| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 382 pages) |
| Contents |
Defining Urban Forestry and Arboriculture in Malaysia -- Part I Review -- The Status and Future of Urban Forestry in Sabah, Malaysia -- Tree Preservation Order of Act 172: A Malaysian Legislation Towards Sustainable Urban Forests -- Urban Soil Environment in Malaysia -- Trees Diseases and Disorders in Urban Forests of Peninsular Malaysia -- Potential Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Urban Trees in Malaysia -- Insect Pests of Tropical Malaysian Urban Trees -- Common and Potential Insect Pests of Urban Palm Trees in Malaysia -- Tree Vandalism in Malaysia: Criteria for Urban Forest Monitoring -- Urban Forestry for Human Health and Well-being in the Tropics -- Tree Climbing: From Recreational to Tree Workers in Malaysia -- Part II Case Studies -- Soil and Water Bioengineering Technique for Urban Forestry and Mitigation of Natural Hazards -- Effects of Tree Shading in Modifying Tropical Microclimate and Urban Heat Island Effect -- Influence of Roadside Trees and Road Orientation on Outdoor Thermal Environment: Case Study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Effect of Ficus pumila, Ficus pumila ‘Variegata’ and Vernonia elliptica on Sound Absorption Performance of Green Wall Fences -- Effects of Paclobutrazol and Potassium Nitrate in Improving the Flowering Performance of Xanthostemon chrysanthus (F. Muell.) Benth -- Assessing Small Urban Parks as Habitats for Butterflies in Malaysia -- Malaysian Roadside Tree Species Selection Model in Urban Areas -- Can Urban Forests Help to Manage Academic Stress Among Undergraduate University Students? -- Urban Green Space, Green Exercise and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Urban Forest Ecosystem and Its Services to Human Wellbeing in Klang Valley, Malaysia -- Index |
| Summary |
This book represents the latest research on urban forestry in a Malaysian context. It demonstrates that urban forestry is concerned not only with environmental enhancement, but also other aspects, such as recreation, health and well-being, and government policies. This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of urban forestry studies from various researchers in Malaysia, and includes rich historical perspectives of urban forestry in the country. It also tackles related issues in policy. The greening of urban Malaysia in the 1970s focused primarily on beautification and was primarily the province of horticulturists, landscapers, nursery workers, town planners, and architects, with negligible inputs from foresters, particularly urban foresters. Perhaps for that reason, the term "landscaping" has been used more widely than "urban forestry" by government and private institutions, politicians, stakeholders, academicians, and the public. Nevertheless, the authors show that the concept of urban forestry is not new for developing countries such as Malaysia, where urbanization is increasing at a rapid rate. The book unpacks this demographic shift from a predominantly rural to a principally urban society. As the only unified body of work on urban forestry and arboricultural studies in Malaysia, this volume presents an important interdisciplinary reference for students, researchers, and scholars in physical geography, forestry and urban forestry, arboriculture and landscape architecture, both in Malaysia, and in other developing urbanizing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia. It is also an important resource for those working in environmental policy and practice, excavating the vital connection between the environment and well-being |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Urban forestry -- Malaysia
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Arboriculture -- Malaysia
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Arboriculture
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Urban forestry
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Malaysia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Maruthaveeran, Sreetheran
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Chen, Wendy Y
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Morgenroth, Justin
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| ISBN |
9789811954184 |
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9811954186 |
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