Urban forests through space and time

穿越时空的城市森林

• 批准号: 2749634
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2749634
• 关键词: Urban; forests; through; space; time

Urban trees and forests play an important role in both the physical and cultural environment of the UK's towns and cities [Davies et al., 2017]. However, our understanding of the way this role has evolved over time is limited by a lack of direct observations of canopy coverage [Doick et al., 2020]. This project will shed new light on changes to the extent of tree canopy cover, and access to the benefits provided by trees, in UK cities through a fusion of data sources spanning the past two centuries. The project will focus on two case study cities, Leeds and Edinburgh, with contrasting development histories. The local authorities governing both cities have declared climate emergencies; as part of their climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, Leeds has ambitions to double its current tree canopy cover by 2050 and Edinburgh has a commitment to become a 'million tree city' by 2030. Understanding the historical evolution of canopy coverage, and access to it, in the two cities will help inform the purpose, scale and location of future tree planting.

城市树木和森林在英国城镇的物质和文化环境中发挥着重要作用[Davies et al., 2017]。然而，由于缺乏对冠层覆盖的直接观察，我们对这一作用随着时间演变的方式的理解受到限制[Doick et al., 2020]。该项目将通过融合过去两个世纪的数据源，为英国城市树冠覆盖范围的变化以及获得树木带来的好处提供新的线索。该项目将重点关注利兹和爱丁堡这两个发展历史截然不同的城市案例研究。管理这两个城市的地方当局已宣布气候紧急状态；作为减缓和适应气候变化战略的一部分，利兹的目标是到 2050 年将目前的树冠覆盖率增加一倍，爱丁堡则承诺到 2030 年成为“百万棵树城市”。了解这两个城市树冠覆盖率的历史演变以及获取树冠的途径将有助于了解未来植树的目的、规模和地点。