Trends in Urban Forestry Research in Latin America & The Caribbean: A Systematic Literature Review and Synthesis

Camilo Ordóñez Barona; Tahia Devisscher; Cynnamon Dobbs; Luis Orozco Aguilar; Mariana Dias Baptista; Nuria Mónica Navarro; Demóstenes Ferreira da Silva Filho; Francisco J. Escobedo

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126544

Trends in Urban Forestry Research in Latin America & The Caribbean: A Systematic Literature Review and Synthesis

Título traducido de la contribución: Tendencias en la investigación del arbolado urbano en América Latina y el Caribe: una revisión y síntesis sistemática de la literatura

Camilo Ordóñez Barona, Tahia Devisscher, Cynnamon Dobbs, Luis Orozco Aguilar, Mariana Dias Baptista, Nuria Mónica Navarro, Demóstenes Ferreira da Silva Filho, Francisco J. Escobedo

Grupo de Ecología Funcional y Ecosistémica (EFE)

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La investigación sobre el arbolado urbano se ha expandido en los últimos 30 años en los Estados Unidos, Canadá, Europa y Australia. No obstante, la silvicultura urbana se ha explorado en mucho menor medida en la región de América Latina y el Caribe, a pesar de ser una de las regiones más urbanizadas y con mayor biodiversidad del mundo. Abordamos esta brecha proporcionando una comprensión básica de la investigación forestal urbana en la región basada en una revisión sistemática de la literatura académica. De los 55,000 estudios encontrados, 195 fueron seleccionados para revisión y 182 fueron analizados y sintetizados. Estos estudios proceden de 13 países y se publicaron desde 1970 hasta mediados de 2018 (inclusive) en inglés, español y portugués. Casi la mitad de los estudios se basaron en Brasil, seguido de México y Chile. Para evaluar comparativamente la producción de artículos por país, contabilizamos la población del país y Brasil, Chile, Nicaragua y Puerto Rico tuvieron una producción de artículos per cápita superior al promedio. La mayoría de los artículos fueron estudios ecológicos (64%) que utilizaron encuestas de campo (58%) para investigar la diversidad de la vegetación urbana. La mayoría de los estudios ecológicos no incluyeron ninguna consideración social o de gestión. Solo unos pocos estudios se centraron en la dinámica espacio-temporal (12%) o las opiniones directas de las partes interesadas (9%). Observamos un notable aumento en la producción de artículos de la región durante la última década. Las unidades de análisis dirigidas por estos estudios se centraron principalmente en árboles individuales en áreas públicas (calles y parques). La comprensión de los bosques urbanos a nivel regional podría fortalecerse ampliando la investigación a través de múltiples unidades de análisis y en ciudades regionales, lo que podría proporcionar una mejor comprensión de la dinámica espacio-temporal regional. Para responder a las tendencias mundiales actuales y fomentar las fortalezas regionales, la investigación también podría centrarse en una gama más amplia de servicios ecosistémicos proporcionados por los bosques urbanos, y la relación de los bosques urbanos con la pobreza, la delincuencia, la vulnerabilidad climática, la pérdida de biodiversidad y la equidad social. Estos hallazgos pueden informar a las partes interesadas clave en la región que manejan los bosques y árboles urbanos sobre las tendencias de investigación y las brechas que se deben llenar. Este artículo muestra que la región tiene un importante cuerpo de investigación en silvicultura urbana que debería ser reconocido en las evaluaciones globales.

Título traducido de la contribución	Tendencias en la investigación del arbolado urbano en América Latina y el Caribe: una revisión y síntesis sistemática de la literatura
Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Número de artículo	126544
Publicación	Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
Volumen	47
N.º	126544
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126544
Estado	Publicada - ene. 2020

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