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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

5. Water Regulation and Purification

Author : Urša Vilhar

Published in: The Urban Forest

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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As detailed in previous chapters, urban forests and trees are an integral part of a city’s green infrastructure (Benedict and McMahon 2006; Sanesi et al. 2011) and provide an array of different ecosystem services (Bolund and Hunhammar 1999; Tyrväinen et al. 2005; Livesley et al. 2014). Among the most critical of these services, in many cases, is the contribution of urban forestation to water retention and flood regulation (Sanders 1986). …

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Metadata
Title
Water Regulation and Purification
Author
Urša Vilhar
Copyright Year
2017
Book
The Urban Forest

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-50279-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-50280-9

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50280-9_5