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Function

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Trees play functional roles in cities around the world. They contribute to the reduction of air pollutants, landslide stabilization, storm water management, local food supply through urban orchards and community gardens, storm water retention, brownfield reclamation, and yield forest products. Each of these functions is reviewed with examples from the 33 cities surveyed in this study.

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McBride, J.R. (2017). Function. In: The World’s Urban Forests. Future City, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52108-4_7

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