Leda Marritz 2014-07-09 deeproot.com  Green Infrastructure Tags: Urban Forestry, Tree Conservation, Public Policy, Community Development, Tree Health, Environmental Education A similar study published a few years later reported that downtown trees have an average lifespan of 13 years......................................... To successfully tackle increasing urban canopy cover, we cannot speak only about tree planting; we need to speak about tree growing. We can’t speak only a

Ken Druse 2015-04-14 Tags: Urban Planning, Gardening Tips, Climate Change Mitigation, Tree Conservation, Water Conservation, Edible Gardening Trees make shade and lower temperatures. Trees will also help the environment by increasing humidity and boosting oxygen, and trees can help the earth in the long term. Trees are made of carbon and they get that carbon out of the atmosphere – absorbing the greenhouse gas and holding it all their lives. The article "Cool the planet: crea

Brandon Baker 2015-10-05 phillyvoice.com tags: Urban Planning, Environmental Sustainability, Urban Forestry, Tree Conservation, Public Policy ... Trees need water, air, nutrients and room to grow. Those are the four main things they need. And a lot of times, we see trees are planted in normally a three-by-three cut-out pit -- sometimes smaller, which is scary and horrendous, but sometimes larger, which is healthier -- and then the majority of tree roots don't grow very far, o

Bjorn Embren 2015-10-10 Trees and Design Action Group Tags: stormwater management, urban infrastructure, street trees, urban trees mortality, integrated approach Björn Embrén, arboricultural manager for the Municipality of Stockholm, presents the award-winning 'Stockholm Solution' to cost effectively provide renewable energy, scale-up sustainable drainage solutions, sequester carbon, reduce waste and facilitate community participation while achieving healthy and lasting growt

Lara A Roman, John J Battles, Joe R McBride 2016-03-01 United States Dept of Agriculture Tags: Urban tree mortality However, realizing the ecosystem services associated with planting depends on tree survival. Despite the major focus on city tree planting over the past few decades, Nowak and Greenfield found that overall canopy cover levels in major US cities have been declining [5]. This report is a primer on demographic concepts applied to urban trees, with terms and analyti