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A social-ecological approach to studying variation in urban trees and ecosystem services in the National Municipal District of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(2022)
[English] Maintaining a diverse urban forest that provides ecosystem services can promote urban sustainability and resilience to environmental change. Around the world, cities have taken to inventorying their urban trees ...
Urban-forest assessment in the Dominican Republic
(2019)
The world´s urbanization forecast shows that 60% of the human population will be living in cities by 2050 (United Nations et al. 2017). This growth will negatively impact natural forests surrounding urban areas and will ...
Contribution of urban forests to the ecosystem service of air quality in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(2021)
A survey on pollutants that affect air quality was carried out at 27 points in the city of Santo Domingo, National District. The removal of air pollutants was estimated in relation to the city’s forest cover; using the ...
Urban forest sustainability in residential areas in the city of Santo Domingo
(2021)
Cities are territories vulnerable to climate change. An alternative to increase resilience and mitigate the effects of the climate context is urban forest planning to increase ecosystem services. This research constructed ...