Role of Trees in Urban Areas and Challenges of their Establishment

1 INTRODUCTIONThe urban landscapes expand over large area. Asurbanization spreads into less developed rural areas, agrowing percentage of the natural resources will becomea part of urban forest ecosystems, and increasingamounts of forest outside these systems also will besubject to urban influence.The expansion of urban landscapes has particularlyimportant implications for the use and management ofpublic holdings, including protected forests, nationalparks, and state and locally administer…

Role of Trees in Urban Areas and Challenges of their Establishment

The trees in urban landscapes, independent of whether they are in urban forests or stand alone,can improve environment quality, enhance individual and community well-being, provide a wide range ofservices to individuals and communities, and produce a more healthful and comfortable environment forthe vast majority of the population. Knowledge of the potential significance of trees in urban landscapesis expanding rapidly as research continues to document the important role that urban forests and trees canplay in improving the quality of urban life. The environmental conditions in urban landscapes are, however,very different from the natural conditions that the tree species are adapted to. This poses big challenges tothe urban forestry in its efforts to create healthy and valuable trees in urban landscapes. Only throughimplementing some important measures we can ensure high survival rate of saplings and well-being andlongevity of urban trees.