Unasylva 250 - Forests and Sustainable Cities
05 December 2019
05 December 2019
Cities need forests. The network of woodlands, groups of trees and individual trees in a city and on its fringes performs a huge range of functions – such as regulating climate; storing carbon; removing air pollutants; reducing the risk of flooding; assisting in food, energy and water security; and improving...
Recognizing the importance of the services provided by forests and trees to urban dwellers, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests proposed that the theme for the 2018 International Day of Forests would be “Forests and Sustainable Cities”. Collectively, the stories presented in this publication show that investing in green solutions can...
Climate change and urban forest management: examples from east Palo Alto and Philadelphia
09 June 2016
09 June 2016
Lara Roman, research ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Philadelphia Field reports the cases of climate change and urban forest management: examples from east Palo Alto and Philadelphia at 2014 Urban Tree Conference. She analyses all the aspects contributing to enhance forest resilience, including planting design, choice of species, etc.
Beacon food forest
08 June 2016
08 June 2016
In Beacon Hill in Seattle, the neighborhood community has come together to build an urban food forest on seven acres of public land to grow their own organic food.
Melbourne's Urban Forest Strategy
08 June 2016
08 June 2016
The City of Melbourne's first draft Urban Forest Strategy sets out how we will protect and preserve Melbourne's trees and urban forests over the next 20 years.
Eastwood Urban Forest School
08 June 2016
08 June 2016
This film follows a typical day of the Eastwood Nursery Forest School in Wandsworth, London. Children are seen learning and playing in local parks.
Emily Kramer, Manager of Distribution Vegetation Management, ComEd reports the lessons learnt on the recent heavy storm impact on the electic utilities at the 2014 Urban Tree Conference. The speaker specifically focuses on activities performed to decrease the number of outages due to storms through vegetation management such as preventive...
American Forests defines urban forests as “ecosystems composed of trees and other vegetation that provide cities and municipalities with environmental, economic and social benefits. They include street and yard trees, vegetation within parks and along public rights of way, water systems, fish and wildlife.” Unlike traditional infrastructure, such as pipelines,...
This detailed urban forest management plan includes historical background, current state, future plans, and public involvement analysis, as well as implementation procedure – the key step for turning policy into the practice. The management plan uses a quantitative approach (e.g. cost–benefit analysis) to present the benefits of and issues concerning...
This document provides a range of urban forestry laboratory exercises for elementary, middle and high school students. Questions posed include: What is a tree? How big is a tree? How old is this tree? Suggested activities are provided at four levels: elementary school; middle school; high school; and all levels.
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