PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hector M. Benavides Meza
TI  - Current Situation of the Urban Forest in Mexico City
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1992.007
DP  - 1992 Jan 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 33--36
VI  - 18
IP  - 1
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/18/1/33.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/18/1/33.full
SO  - JOA1992 Jan 01; 18
AB  - The establishment and maintenance of urban trees and greenspace in Mexico City is not easy. The main problems in the management of the urban vegetation (vandalism, nontechnical pruning, bad selection of species and placement, deficiency of maintenance, etc.) are discussed. The percentage occupied by greenspace is only 8.91% of the urban area, while the percentage occupied by roads (avenues and streets) is 27.55%. Some perspectives on arboriculture and its history in Mexico City are described.