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What is an urban forest?

"The sum of all woody and associated vegetation in and around dense human settlements, ranging from small communities in rural settings to metropolitan regions."

From Urban Forestry, Planning and Managing Urban Greenspaces by Robert W. Miller: 1988. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

What is urban forestry?

“A planned and programmatic approach of the development and maintenance of the urban forest, including all elements of green infrastructure within the community, in an effort to optimize the resulting benefits in social, environmental, public health, economic, and aesthetic terms, especially when resulting from a community visioning and goal-setting process.” From the PAS Report, Planning the Urban Forest