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Sustainable and healthy urban forests can improve urban environmental quality, human healthand well-being for current and future generations. Trees and forests in urban areas are constantlychanging and are facing many new threats that may accelerate forest change. By sustainingdesired levels of tree cover with proper species and in appropriate locations, cities can sustainforest ecosystem services and values. This book explores urban forest sustainability on a global scale, and includes currentresearch topics, such as impacts of environmental stresses on urban forest ecosystemsustainability, the role of urban forests in heat mitigation, urban soil carbon, species diversity,tree risk assessment, urban forest survey, and urban forestry to meet global sustainability challenges.