Review of Urban Forestry Research in the Nordic Countries - SNS

survey, but not in the 2005 survey due to lack of relevant projects. ‘Ecology & biodiversity’and ‘Recreation & use’ are percentage-wise at the same level as in 2005, while the remainderof the themes have a smaller share than earlier. ‘Economic assessment’ is also included as anindividual theme, although only accounting for two percent of the keywords allocated.Project durationThe duration of the projects in the two CARe-FOR-US surveys are compared in Figure 4.5which shows share of research projects.100%90%80%70%60%50%40%More than 5 yearsLonger than 3 years1-3 yearsLess than 1 yearNot answered30%20%10%0%2005 2009Fig. 4.5. Comparison of research projects according to durationFigure 4.5 indicates a change in duration of urban forestry research projects. In the previousstudy a much larger share (20 %) of the projects lasted for more than five years compared tothe present study (4 %). On the other hand, more of the 2009-projects have duration ofbetween one and three years.Project fundingIn order to assess the development in funding of urban forestry projects the data from the twosurveys is compared in Figure 4.6.The comparison in Figure 4.6 shows a significant alteration in budget sizes of urban forestryresearch projects. Many more projects (54 %) in the 2009-survey have a budget of 100,000 to500,000 EUR than in the prior study (24 %). Additionally there has been a decrease in shareof projects under 50,000 EUR, whereas almost the same share of projects has funds of morethan 500,000 EUR.17