Chris Gooderham
Program Coordinator, Our Urban Forest, Peterborough Green-Up
- Peterborough, Ontario
- Canada
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Re: Looking for Research on the Value of Individual Trees within an Urban Footprint
2009-03-23 13:40:18 UTC
I commend your initiative in Redland, Australia. We are trying to take trees seriously here in Canada too; after all the maple leaf on our flag. We're now putting a great deal of value on trees for their individual contribution to life in cities.
The Urban Forest all of the trees, shrubs, grasses, flowers, soil, birds, etc. in a city also known as "Green Infrastructure", provides a population with tremendous social, environmental, and economic benefits. I imagine the majority of the research around this subject you wish to focus on is about trees; the biggest part of this green infrastructure.
Two cities in particular have made significant advances here in Canada with respect to applying research about the benefits of trees in the city; Oakville, and Ottawa. In the document link below you will see reference to "UFORE", which is a model developed in the US "Urban FORest Effects" model. You will note Oakville's document is the result of conducting a city-wide analysis. You can download their solution to pollution document here: http://www.oakville.ca/Media_Files/forestry/UFORE.pdf
Also a great resource is Ottawa's municipal-level "greenspace" committee: http://www.ottawaforests.ca/city_trees/values_e.htm
Our Urban Forest Program at Peterborough Green-Up is also working with council to update policies around the urban forest in order to recognize the benefits of trees in the city: http://urbanforest.greenup.on.ca/resources.html
Keep it up!
Chris Gooderham
Program Coordinator
Our Urban Forest, Peterborough Green-Up
Canada
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