March 5-6, 2010 UofT W. Andrew Kenny – University of Toronto, Philip van Wassenaer and Alexander Satel– Urban Forest Innovations Inc. MillionTreesNYC, Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecology: A Research Symposium, Tags: Environmental benefits, Community involvement, Sustainability, Urban planning, Aesthetic appeal Urban forestry incorporates a variety of approaches: • Ecosystem-based management • Sustainability • Outcome-based evaluation • Performance-based management • Strat

Stephanie Carlisle, Nicholas Pevzner & Max Piana 2014 Scenario Journal-Spring Tags: Green spaces, Community involvement, Sustainable development, Environmental benefits Recent projects from landscape architects tend to focus less on trees as a design objects or as a protective [2] or decorative skin on a building, but instead explore forest elements and ecological structure for their cultural value and their productive function. Embracing the process-based routines of forest

Edward Gilman, Laura Sadowski 2007-09-01 University of Florida Tags: Green spaces, Community involvement, Sustainable development, Environmental benefits Three of the most common causes of poor plant establishment or tree death are planting too deep, under watering, and over watering. If appropriate trees are planted at the right depth and they are irrigated properly, the planting has a good chance of success. As simple as this appears to be, problems often arise that lead to

Kathleen L. Wolf 2005-12-01 Journal of Forestry -Washington- 103(8) Tags: Economic impact, Aesthetic appeal, Foot traffic, Community well-being, Urban planning Trees positively affect judgments of visual quality but, more significantly, may influence other consumer responses and behaviours. Survey respondents from all regions of the United States favoured trees in business districts, and this preference was further reflected in positive district perceptions, patronage behavio

Nigel T. Roulet, Bill Freedman 2008-09-01 Tree Canada Tags: Climate Change, Community Involvement, Carbon Management, Public Policy Forested ecosystems sequester carbon through the annual increment in growth in their woody biomass, plus the proportion of litter fall that becomes incorporated into the soil carbon pool. When trees are first planted, a large proportion of the annual exchange of CO2 goes into growing plant biomass. Also, early in the growth of the tree planted on