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Urban Forestry And Stormwater Management: Investigating The Benefit And Health Of Urban Trees In Green Infrastructure Installations, Richard Andrew Tirpak

Doctoral Dissertations

Bioretention is a green infrastructure practice commonly implemented to manage urban stormwater worldwide. While studies have described the many benefits trees provide to urban areas, including improved air quality, wildlife habitat creation, and heat island mitigation, knowledge of their contributions to stormwater management in bioretention is limited. There is a need to characterize tree health in bioretention and the performance benefits they provide to inform appropriate plant selection and maximize the functionality of these systems. In response, several studies were implemented to investigate the role of trees in bioretention practices.The health of trees in existing bioretention practices was compared to …