The purpose of this paper is to integrate the concepts of ecosystem services and disservices
when assessing the efficacy of using urban forests for mitigating pollution. A brief review of …

Urban forests, composed of trees and other vegetation, are integral parts of urban
ecosystems. Whether planted intentionally or left by default, urban forests appeared even in …

Megacities contain at least 10 million people whose wellbeing largely depends on
ecosystem services provided by remote natural areas. What is, however, most often …

Abstract This Research Report looks at a broad range of urban forest-based ecosystem
services and disservices and, using a literature review, links their provision with four aspects …

The social and ecological processes impacting on urban forests have been studied at
multiple temporal and spatial scales in order to help us quantify, monitor, and value the …

While technological progress has fostered the conception of an urban society that is
increasingly decoupled from ecosystems, demands on natural capital and ecosystem …

Abstract As a Nature-Based Solution, urban forests deliver a number of environmental
ecosystem services (EESs). To quantify these EESs, well-defined, reliable, quantifiable and …

This special issue brings together papers on the various perspectives on the value of urban
ecosystem services and discuss the potential of merging and synthesizing these …

With the majority of the world's human population now living in cities, urban forests provide
an increasingly important range of ecosystem services, from improved air quality and climate …

The urban environment is becoming the most common setting in which people worldwide
will spend their lives. Urban forests, and the ecosystem services they provide, are becoming …