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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sreetheran Maruthaveeran , Wendy Y. Chen , Justin MorgenrothPublisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore Imprint: Springer Verlag, Singapore Edition: 1st ed. 2022 Weight: 0.629kg ISBN: 9789811954207ISBN 10: 9811954208 Pages: 382 Publication Date: 01 December 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsHistorical Perspective of Urban Forestry and Arboriculture in Malaysia.- Status and Future of Urban Forestry in Sabah, Malaysia.- Tree Preservation Order of Act 172.- 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 Paclobutrazol and Potassium Nitrate in Improving the Flowering Performance of Xanthostemon chrysanthu.- Urban Trees as a Nature Based Solutions for Carbon Sequestration in Malaysia.- The Effects of Creeping Plants on The Acoustical Performance of Green Porous Concrete Noise Barriers.- Soil and water bioengineering technique for ecological restoration and mitigation of natural hazards.- Insect Pests of Malaysian Urban Trees.- The Malaysian Perspective: Urban Forestry for Human Health and Wellbeing in the Tropics.- Urban Green Space, Green Exercise and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-Urban Soil Environment in Malaysia.ReviewsAuthor InformationSreetheran Maruthaveeran is an Associate Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He also has served as a senior researcher at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) since 2003 before joining the academic line in 2016. His main research interest lies in the social aspect of urban forestry, arboriculture, recreation and leisure sciences. Currently, he serves as the Editorial Board Member for Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism and also the Editor-in-Chief for ALAM CIPTA International Journal of Sustainable Tropical Design Research. He is the Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Unit, 6.07.00 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). He is also a Professional Technologist (Ts) registered under the Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT) and a Certified Arborist (MY0300A) under the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), USA since 2007. Wendy Y. Chen is a Professor at the Department of Geography, serving as the director of the International Centre for China Development Studies, The University of Hong Kong. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Urban Forestry and Urban Greening since January 2019, a top international journal in the field of urban forestry. Her research interests include urban forestry, natural resource evaluation and management, urban nature and urban ecology, ecosystem services and ecosystem service economics, environmental management, and sustainable development. She is currently the Deputy Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Unit, 6.07.00 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). Justin Montgomery is an Associate Professor at the School of Forestry, University of Canterbury. His areas of research interest include urban forest dynamics, as well as, explorations of tree response to a variety of urban stresses. He is a former Chair ofthe International Society of Arboriculture’s Science and Research Committee and Associate Editor for top scientific journals such as Urban Forestry and Urban Greening and Arboriculture and Urban Forestry. He is currently the Deputy Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Unit, 6.07.00 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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