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A History of Urban Forests and Trees in Europe

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  1. Department of Crop Science, Horticulture and Forestry, University College Dublin, Ireland

    Mary Forrest

  2. woodSCAPE consult, Denmark

    Cecil Konijnendijk

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  1. woodSCAPE consult, Rytterager 74, 2791, Dragoer, Denmark

    Cecil Konijnendijk

  2. Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, KVL, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958, Frederiksberg, Denmark

    Kjell Nilsson , Thomas Randrup  & Jasper Schipperijn ,  & 

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Forrest, M., Konijnendijk, C. (2005). A History of Urban Forests and Trees in Europe. In: Konijnendijk, C., Nilsson, K., Randrup, T., Schipperijn, J. (eds) Urban Forests and Trees. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27684-X_3

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