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  1. Tree and impervious cover change in U.S

    Paired aerial photographs were interpreted to assess recent changes in tree, impervious and other cover types in 20 U.S. cities as well as urban land within the conterminous United States. National results indicate that tree cover in urban areas of the United States is on the decline at a rate of about 7900 ha/yr or 4.0 million trees per year. Tree cover in 17 of the...

    Author(s):
    David J. Nowak; Eric J. Greenfield
    Year:
    2012
    Keywords:
    city trees, ecosystem services, forest monitoring, urban forestry, urban greening, urban trees
    Source:
    Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 11(1): 21-30.

  2. Homeowner interactions with residential trees in urban areas

    Urban forests are a critical element in sustainable urban areas because of the many environmental, economic, and social benefits that city trees provide. In order to increase canopy cover in urban areas, residential homeowners, who collectively own the majority of the land in most cities, need to engage in planting and retaining trees on their properties. This...

    Author(s):
    Jana Dilley; Kathleen L. Wolf
    Year:
    2013
    Keywords:
    benefits, canopy cover, fruit trees, homeowner, human dimensions, neighborhood planning, private property, tree planting, Seattle, Washington
    Source:
    Arboriculture and Urban Forestry. 39(6): 267-277

  3. Does tree planting pay us back? Lessons from Sacramento, CA

    The past decade could be called a renaissance of urban forestry, driven by mayoral tree planting initiatives and increased attention on city trees as green infrastructure. The political support for urban greening has been fueled by research that quantifies and projects the ecosystem services of planting initiatives (Young and McPherson 2013). Major cities have been...

    Author(s):
    Yekang Ko; Lara A. Roman; E. Gregory McPherson; Junhak Lee
    Year:
    2016
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Arborist News. June: 50-54.

  4. Planting forests in NYC: Is the goal restoration, reforestation, or afforestation?

    Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, New York City (NYC) and many other cities in the United States and around the world are engaging in urban greening projects. Urban greening almost always involves planting trees... lots of trees. New York City, for example, has planted over 750,000 trees to date as part of a project that started in 2007 – a project with the...

    Author(s):
    R.A. Hallett
    Year:
    2013
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Urbane Walder. 16: 30-32.
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