These resources are part of the course materials and they can be included in Weekly quiz and Final quiz assessment.

Davies, H.J., Doick, K.J., Handley, P., O’Brien, L. and Wilson, J. (2017). Delivery of ecosystem services by urban forests.

This publication gives a good introduction to ecosystem services (and ecosystem disservices) provided by urban forests and urban trees.
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Gómez-Baggethun, E., Gren, Å., Burton, D.N., Langemeyer, J., McPhearson, T., O’Farrell, P., Andersson, E., Hamstead, Z. and Kremer, P. (2013). Urban Ecosystem Services. In Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Challenges and opportunities (pp. 175-251). Springer, Dordrecht.

An interesting paper on Green Infrastructures (GI).

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Pouyat, R. (2013). Urban Ecosystems and Their Potential to Provide Ecosystem Services. Youtube Recording.

This recording focuses on the potential of urban trees and urban forests to provide ecosystem services.

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Hand, K.L., Doick, K.J. and Moss, J.L. (2019). Ecosystem services delivery by large stature urban trees.

This report is focussing on the ES provided by large urban trees. This is interesting, as large trees provide much more benefits, but are under threat in our cities.

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Berghöfer, A., Mader, A., Patrickson, S., Calcaterra, E., Smit, J., Blignaut, J., de Wit, M. & van Zyl, H. (2011). TEEB Manual for cities: Ecosystem services in urban management. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 6, 371–386.

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Suiza.

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FOREST EUROPE, Liaison Unit Bratislava, 2019: Human Health and Sustainable Forest Management by Marušáková Ľ. and Sallmannshofer M., et al. FOREST EUROPE Study.

A comprehensive report on the role of forests for health and wellbeing and its link to sustainable forest management.

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Wolf KL, Lam ST, McKeen JK, Richardson GRA, van den Bosch M, Bardekjian AC. Urban Trees and Human Health: A Scoping Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jun 18;17(12):4371. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17124371. PMID: 32570770; PMCID: PMC7345658.

A recent literature review of a wide spectrum of health and wellbeing benefits of urban trees.

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Terry Hartig, Richard Mitchell, Sjerp de Vries, Howard Frumkin. 2018. Nature and Health. Annual Review of Public Health 2014 35:1, 207-228.

Even if the focus is broader, on nature, this is one of the fundamental paper to navigate the concept of how nature exposure is beneficial for human health.

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