility and received considerable attention. As for urban forests as nature-based solutions (UF-NBS) research, the most prominent study approaches used at different scales and the main benefits and typologies of urban forest studied in the articles were identified. UF-NBS research is still relatively scarce at present. Despite the role of urban forest and trees in addressing environmental challenges being well recognized, UF-NBS studies still need to be conducted in a more comprehensive context, taking social and economic aspects into account.