Urban Forest – Preserving trees – Lyndal Plant Urban Forester

Published March 17, 2017 at 400 × 98 in Home Page
There has never been a more important time for civic leaders, transport, greenspace and land-use planners to present the collective of urban trees as a multi-purpose resource, worthy of investment and enhancement to support attractive and walkable neighbourhoods alongside other elements of density done well. Yet home-grown research suggests trends towards least tree cover in areas of highest dwelling density and heat wave vulnerability (Daniel et al 2016, NNCARF 2012), socio-economic inequities in tree cover distribution (Shanahan et al 2014; Kraft and Fryd 2015) and downsizing of street trees (Plant and Sipe 2016).

There has never been a more important time for civic leaders, transport, greenspace and land-use planners to present the collective of urban trees as a multi-purpose resource, worthy of investment and enhancement to support attractive and walkable neighbourhoods alongside other elements of density done well. Yet home-grown research suggests trends towards least tree cover in areas of highest dwelling density and heat wave vulnerability (Daniel et al 2016, NNCARF 2012), socio-economic inequities in tree cover distribution (Shanahan et al 2014; Kraft and Fryd 2015) and downsizing of street trees (Plant and Sipe 2016).

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