Review of Urban Forestry Research in the Nordic Countries - SNS

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FOR-US 2006 report and on the researchers’ experience within urban forestry research,previous studies (e.g., Forrest et al., 1999), as well as on the list of chapter titles of thereference book Urban Forests and Trees (Konijnendijk et al., 2005). A few of the keywordscould not be grouped (e.g. geographical references). Figure 3.3 shows how the researchersallocated the 270 keywords to several overall research themes.Times keywords were allocated to theme706050403020100SelectionEconomic assessmentInformation & decision-supportOrganisation, networking & ownershipAwareness raising, training & educationEstablishment & afforestationPublic involvement & communicationStressesUrban forest assessmentUrban forest management & silvicultureRecreation & useNature & healthSocial valuesEcology & biodiversityUrban (forest) planningFig. 3.3. Frequency of research themes based on grouping of project keywords.Research on urban (forest) planning issues is most common. This theme includes projectsranging from forest planning to green (structure) planning and even urban planning (e.g.,water management and democratic urban spaces). Studies on ecology and biodiversity,including for example nature protection and biotope mapping, rank second. Next featurestudies looking at social values (e.g. amenity values, nature experience and publicpreferences) and nature and health (e.g., physical activity and therapeutic gardens).Also very common is research on recreation and use of urban forests, including projects onfor example outdoor life, and access and use of green spaces. Urban forest management andsilviculture topics were also mentioned relatively often, whereas the remaining themes onlyappeared a few times. Also, it can be noticed that the distribution of overall themes reflectsthe list of most frequently given keywords well (see Table 3.2).Project durationRespondents were asked to indicate the duration of their research projects. On this basis theresearch projects were allocated into four types of duration spans (see Fig. 3.4.).10
Project duration4%10%39%47%Less than 1 year1-3 yearsLonger than 3 yearsMore than 5 yearsFig. 3.4. Research projects according to duration.Ten percent of the projects last less than one year, while almost half of all projects haveduration of one to three years (with many of these being PhD-studies). Projects of more thanthree years account for 39 percent of all projects, whereas only four percent of the studies lastmore than five years.Project fundingIn order to obtain a more general insight into projects budgets, respondents were asked toselect one of five broad funding categories for their project (see Fig. 3.5.).Project funding categories9%4% 4%12%55%16%Not answ ered< 10 000 EUR10 000 - 50 000 EUR50 000 - 100 000 EUR100 000 - 500 000 EUR500 000 EUR or moreFig. 3.5. Research projects according to funding category.Figure 3.5 shows that more than half of the projects have a budget of 100,000-500,000 EUR.Projects with budgets of less than 100,000 EUR account for approximately one third of thetotal, while only four percent of the projects are budgeting with more than 500,000 EUR.Furthermore four percent of the projects did not have an indication of their budget size.In addition to the information on project budgets, respondents were asked to indicate whichorganisation(s) were funding their research (see Fig. 3.6.).11
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