TY - JOUR T1 - Current Situation of the Urban Forest in Mexico City JF - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) JO - JOA SP - 33 LP - 36 DO - 10.48044/jauf.1992.007 VL - 18 IS - 1 AU - Hector M. Benavides Meza Y1 - 1992/01/01 UR - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/18/1/33.abstract N2 - 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. ER -