The website is organized around basic themes regarding Urban Trees for the Climate of the Future. Each section on the toolbar is further elaborated with subpages.  

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About

The main focus of the section is on the necessity for arborists, urban foresters, green spaces managers and urban planners to be aware of current trends in research. 

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Directions of Research

An array of methods and tools are utilized to address the issue of resilience of tree species to changing environmental and climate conditions. Some research projects incorporate more than one mode of action:

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• Experiments on Ecophysiology

• Quest for plant material

• Species Distribution Modeling

• Greenhouse experiments

• Network of monitoring sites

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Major Projects

A selection of projects is briefly described. They are organized per geographic region and country. 

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• USA

• Europe

• Australia

• Africa

 

Tree diversity in Athens

The presence of lesser known and rare urban tree species in the city of Athens is documented with images and notes from literature. A tree survey covered many main streets in Athens across 20 boroughs of the city and large parks such as the NTUA Campus. 

Although it cannot be considered a systemic assessment of tree species performance, the aesthetic value of rare species is highlighted. ​They have been organized on the geographic region of origin.

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• Urban tree canopy in Athens

• Near East to C. Asia

• Europe to Caucasus

• Western Europe

• Indian subcontinent to SE Asia

• Americas

• Australia

• Oak Trees

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Projections into the future and evaluations

Beyond the climate change models for different scenarios, another spectrum of tools and methods has been developed. They aim to match geographic regions in terms of present and future climate and environmental conditions. Therefore suitable areas for sourcing plant material  can be determined. ​

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• Region and Climate matching tools

• Environmental parameters and databases

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Other topics

• Terminology in various languages​

• Essential Databases

• Plant Nurseries

• Botanical Gardens​

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​It is intended though that with the development of this website more topics be covered, such as:

 

• Plant Traits

• University Campuses

• Historical Gardens

• Microclimate and Local Climate Zones

• Participatory Processes and Schemes

• Urban Soils and Climate Change

• Global atlases (Environment and Climate)

• Invasiveness

• Native and Exotic species

• Comparison of Methodologies​​

• Assisted Migration (Forestry)