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Urban forestry, as the name implies, is a branch of forestry that deals with trees and woodlands in urban areas. Practice in urban forestry may have its foundations in the nineteenth century, but the moniker of urban forestry launched in earnest in the 1970s largely through the contributions of Eric Jorgensen, a professor at the University of Guelph on
Peter N. Duinker, James W. N. Steenberg
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Urban forestry, as the name implies, is a branch of forestry that deals with trees and woodlands in urban areas. Practice in urban forestry may have its foundations in the nineteenth century, but the moniker of urban forestry launched in earnest in the 1970s largely through the contributions of Eric Jorgensen, a professor at the University of Guelph on
Peter N. Duinker, James W. N. Steenberg
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Assessing urban forest effects and values, Minneapolis' urban forest
2006An analysis of trees in Minneapolis, MN, reveals that the city has about 979,000 trees with canopies that cover 26.4 percent of the area. The most common tree species are green ash, American elm, and boxelder. The urban forest currently stores about 250,000 tons of carbon valued at $4.6 million.
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A radical redefinition of how humanity occupies the earth — through forestry, agriculture, and settlement — and rearticulates environmental stewardship by intertwining ecologies and urbanisms, this publication brings together essays by scholars in forestry, urbanism and other disciplines, designers, practitioners and policy makers.
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Monitoring urban forest health
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 1993Renewed interest in urban forestry has resulted in significant public investment in trees during the past few years, yet comprehensive urban forest monitoring programs are uncommon. Monitoring is an integral component of a program to sustain healthy community forests and long term flows of net benefits. Volunteer-based monitoring will promote continued
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Assessing urban forest effects and values: Toronto's urban forest
2013An analysis of trees in Toronto, Ontario, reveals that this city has about 10.2 million trees with a tree and shrub canopy that covers approximately 26.6 percent of the city. The most common tree species are eastern white-cedar, sugar maple, and Norway maple. The urban forest currently stores an estimated 1.1 million metric tons of carbon valued at CAD$
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Assessing urban forest effects and values, Philladelphia's urban forest
2007An analysis of trees in Philadelphia reveals that this city has about 2.1 million trees with canopies that cover 15.7 percent of the area. The most common tree species are black cherry, crabapple, and tree of heaven. The urban forest currently stores about 530,000 tons of carbon valued at $9.8 million.
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Assessing urban forest effects and values: Morgantown's Urban Forest
2012An analysis of the community forest in Morgantown, WV, was undertaken in 2004 to characterize the structural and functional attributes of this forest resource. The assessment revealed that this city has about 658,000 trees with canopies that cover 35.5 percent of the area. The most common tree species are sugar maple, black cherry, and hawthorn.
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Assessing urban forest effects and values, Scranton's urban forest
2010An analysis of trees in the urbanized portion of Scranton, PA, reveals that this area has about 1.2 million trees with canopies that cover 22.0 percent of the area. The most common tree species are red maple, gray birch, black cherry, northern red oak, and quaking aspen. Scranton's urban forest currently store about 93,300 tons of carbon valued at $1.9
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Assessing urban forest effects and values, Chicago's urban forest
2010An analysis of trees in Chicago, IL, reveals that this city has about 3,585,000 trees with canopies that cover 17.2 percent of the area. The most common tree species are white ash, mulberry species, green ash, and tree-of-heaven. Chicago's urban forest currently stores about 716,000 tons of carbon valued at $14.8 million.
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Prairie Schooner, 2003
Although he lived just two blocks from it, Marshall had journeyed into the Liberty Plaza housing project only once before. His son, in kindergarten then, had given a Hmong classmate a birthday party invitation. For a while the boy had stopped by almost every day on his way home from school to ask if they were going to have cake now, but Marshall was ...
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Although he lived just two blocks from it, Marshall had journeyed into the Liberty Plaza housing project only once before. His son, in kindergarten then, had given a Hmong classmate a birthday party invitation. For a while the boy had stopped by almost every day on his way home from school to ask if they were going to have cake now, but Marshall was ...
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