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Spatial And Temporal Variations In Canopy Cover And Ecosystem Services In Neighborhoods Of The City Of Orlando, Digna M. Rivera-Reyes, Elvia J. Melendez-Ackerman, Luis E. Velazquez-Roman
Spatial And Temporal Variations In Canopy Cover And Ecosystem Services In Neighborhoods Of The City Of Orlando, Digna M. Rivera-Reyes, Elvia J. Melendez-Ackerman, Luis E. Velazquez-Roman
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Many cities are prioritizing urban tree planting to improve livability through ecosystem services. Yet, urban studies often reveal inequities in tree canopy cover across socio-economic groups. Using an environmental justice framework, this study analyzed 80 residential neighborhoods in Orlando, Florida—using census and iTree data—to assess relationships between land cover, canopy change, ecosystem services, and socio-economic variation. We specifically asked: a) Is tree canopy cover (and associated ecosystem services) equitably distributed across Orlando neighborhoods, or is it correlated with their socio-economic and demographic profiles? b) Has Orlando’s overall canopy cover increased since 2010? c) Do tree requests submitted by residents to …
Using Ecorevelatory Design And Landscape Biography To Promote Ecological Literacy In Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee, Wi, Usa, Jennifer Engelke
Using Ecorevelatory Design And Landscape Biography To Promote Ecological Literacy In Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee, Wi, Usa, Jennifer Engelke
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Menomonee Valley in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, has undergone a remarkable transformation from a defunct brownfield site into a vibrant landscape of community parks within a revitalized industrial corridor. This change was driven by ecological restoration, stormwater management, and renewed connections to the Menomonee River. Central to this transformation was the use of ecorevelatory design, which draws on historical narratives and site-specific stories to highlight the presence and importance of more-than-human elements such as water, vegetation, and wildlife. To assess how contemporary users engage with these ecological features, the study employed stakeholder interviews, intercept surveys, and site observations. These methods explored …
Toward Climate Resilient Cities: Endorsing Green Justice Amid Unequal Distribution And Disparities In Fast-Sprawling Urban Nagpur, Prajakta Pimpalshende, Manu Thomas, Jayshree Shukla, Shruti Lahoti, Shalini Dhyani
Toward Climate Resilient Cities: Endorsing Green Justice Amid Unequal Distribution And Disparities In Fast-Sprawling Urban Nagpur, Prajakta Pimpalshende, Manu Thomas, Jayshree Shukla, Shruti Lahoti, Shalini Dhyani
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Population expansion and accelerated land development frequently overlook the inclusion of green infrastructure, leading to disparities in Urban Green Space (UGS) distribution. In rapidly urbanizing cities of the Global South, ensuring socio-ecological connectivity is vital for promoting sustainable, climate-resilient, multifunctional landscapes. This study uses Nagpur, a rapidly expanding Indian city, as a case study to investigate spatial inequities in UGS access through the lens of green justice. We employed the Demand Supply Gap assessment (World Health Organization and Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and Implementation, Government of India guidelines), the 3-30-300 green space rule as a guiding principle to …
Urban Tree Committees Of New England, Usa: Describing Past, Present, And Future Regional Trends, Alicia F. Coleman, Danica Doroski, Richard W. Harper, Alexander J. Elton, Eli Grigorian, Eric E. Griffith
Urban Tree Committees Of New England, Usa: Describing Past, Present, And Future Regional Trends, Alicia F. Coleman, Danica Doroski, Richard W. Harper, Alexander J. Elton, Eli Grigorian, Eric E. Griffith
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In the United States, grassroots responses have emerged to supplement urban forest management efforts traditionally led by local, county, and federal governments. Urban tree committees are one such grassroots response, whose service exists between a formalized organization and ad-hoc task force. While past research has described the roles and responsibilities of various urban forest management actors, no studies have previously established a baseline understanding of regional urban tree committees, including the membership of paid and volunteer committees, their programming and educational initiatives, and key audiences. In this study, we distributed a participant survey to all known urban tree committees of …
Reflecting On Local Ecological Stewardship, Care, And Action Across Two Decades Of Research, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika S. Svendsen, Michelle L. Johnson, Natalia C. Piland, Dexter H. Locke, Nancy F. Sonti, J. Morgan Grove, Michele Romolini, Heather L. Mcmillen, Rachel Dacks, Bryce B. Dubois, Jesse S. Sayles, Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson, Laura Landau, Lorien Jasny, Krista Heinlen, Maria Arroyave, Camille Mccarthy, David Bloniarz, Brian A. Goldberg, Gerald P. Bauer, Travis Warziniack, Sophie Plitt, Julio Onofre, Nicole Heise Vigil, Arantxa Zamora-Rendon, Alejandra M. García Castro, Nicole A. Harmelin García, Bryan Flores
Reflecting On Local Ecological Stewardship, Care, And Action Across Two Decades Of Research, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika S. Svendsen, Michelle L. Johnson, Natalia C. Piland, Dexter H. Locke, Nancy F. Sonti, J. Morgan Grove, Michele Romolini, Heather L. Mcmillen, Rachel Dacks, Bryce B. Dubois, Jesse S. Sayles, Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson, Laura Landau, Lorien Jasny, Krista Heinlen, Maria Arroyave, Camille Mccarthy, David Bloniarz, Brian A. Goldberg, Gerald P. Bauer, Travis Warziniack, Sophie Plitt, Julio Onofre, Nicole Heise Vigil, Arantxa Zamora-Rendon, Alejandra M. García Castro, Nicole A. Harmelin García, Bryan Flores
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In this perspective, we draw from 20 years of implementing the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP) to show how civic actors provide capacity and local knowledge needed for effective decision-making and implementation in the face of multiple interconnected stressors, including climate change and inequality. Urban areas are striving to achieve sustainability and resilience goals while advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. There is broad recognition that systematic change cannot be achieved via single sector solutions. Rather, just and equitable sustainability and resilience outcomes will be achieved through multi-sector, trans-disciplinary efforts led by diverse and inclusive partnerships. Processes of collaboration …
Investigating Social-Ecological Linkages In Baltimore, Md: Environmental Stewardship, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, And Tree Canopy Change At The Neighborhood Level, Sarah Ponte, Nancy F. Sonti, Dexter H. Locke, Jennifer Mullinax, Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman
Investigating Social-Ecological Linkages In Baltimore, Md: Environmental Stewardship, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, And Tree Canopy Change At The Neighborhood Level, Sarah Ponte, Nancy F. Sonti, Dexter H. Locke, Jennifer Mullinax, Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman
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Environmental stewardship organizations in Baltimore play important roles in taking care of the local environment through conservation, management, restoration, monitoring, education, and other efforts. These diverse activities were captured in Baltimore’s Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP) surveys in 2011 and 2019. Despite previous research, knowledge gaps remain about the spatial and temporal dynamics of environmental stewardship groups and their relationships with elements of the built environment, such as green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) and tree canopy cover. Using spatial Bayesian regression, we examine how 1) voluntary GSI, 2) regulatory GSI, 3) tree canopy cover, and 4) tree canopy cover change …
Why Be A Treekeeper? Connecting Involvement To Volunteer Characteristics And Motivations, Jess Vogt, Annalise Nordgren, Camila Cortez, Al De Reu
Why Be A Treekeeper? Connecting Involvement To Volunteer Characteristics And Motivations, Jess Vogt, Annalise Nordgren, Camila Cortez, Al De Reu
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Definitions of involvement in the volunteer literature vary from the simple binary metric (volunteering or not) to frequency (how often) to metrics that use additive or statistical indices to capture concepts like duration, commitment, and satisfaction. In this paper, we examine the connections between several dimensions of volunteer involvement and the characteristics and motivations of volunteers. Who participates in volunteer urban forest stewardship? What motivates individuals to sign-up and then to continue volunteering? Does volunteers’ involvement vary with demographic factors or their motivations? We examine these questions using the results of an online survey of TreeKeepers, volunteer participants in an …
Beyond Tree Planting In Urban Forest Climate Adaptation Actions, Michael T. Yadrick Jr., Lisa A. Ciecko, Weston Brinkley
Beyond Tree Planting In Urban Forest Climate Adaptation Actions, Michael T. Yadrick Jr., Lisa A. Ciecko, Weston Brinkley
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
Forests in cities, and the communities that steward and benefit from them, face significant disruption due to climate change. It is now time to build the capacity in our institutions and in forested natural areas to help navigate multiple overlapping crises and systems change. This case study from Seattle, Washington provides perspective on how to mitigate climate change beyond tree planting.
Blue Spaces As Social Spaces: Measuring The Uses And Values Of Urban Waterfronts, Anne H. Toomey, Monica Palta, Michelle Johnson, Jason Smith, Elizabeth Balladares, Novem Auyeung, Erika Svendsen, Rob Pirani, Georgina Cullman, Julia Corrado, Lindsay Campbell
Blue Spaces As Social Spaces: Measuring The Uses And Values Of Urban Waterfronts, Anne H. Toomey, Monica Palta, Michelle Johnson, Jason Smith, Elizabeth Balladares, Novem Auyeung, Erika Svendsen, Rob Pirani, Georgina Cullman, Julia Corrado, Lindsay Campbell
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Due to a combination of climate change-driven threats and economic opportunities, cities across the world are investing billions of dollars in waterfront infrastructure and coastal restoration. Urban planners and park managers are often tasked with designing and programming blue spaces to maximize ecosystem services (ES) for local users. However, it is not always clear which ES are most valued, and by whom. Thus, the design of urban waterfronts presents challenges in identifying how communities engage with these spaces and how new planning might alter such uses if not accounted for. This paper describes a Rapid Social Assessment (RSA) methodology that …
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
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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 …
Commentary On Producing Environmental Information From Stakeholder Engagement, Josh Rosa
Commentary On Producing Environmental Information From Stakeholder Engagement, Josh Rosa
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This article provides practice-informed advice, guided by and responsive to theory, for policymakers who seek to improve their environmental policies by generating their own informational value from their interactions with stakeholders. First, the article explains a self-reinforcing opaqueness of conventional environmental policymaking and how this opaqueness disproportionately and cumulatively impacts underrepresented communities. Drawing from the literature of social ecology, political economy, and political methodology, the article adumbrates opaqueness’ contributions to environmental injustice and identifies potential benefits of a more informative approach to stakeholder engagement. Next, the article explains specific methods that policymakers can use to convert stakeholder input into greater …
Expulsive Greening: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of Resilience-Era Green Gentrification In Brooklyn, New York, Rose Jimenez, Juliana A. Maantay
Expulsive Greening: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of Resilience-Era Green Gentrification In Brooklyn, New York, Rose Jimenez, Juliana A. Maantay
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This project analyzes the impacts green gentrification in Brooklyn by evaluating the spatial coincidence between gentrification rates and urban greening from 2010 to 2020. Assets formed under the NYC Green Infrastructure Program were chosen as a proxy for urban greening to represent urban greening within the 21st-century climate change resilience paradigm of development. Methods: This is a mixed method approach to a natural experiment. First, five indexes measuring variations of economic and demographic conditions related to gentrification were applied to Brooklyn for comparative analysis: NOAA’s Social Vulnerability Indicators of Gentrification Pressure, The NYC Heat Vulnerability Index, The Small Area Index …
Balancing Human Development With Wildlife Habitat And Connectivity Through The Creation Of Land Use Regulations For Private Property In Los Angeles, California, Kat Superfisky
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Urban areas are uniquely positioned to have a significant impact on biodiversity and the health and resilience of ecosystems and therefore play an essential role in advancing conservation goals. Unlike more “wildland” ecosystems, urban ecosystems are not solely owned and/or managed by public entities or with the sole goal of ecosystem restoration. The important plants, animals and ecosystems in cities are scattered across open spaces and public parks that are already protected and being managed for conservation, as well as on private properties that often comprise the majority of land in cities, which supports the need to address biodiversity and …
Where To Expand Green Infrastructure To Support Equitable Climate Change Adaptation In The City Of Toronto?, Kristen Regier, Tenley M. Conway
Where To Expand Green Infrastructure To Support Equitable Climate Change Adaptation In The City Of Toronto?, Kristen Regier, Tenley M. Conway
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Green Infrastructure (GI) is a potential tool to help cities adapt to climate change. In particular, GI can help moderate high summer temperatures and reduce urban flooding, both of which are expected to become more common with on-going climate change. However, GI is not evenly distributed in many cities suggesting that some neighborhoods are more vulnerable to climate change impacts. Additionally, marginalized communities often lack the resources needed to reduce existing vulnerabilities. This study explores the question: where should GI initiatives be focused to support equitable climate change adaptation in the City of Toronto (Ontario, Canada)? We address this question …
Suicide And Homicide More Common With Limited Urban Tree Canopy Cover, Thomas V L El-Mallakh, Scott Hedges, Jayesh P. Rai, Aruni Bhatnagar, Sarah Moyer, Rif S. El-Mallakh
Suicide And Homicide More Common With Limited Urban Tree Canopy Cover, Thomas V L El-Mallakh, Scott Hedges, Jayesh P. Rai, Aruni Bhatnagar, Sarah Moyer, Rif S. El-Mallakh
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Distribution of urban tree canopies is generally not uniform. Multiple variables have been shown to be associated with tree canopy cover, including violence, health, and general well-being. Herein we examine the relationship of tree cover with intentional deaths. Suicide, homicide, and tree cover data were examined by ZIP code for Louisville, a mid-sized city in Kentucky. Relationship between intentional death (suicide and homicide) and tree cover was examined with Poisson regression analysis. In both univariate and multivariate models, suicides (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.0005), homicides (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.03), and combination (P = 0.0541) were negatively associated with …
Contextual Considerations Of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Siting, Dexter H. Locke, Amanda K. Phillips De Lucas, Colleen Murphy-Dunning, Dawn Henning, Giovanni Zinn
Contextual Considerations Of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Siting, Dexter H. Locke, Amanda K. Phillips De Lucas, Colleen Murphy-Dunning, Dawn Henning, Giovanni Zinn
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
Green infrastructure increasingly is used to ameliorate water quality and quantity problems caused by runoff in cities. Studies show how the spatial distribution of these Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) sites are unevenly distributed relative to socioeconomic and demographic groups. Often this is described as an indicator of perpetuated environment injustice, given the purported social and environmental benefits of GSI. To assess equity, researchers often examine either who gets what with respect to environmental ‘goods’ such as tree canopy and other green infrastructures, or investigate the procedures, decision making processes, and power structures pertaining to planning processes. This paper uses both …
A Pattern Language For Environmental Justice: Applying Interconnected, Evidence-Based Problem-Solution Sequences To Comprehensive Equity Analysis, Josh Rosa
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This essay examines pattern language design as a method of comprehensive environmental justice analysis. First, the essay describes common limitations of conventional methods of analysis, finding the interconnected problem-solution sequences described as pattern languages address most limitations. Next, the essay examines the potential for pattern language design, when paired with other methods, to equip local communities to more intelligently evaluate the actual equity impacts of environmental choices.
Living With Water: Documenting Lived Experience And Social-Emotional Impacts Of Chronic Flooding For Local Adaptation Planning, Lindsay K. Campbell, Helen Cheng, Erika Svendsen, Dana Kochnower, Katherine Bunting-Howarth, Phoebe Wapnitsky
Living With Water: Documenting Lived Experience And Social-Emotional Impacts Of Chronic Flooding For Local Adaptation Planning, Lindsay K. Campbell, Helen Cheng, Erika Svendsen, Dana Kochnower, Katherine Bunting-Howarth, Phoebe Wapnitsky
Cities and the Environment (CATE)
Coastal communities are threatened by extreme weather events in the form of storm surge and by frequent, chronic, or nuisance flooding. The physical damage of these events is vast and established in the literature; however, the social-emotional impacts are less well-documented. This pilot study sought to understand the impacts of tidal flooding on flood-prone communities in Queens, NY. Through in-depth, semi-structured interviews (n=9) with civic science participants, we document flooding impacts, identify adaptations to flooding, and examine sources of information about flooding--including local networks and relationship to government. We found that participants are knowledgeable about and engaged with the processes, …
Low Income Urban Forestry Program In Tucson, Arizona, Usa, Theresa Foley Phd, Ann Marie Wolf, Palmira Henriquez, Flor Sandoval, Alix Rogstad
Low Income Urban Forestry Program In Tucson, Arizona, Usa, Theresa Foley Phd, Ann Marie Wolf, Palmira Henriquez, Flor Sandoval, Alix Rogstad
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Tucson is located in the Sonoran Desert, 117 km north of the US-Mexico border. The borderland region is an area experiencing increased temperatures and changing precipitation patterns caused by the combustion of greenhouse gases. Planting drought-tolerant trees to provide cooling shade has been an important mitigation strategy for Tucson and other arid cities. From 2007 to 2013, the Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc. (SERI) collaborated with Trees for Tucson (TFT) to distribute drought-resistant trees to low income families in south metropolitan Tucson. The Pima Association of Governments has found that this area has significantly less green spaces than other areas …
Resilience And Pedagogy: Learning From International Field Studies In Urban Resilience In Canada And Germany, Meg Holden, Robin Chang, Rebecca Gunderson
Resilience And Pedagogy: Learning From International Field Studies In Urban Resilience In Canada And Germany, Meg Holden, Robin Chang, Rebecca Gunderson
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What impact does an immersive, international field school experience have on learning about urban resilience; and conversely, what impact does a framing concept of urban resilience have on international field schools in environmental and planning studies? This article reports on qualitative analysis of learning outcomes related to a novel pair of international field schools on the theme of urban resilience. Our field schools took place with German and Canadian students seeking to understand urban resilience in two different contexts, one a context of urban decline and post-industrial transformation, the other a context of urban growth encountering new climate change-related constraints. …
Urban Green Space Availability, Accessibility And Attractiveness, And The Delivery Of Ecosystem Services, Magdalena Biernacka, Jakub Kronenberg
Urban Green Space Availability, Accessibility And Attractiveness, And The Delivery Of Ecosystem Services, Magdalena Biernacka, Jakub Kronenberg
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The main goal of this article is to analyze how different barriers which restrict urban green space (UGS) provision – notably their availability, accessibility and attractiveness – affect the delivery of ecosystem services (ESs). Our analysis involves three case studies in Lodz, Poland: the removal of trees in private properties following the liberalization of the Nature Conservation Act (availability); the replacement of allotment gardens with a city beach (accessibility); and the organization of entertainment events in the forest (attractiveness). The analyzed barriers include governmental failures, insufficient social support for the existence of certain UGSs, changes in spatial planning and activities …
Exploring Preferences For Urban Greening, Jane A. Buxton, Robert L. Ryan, Nancy M. Wells Phd
Exploring Preferences For Urban Greening, Jane A. Buxton, Robert L. Ryan, Nancy M. Wells Phd
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Sustainable responses to urban development point to the need for higher density neighborhoods coupled with extensive urban tree canopy and greening. However, little research has been conducted with urban residents to ascertain if these urban forms match their preferred setting. This study sought to understand whether higher levels of greening could moderate preference for lower density residential settings when 212 participants rated images for preference. Each of the independent variables, greening and density, made a difference in preference: greener settings were more preferred than less green settings overall, and perceived density was marginally significant in relation to preference. A factor …
Socioeconomic Factors Associated With Increasing Street Tree Density And Diversity In Central Indianapolis, Ben Lockwood, Adam Berland
Socioeconomic Factors Associated With Increasing Street Tree Density And Diversity In Central Indianapolis, Ben Lockwood, Adam Berland
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Urban trees provide an abundance of benefits to city residents. Information about the geographic distribution of urban trees is critical to ensure equitable access to these benefits. Street trees are unique among urban trees because they are often managed by municipalities as a public resource, but they are challenging to manage in part because they are spatially dispersed across a city in close proximity to private property. While street tree inventory data sets are costly to generate, they provide important information to understand the spatial distribution of trees in the city and to plan for ongoing street tree management. Here, …
The Provision Of Urban Ecosystem Services Throughout The Private-Social-Public Domain: A Conceptual Framework, Alessandro Ossola, Laura Schifman, Dustin L. Herrmann, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Kirsten Schwarz, Matthew E. Hopton
The Provision Of Urban Ecosystem Services Throughout The Private-Social-Public Domain: A Conceptual Framework, Alessandro Ossola, Laura Schifman, Dustin L. Herrmann, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Kirsten Schwarz, Matthew E. Hopton
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As cities are largely private systems, recent investigations have assessed the provision of ecosystem services from the private realm. However, these assessments are largely based on the concept of ownership and fail to capture the complexity of service provision mediated by interactions between people and ecological structures. In fact, people interact with ecological structures in their role of land tenants and stewards, further modulating the provision of ecosystem services. We devise a theoretical framework based on the concepts of ownership, tenancy, and stewardship, in which people, as mediators of ecosystem services, regulate the provision of services throughout the private-social-public domain. …
Tree Canopy Change In Coastal Los Angeles, 2009 - 2014, Dexter H. Locke, Michele Romolini, Michael Galvin, Jarlath P.M. O'Neil-Dunne, Eric G. Strauss
Tree Canopy Change In Coastal Los Angeles, 2009 - 2014, Dexter H. Locke, Michele Romolini, Michael Galvin, Jarlath P.M. O'Neil-Dunne, Eric G. Strauss
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Los Angeles, California is prone to extreme climate events—e.g. drought, wildfires, and floods—that are only expected to increase with climate change. The establishment of green infrastructure, including a stable urban forest, is a strategy to improve resilience not only to these events, but also to contribute to other environmental, social, and economic goals. To this end, cities throughout Los Angeles County have tree planting programs and policies aimed to grow and maintain their urban forests. Despite the policy objectives and management goals of such programs, we know surprisingly little about the spatial distribution of the existing urban forest, how and …
Exploring Stakeholders’ Perceptions Of Urban Growth Scenarios For Metropolitan Boston (Usa): The Relationship Between Urban Trees And Perceived Density, Chingwen Cheng, Robert L. Ryan, Paige S. Warren, Craig Nicolson
Exploring Stakeholders’ Perceptions Of Urban Growth Scenarios For Metropolitan Boston (Usa): The Relationship Between Urban Trees And Perceived Density, Chingwen Cheng, Robert L. Ryan, Paige S. Warren, Craig Nicolson
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Achieving multiple goals rather than trading one goal off for another is the essence of sustainability. Visualizing alternative futures in a participatory planning process helps disentangle complex planning issues particularly when stakeholders may perceive key goals as imposing potential tradeoffs, such as increased housing for a growing population and availability of green space. This study explored the effects of using visualization and scenarios as planning tools in a workshop with stakeholders in the Boston Metro Area, Massachusetts (USA), in achieving multiple benefits of sustainable future growth of the region. We applied mixed methods sequential explanatory design and a survey instrument …
Home-Based Edible Gardening: Urban Residents’ Motivations And Barriers, Tenley M. Conway
Home-Based Edible Gardening: Urban Residents’ Motivations And Barriers, Tenley M. Conway
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Home-based edible gardening is defined as individual households growing food on their own property. In the Global North, home-based edible gardens have recently been identified as an important part of urban sustainability initiatives, given the relatively large area of residential yard space available for food production in most cities. Yet basic questions around households’ decisions to participate in home-based edible gardening have not been fully examined, making the likelihood of meeting home-based gardens’ potential unclear. This study explores the motivations and barriers associated with home-based edible gardening through in-depth interviews with growers and non-growers. The study area is four neighborhoods …
Integrating Ecosystem Services Into Urban Park Planning & Design, Dorothy C. Ibes
Integrating Ecosystem Services Into Urban Park Planning & Design, Dorothy C. Ibes
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Urban parks, which include a variety of green, brown, and gray infrastructure (e.g. greenways, native desert parks, plazas), are key providers of ecosystem services within cities. Given the importance of urban ecosystem services to the social and ecological health of urban ecosystems, there is a growing consensus that ecosystem service considerations should be integrated into urban park planning, policy, and design. Yet this integration is limited by a lack of relevant, accessible tools and standards for implementation. To address these deficiencies the present study developed the Urban Park Ecosystem Services (UPES) tool. UPES an open-source, geographically contextualized planning tool and …
Cities And The Environment: Eight Years Of Urban Ecology Research And Practice, Eric G. Strauss, Laurel Hunt, Michele Romolini, Dexter H. Locke
Cities And The Environment: Eight Years Of Urban Ecology Research And Practice, Eric G. Strauss, Laurel Hunt, Michele Romolini, Dexter H. Locke
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Since its inception, Cities and the Environment has sought to showcase a broad range of urban environmental research and practice. Thus, as we celebrate the closing of our eighth anniversary, the purpose of this paper is to remind (or, for some, introduce) researchers and practitioners of the aims and scope of the journal by describing the first eight years of its history, and to outline our vision for the next eight years.
Urban Agriculture Between Pioneer Use And Urban Land Grabbing: The Case Of “Prinzessinnengarten” Berlin, Marco Clausen
Urban Agriculture Between Pioneer Use And Urban Land Grabbing: The Case Of “Prinzessinnengarten” Berlin, Marco Clausen
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Prinzessinnengarten Berlin is an urban agriculture Project in Berlin. Thousands of volunteers turned a vacant lot into an urban garden that is a multifunctional, semi-public space offering a diversity of social, cultural, educational, and political functions. Faced with the threat of privatization of the land, the founders initiated a successful campaign not only to save this particular garden but also to emphasize the importance of urban open spaces for social and ecological engagement.