Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Environmental services provided by urban forests and green infrastructure -- 1.1. Introduction: Urban trees as environmental engineers -- 1.2. Ecosystem services: The environmental components -- 1.3. Delivery of goods and services -- 1.4. Biodiversity as support for ecosystem services and human wellbeing -- 1.5. The cost of greening: Disservices of urban trees -- 1.6. Case studies: Modeling the atmospheric benefits of urban greening -- 1.7. Assessing the ecosystem services deliverable: The critical role of the Urban Tree Inventory -- 1.8. Species-specific information for enhancing ecosystem services -- 1.9. Conclusions and recommendations -- 2. Socio-cultural services provided by urban forests and green infrastructure -- 2.1. Introduction: Socio cultural services of urban forests and green infrastructure -- 2.2. Social and environmental justice: Diversity in access to and benefits from urban green infrastructure – examples from Europe -- 2.3. Recreational use of urban green infrastructure: the tourist’s perspective -- 2.4. The role and value of urban forests and green infrastructure in promoting human health and wellbeing -- 3. Economic benefits and governance of urban forests in a green infrastructure approach -- 3.1. Introduction: Governance and economic valuation -- 3.2. Challenges to governing urban green infrastructure in Europe – the case of the European Green Capital Award -- 3.3. The role of partnerships and the Third Sector in the development and delivery of urban forestry and green infrastructure -- 3.4. The Value of Valuing: Recognising the benefits of the Urban Forest -- 4. Summary -- 4.1. Introduction: Tying it all together -- 4.2. Linking the environmental, social and economic aspects of urban forestry and green infrastructure -- 4.3. Growing the Urban Forest: our Practitioners’ Perspective -- Subject index. .