Vol. 29 No. 1 (2025): BEYOND DECARBONIZATION toward a Climate Neutral urban environment
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Trees Hubs. The city as a sustainable scenario of circular gardens and forests

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  • Chiara Pradel
Chiara Pradel
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft, The Netherlands
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-16645

Published 2025-07-31

Keywords

  • Tree hubs,
  • Circular green management,
  • Circular cities

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Pradel, C. (2025). Trees Hubs. The city as a sustainable scenario of circular gardens and forests. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, 29(1), 61–68. https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-16645

Copyright (c) 2025 Chiara Pradel

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Abstract

In line with the ambition to combat climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, the EU has recently committed to planting 3 billion trees (see the EU Forest Strategy, 2021). On a global level, a number of cities have implemented reforestation programmes and urban greening initiatives. Within the framework of this vast and urgent commitment, the paper examines the emerging phenomenon of Tree Hubs, where unwanted trees and plants can be placed after harvesting and before replanting, with a particular focus on The Netherlands.

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