Urban-forest assessment in the Dominican Republic

Abstract

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 contribute to losses of biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and ecosystem services. Urban green infrastructure is often associated with improvements to city aesthetics and even with improvements in resident... Understanding the quality and quantity of green areas have been a priority of major cities worldwide. In 2015 we started using iTree tools to estimate, qualitative and quantitative, ecosystem services provided by green infrastructure in some cities in the Dominican Republic...