Three decades of urban forestry in China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Hradec Králové, Faculty of Science, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic;2. The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Květnové náměstí 391, 252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic;3. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Praha, Czech Republic;4. Environmental Protection Department, City Hall Prague, Jungmannova 35/29, CZ-110 01 Praha, Czech Republic;1. Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium;2. Centre for Environmental and Energy Law, Department of European, Public and International Law, Ghent University, Belgium;3. Quality Assurance Office, Department of Educational Policy, Ghent University, Belgium;4. Research Group Mycology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium;5. Department of Infrastructure and Facility Management, Ghent University, Belgium;1. Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan;2. Institute for Sustainable Agro-ecosystem Services, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Midori Cho, Nishitokyo City, Tokyo 118-0002, Japan;1. College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;2. School of Art and Archaeology, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou 310015, China;3. College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A&F University City College, Hangzhou 311300, China;1. UMR 7324 CNRS CITERES, 33 allée Ferdinand de Lesseps, 37200, Tours, INSA Centre Val de Loire, 8 rue de la Chocolaterie, 41000 Blois, France;2. LTSER, Zone Atelier Loire, France;3. Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et Ecologie, UMR CNRS-IRD, Avignon Université, Aix-Marseille Université, IUT d′Avignon, 337 chemin des Meinajariés, Site Agroparc BP 61207, 84911 Avignon Cedex 09, France |
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| Abstract: | Urban forestry has been formally recognized as a codified academic discipline in China’s higher education since 1992. This short communication attempts to revisit the emergence and development of urban forestry in China over the last three decades. Despite the traditional disciplinary division existing between forestry (which focuses on forested landscapes in non-urbanized regions) and landscape architecture (which concerns about individual and collective plants in urbanized environments), urban forestry offers an interdisciplinary convergence point, drawing upon disciplinarily-specific understanding and expertise of both forestry and landscape architecture, that supersedes the urban-rural distinction and could be translated into flexible, integrative, and transdisciplinary approaches for the effective governance of urban and peri-urban forests. With the enrichment of empirical evidence from China’s unique socioeconomic context and the theoretical advancement of urban forestry, innovative practical initiatives like “National Forest City” successfully transform urban forestry knowledge into on-the-ground practices. While China’s unprecedented urbanization has been accompanied by social and environmental problems calling for solutions wherein urban forestry can contribute, it offers a fertile ground for further advancing the development of urban forestry. |
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| Keywords: | Urban forestry China Landscape architecture Disciplinary development National Forest City |
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