Review of Urban Forestry Research in the Nordic Countries - SNS

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3. Results – Research OverviewGeneral informationBy the end of 2009, completed project forms had been obtained for a total of 67 researchprojects. Contributions came from Denmark (16), Finland (8), Norway (12) and Sweden (31)(see also Table 3.1). A total list of the respondents that completed one or more projectquestionnaires is given in Appendix 2.Who is carrying out urban forestry research?Respondents were asked to state their affiliation and organisation, which enabled theresearchers to categorise projects according to organisation and affiliation type. An overviewof the organisations providing information about recent or ongoing projects is found inAppendix 2.6050403020100University Research institute MinistryFig. 3.1. Number of research projects per type of institution.Figure 3.1 shows the distribution of projects between types of organisations. The data indicatethat universities are the most common organisations behind urban forestry research in theNordic countries, being main partner in 51 of 67 collected projects. Research institutes have ashare of 15 projects, where as only one project is undertaken under the responsibility of aMinistry.Urban forestry elements studiedAs described in chapter 2, the term ’Urban Forestry’ is in this study defined in acomprehensive way, meaning that most urban and peri-urban green spaces, ranging fromsingle street trees to woodlands, have been considered. This inclusive approach means thatsome of the incorporated projects are at the fringe of the field, dealing e.g. with recreationalforests and peri-urban (non forest) landscapes.8
Table 3.1. Distribution of described projects between contributing countries and according tomain type of urban forest element studied. Note that projects can deal with more than onetype of green space; the percentages refer to the share of a type of green space among alllistings.Number ofprojectsTrees Parks Woodland Green spaceat largeDenmark 16 11.8% 11.8% 17.6% 58.8%Finland 8 0.0% 0.0% 37.5% 62.5%Norway 12 7.1% 0.0% 57.1% 35.7%Sweden 31 13.5% 10.8% 27.0% 48.6%Total 67 10.3% 1 10.3% 30.8% 48.7%Table 3.1 shows which main types of urban forest elements are studied in the projects. Adistinction is made between green space at large (with attention for different green elements,urban nature and urban landscape, but also the overall ‘urban forest’ or green structure of acity); woodlands (urban and peri-urban); urban trees; and urban parks.As shown in the table, the category of ‘green space at large’ was mentioned most frequently(48.7%) as type of green space studied, followed by ‘woodland’ with 30.8 percent. Thethemes ‘parks’ and ‘trees’ accounted for 10.3 percent each. Most of the countries show asimilar pattern in which types of green space are studied most frequently, although‘woodland’ is more dominant in Norwegian research (with ‘parks’ being entirely absent). TheFinnish part of the survey did not include projects on parks nor trees.Urban forestry research themesThe list of project names given in Appendix 3 gives an insight into the diversity of Nordicurban forestry research. The projects range from vegetation inventory work and study of planttechniques, to research on the relation between nature and human health and wellbeing.Respondent were asked to list up to six keywords per project. This resulted in a total of 270keywords which also illustrate the broad range of study topics within Nordic urban forestryresearch. The keywords included 196 different terms, as only few were mentioned more thanonce or twice (see Table 3.2.).Table 3.2. Overview of most frequently mentioned keywords.KeywordFrequencyUrban forest(ry) 8Urban woodland 6Physical activity 6Recreation(al use) 6Urban planning 5Outdoor recreation 5Forest management 4Biodiversity 4To gain an overview of which research topics that are studied most, the keywords weregrouped into overall themes. These overall themes were based on the themes in the CARe-9
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