ABSTRACT
In the era of globalization, when the entire planet is urbanized and planners debate “planetary urbanization”, economists discuss “global city”, ecologists describe planet's biodiversity hotspots connections, and climate changes warn “global” crisis, it might be reductionist focusing on forests “in” urban and peri-urban edges. It has been widely stated that trees in the urbanized area are necessary for our survival—environmentally, economically, and, no less, socially. There are many aspects and approaches towards urban forestry, and experts with different orientation have addressed urban forestry from multiple perspectives and skills. The holistic approach assembles the potential of other drivers (like economic trajectories, political decisions, and social influences), which force the transformation of the territory and, consequently, has an impact on forestation in the urbanized area. It is not the matter of “what” an urban forest or its function is; it digs into “why” the trees should be planted in a particular place due to specific spatial and contextual pressure.
