By providing ecosystem services, urban forests contribute significantly to the well-being of urban populations. Urban forests, along with other urban green spaces, are often the closest natural environment in the city where a child can play. The majority of pre-school children spend a large part of the day in kindergarten, which means that forest visits should have a prominent place in the kindergarten curriculum. Therefore, this study focuses on making the forest more suitable and thus more accessible for visits with children. The first goal of the research is to identify teachers’ preferences for the forest environment they visit with a group of pre-school children. The second goal is to present a forest suitability model for a visit with kindergarten children based on the teachers’ preferences. Based on the research survey conducted among the teachers in Slovenian public kindergartens, we formed and evaluated the criteria for the construction of a model of forest suitability for a visit with children. As the most important requirement for visiting a forest, the teachers note its proximity. They prefer a mature, mixed forest, with a bit of undergrowth, dead wood, and a presence of water and a meadow. Based on the identified criteria, we used the multi-criteria evaluation method in the GIS-environment in order to build a model of urban forest suitability for a visit with kindergarten groups of children in the study area of the City of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The results are useful in urban forest planning and management to ensure better forest suitability and accessibility for visits by children. Suitability maps can be used as one of the spatial foundations necessary for an integrated urban forest planning with emphasis on social functions. The model can be adapted beyond Slovenia to different spatial and social requirements and contexts.

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与幼儿园儿童一起参观森林：森林适宜性

通过提供生态系统服务，城市森林为城市居民的福祉做出了重要贡献。城市森林以及其他城市绿地通常是孩子可以玩耍的城市中最接近的自然环境。大多数学龄前儿童大部分时间都在幼儿园度过，这意味着探访森林应该在幼儿园课程中占有重要地位。因此，本研究着重于使森林更适合并因此更便于带孩子参观。研究的首要目标是确定教师对他们与一群学龄前儿童所访问的森林环境的偏好。第二个目标是根据教师的偏爱提出适合幼儿园儿童参观的森林适宜性模型。基于对斯洛文尼亚公立幼儿园的教师进行的研究调查，我们形成并评估了建立适合儿童参观的森林适宜性模型的标准。作为参观森林的最重要要求，老师们指出了附近的森林。他们更喜欢成熟，混合的森林，其中有一些灌木丛，枯木，还有水和草地。基于确定的标准，我们在GIS环境中使用了多标准评估方法，以便为斯洛文尼亚卢布尔雅那市研究区的幼儿园儿童的探访建立一个城市森林适宜性模型。结果对于城市森林规划和管理很有用，可确保森林的适宜性和儿童出游的可及性。适宜性地图可用作整合城市森林规划（强调社会功能）所必需的空间基础之一。该模型可以在斯洛文尼亚以外适用于不同的空间和社会要求以及环境。