Connecting Trees with People: Synergistic Strategies for Growing the Urban Forest (Future City, 16)

Written from the perspective of an urban forester and certified arborist, the reader will have a basic understanding of what makes a tree a tree in context to the philosophical and cultural underpinnings of Urban and Community Forestry, and learn how to implement model, time-tested global green practices and initiatives derived from citizen science. Preface Acknowledgments Abstract Contents List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1: Introducing the Tree... Basic Tree Biology Tree Form and Architecture Measurable Structure What Do Trees Symbolize – The Tangible and the Intangible Tree Chapter 2: The Urban Forest: From Oxymoron to Critical Resource The Urban Forest as Philosophical Oxymoron References Chapter 3: The Great Tree Migration: From Forest to City Center References Chapter 4: Growing the Urban Forest Today for the City of Tomorrow: Introducing Urban and Community Trees and Their Needs to Their Human Associates Assessing the Resource – Tree Inventories Plus i-Tree Planning and Design Tree Selection Tree Planting and Establishment Post Planting Care and Long Term Maintenance Preservation and Protection Beyond Trees – Reconnecting with the Land Forest Doorways – Connections to the Universe References Chapter 5: The Global Experience in Green Participatory Place-Making: a worldwide sampling of Urban and Community Forest connectivity When Disaster Strikes New York City Asian Longhorned Beetle Public Outreach Program Assessing the Resource – Tree Inventories and i-Tree Assessments Puerto Rico – The Community Response to Hurricane-Instigated Landscape Devastation i-Tree specifics What do we do? How will we do this? For whom will we do this? UK – i-Tree Canopy Cover Map Unley, South Australia – Community of Possibilities – connecting the data output to the community with i-Tree Eco assessments Washington D.C. – Casey Trees Urban Tree Inventory/i-Tree Eco Assessment Planning and Design Celje Slovenia – Urban Forest Planning with User Participation São Paolo Brazil – The Atlantic Forest Municipal Plan Winnipeg Canada – SpeakUp Winnipeg Tree Planting and Establishment Beirut Lebanon – Regenerate Lebanon Chicago Illinois USA – Oaks of North Lawndale Tree Planting Program Edmonton Canada – Ribbon of Green + Root for Trees Tree Planting Program Vision /Principles Goals Implementation New Delhi, India – Give Me Trees Trust Tree Planting Our Work with Schools York Region, Canada – Adopt-A-Stream Tree Planting Program Zagreb Croatia – The Green and Blue Sesvete Tree Planting Project Post Planting Care and Long Term Maintenance Greenpoint Brooklyn New York USA – Greenpoint Tree Corps Preservation and Protection – Advocacy Portland Oregon USA – Share-It-Square Community Advocacy Victoria Park Western Australia – Urban Forest Strategy – Grassroots Advocacy for Strategic Planning – One Citizen’s Journey Beyond Trees – Reconnecting with the Land Community Gardening Mattariya Community, Cairo, Egypt – Sustainable Community Gardens Owned by Successful Communities St. Gallen, Switzerland – Community Gardening – The UrbanesGrünAtelier (UGA) Labor und Atelier für eine grünere Stadt (Laboratory/Studio for a Greener City) Engaging with Students Oakville Canada – Be an Oakville Tree Hero Tree Planting Program Padua Italy – The Woodland Close to School Project British Columbia Canada – University of British Columbia Urban Forestry Program – Teaching Participation to the Urban Forester of the Future Community Forestry The African Continent The Green Belt Movement MJUMITA – Tanzania’s Sustainable Community Forestry Program MEDIC – Lagos Nigeria’s Mental and Environmental Development Initiative for Children – From Beach Clean-Up to Tree Planting Aims & Objectives Our Vision Bhutan – Protecting and Sustainably Using Community/Social Forests Guatemala: Concepción Chiquirichapa Participation Through the Intangibles – Social Activism as Art References Chapter 6: Making a Difference – Questions Asked and Questions Answered References Index "Written from the perspective of an urban forester and certified arbonist, the reader will have a basic understanding of what makes a tree a tree in context to the philosophical and cultural underpinnings of Urban and Community Forestry, and learn how to implement model, time-tested global green practices and initiatives derived from citizen science."--Page 4 of cover