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Evaluating The Impact Of Trees On Residential Thermal Conditions In Los Angeles Using Community Science, Edith B. De Guzman
Evaluating The Impact Of Trees On Residential Thermal Conditions In Los Angeles Using Community Science, Edith B. De Guzman
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
As the planet warms, heat-vulnerable communities in cities face increased heat-related risks including lost productivity, reduced learning outcomes, illness, and death. Despite the growing threat of heat, effective approaches to alleviate urban heat are available. Tree planting has received investment in a growing number of cities around the world, but there are significant gaps in our understanding of the cooling potential of trees in the urban context, particularly the impacts on indoor spaces where urban dwellers spend most of their time. Our study engaged community scientists in Los Angeles County, USA to collect data on the impacts of trees on …
Cross Sector Partnerships – Development Of The Chicago Region Trees Initiative, Lydia Scott, Karen Ann Miller, Joseph Mccarthy, Matthew Freer, Lindsay Darling, Melissa Custic
Cross Sector Partnerships – Development Of The Chicago Region Trees Initiative, Lydia Scott, Karen Ann Miller, Joseph Mccarthy, Matthew Freer, Lindsay Darling, Melissa Custic
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
The Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI) is a partnership of more than 200 organizations across the seven county Chicago metro region. The CRTI believes that trees are critical to our quality of life, and its mission is to ensure that trees are more healthy, abundant, diverse, and equitably distributed to provide needed benefits to all people and communities in the Chicago region. Our key goals are to inspire people to value trees, increase the Chicago region’s tree canopy, reduce threats to trees, and enhance oak ecosystems. The CRTI has built upon the work and programs of others, and the experience …
Realizing The Potential Of Urban Forests: Forests In Cities Workshop Themes And City Case Study Descriptions, Clara C. Pregitzer, Sophie Plitt, Sarah Charlop-Powers
Realizing The Potential Of Urban Forests: Forests In Cities Workshop Themes And City Case Study Descriptions, Clara C. Pregitzer, Sophie Plitt, Sarah Charlop-Powers
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
Like all forests, forests in cities require resources, science, management, protection, and programming in order to achieve desired conditions. Yet, achieving the desired condition in an urban environment may require new approaches that account for the dynamic and complex nature of the urban setting. These decisions and actions are occurring at the city, park, or site scale. Unlike national parks, or wilderness areas that have a national or state budget, staffing structures, and regulations; forests in cities are regulated and managed primarily at the local municipal scale. This also makes the approaches to forest management planning and policy regulations tailored …
My Tree Nyc: Beautiful Tree Bed Contest – An Interactive Way To Celebrate Tree Care, Sarah Tobing
My Tree Nyc: Beautiful Tree Bed Contest – An Interactive Way To Celebrate Tree Care, Sarah Tobing
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
Over 625,000 street trees help transform the cold concrete of New York City into a lush and inviting living space. While over 7,000 New Yorkers have formally adopted these trees through a program developed by MillionTreesNYC that engages citizens in tree care, a greater number of people have informally adopted street trees through watering in the summer, gardening in tree beds, and installing tree guards. The goal of this project was to increase the visibility of tree care and tree bed beautification, while creating tree stewards through a fun new contest. My Tree NYC: Beautiful Tree Bed Contest was run …
It Takes A Stewardship Village: Is Community-Based Urban Tree Stewardship Effective?, Steven E. Boyce
It Takes A Stewardship Village: Is Community-Based Urban Tree Stewardship Effective?, Steven E. Boyce
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
Abstract: It is believed that involving the public in street tree (i.e. curbside or sidewalk tree) stewardship is an essential part of achieving urban forest canopy goals. However, the incremental benefits of such involvement have not been well studied. Because urban forest stewards contend with many factors that can reduce street tree longevity and offset the benefits of stewardship, quantifying and communicating the overall benefits may help spur stewards’ commitment. To assess the net effect of volunteer street tree stewardship, this article summarizes the development of a community-wide street tree stewardship program and the impact of stewardship on street tree …