Urbane šume i klimatske promene

Abstract

Spatial and urban plans have recently given an increased focus to the sensitive issue of planning the urban resilience of existing and establishing new urban forests. Urban forests are recognised as an extremely important factor of environmental quality, while scientific studies indicate that the health condition of urban forests is threatened by present-day climate change. There have been relatively few systematic assessments of the causes of tree die-back in urban areas in Serbia. Research, forest establishment planning and tree monitoring to estimate possible consequences to existing trees will enable city authorities and managing bodies to raise the issue of urban forest resilience to climate change to a higher level and incorporate it into urban planning. Future scenarios in which urban forests are resistant to potential adverse climate change will depend on the scope of activities of adaptive planning of urban forest establishment and adaptive management of existing ones. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct long-term studies of monitoring the condition of urban forests in the large cities of Serbia (Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Subotica, etc.) in the coming period in order to identify specific problems and remediate the consequences such as deteriorated tree health condition and die-back.