I consider urban forestry as an intergral part of smart cities. I don't think the space for urban forestry should be reduce because of any smart city project.

I consider urban forestry as an intergral part of smart cities. I don't think the space for urban forestry should be reduce because of any smart city project.

The available new technologies allow the easy integration of green spaces with streets and buildings (e.g. Savannah, GA). A smart city has to use this valuable source of well-being, energy consumption decreasing the potential of urban forests, parks, green spaces. I think the direction of change is from the park type of green space management to the integrated green space management (green walls, roofs, tiny gardens, community gardens, etc.).

Urban forestry does not take much space and one interesting point is that everybody is interested in Urban Forestry but not in Natural forestry. As everyone wants a tree near their house for various purpose. Tree planted along the road does not take much space but provide good ecological benefit.

Not sure, what is really happening. I lived many years in Chennai, which used to be a rather green city, but the last times I visited Chennai I felt that now it is dominated by fly-overs, which caused the removal of many trees. Trees are crucial for big cities. They have a positive impact on urban climate and also filter out dust and small particples in the air. I feelt hat this is particularly important in India as often the air is highly polluted. Some readings, first on India, then generally

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