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Place-based metrics guiding southwest urban forestry design

Creator:: Beshur, Athena D.
Abstract:: Through well designed tree placement, redundant use of simple technologies, and stewardship, trees grow. Over time, they mitigate stormwater flooding and enhance livability. This paper offers insights into precipitation patterns, and how small scale redundancy can help build the urban tree canopy. It is specifically geared toward issues in the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: value that they provide as well as the resources utilized for its creation. As Paul Hellmund (2006

Assessment of the ecosystem services provided by urban trees in the "monumental zone" of the city of Iquitos, Loreto - Peru, 2023

Creator:: Tuesta Cartagena, Bruno Gonzalo
Abstract:: The growing urban development and the inadequate installation of settlements has caused environmental challenges such as landscape destruction, loss of urban tree biodiversity, therefore, the objective of this study was to identify the ecosystem services of urban trees in the 'Monumental Zone' of the city of Iquitos, in the Peruvian...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: species diversity of q D = 8.59 and q D = 8.39, a similarity index of 57.78% within the urban ecosystem

Defensible Space Development: Exploring The Role of Arborists in Wildfire Risk Mitigation for Communities of the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Pritchett, Sylvan
Abstract:: Every year in North America homes in the Wildland-Urban interface (WUI) are destroyed by wildfires. The creation of defensible space around homes in the WUI, through the management of vegetation can help mitigate some of the risk posed by fire. While many homeowners recognize the need for defensible space around...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Paul D. Ries Every year in North America homes in the Wildland-Urban interface (WUI) are

Exploring the constraints of the use and management of school forests in South Korea

Creator:: Hong, Hyun Jung
Abstract:: School forests in South Korea are trees and vegetation areas within schoolyards, and they provide natural environments for schools and neighborhoods. After the Korea Forest Service (KFS) and local governments create these school forests, the management of school forests transfers to the host schools. Some studies suggest that experiences with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Paul D. Ries School forests in South Korea are trees and vegetation areas within

Central Park's Woodlands: Forest Community Changes After a Decade of Management

Creator:: Hodges, Alexander R.
Abstract:: The woodlands of New York City's Central Park have seen varying levels of management and neglect since the creation of the park over 150 years ago. The Central Park Conservancy has aimed to restore, enhance, and elevate the stewardship of the park, including its woodlands and other Natural Areas, since...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: support of Paul Ries, my advisor at Oregon State University. He has cheerfully and reliably shepherded

Tree Equity Improvement Projects: An Analysis to Guide Urban Forestry Practitioners

Creator:: Little, Todd
Abstract:: Tree equity is a quickly growing subsection of the urban forestry, environmental justice, urban planning, and broad natural resources fields. This concern surrounds whether or not trees have been historically planted and maintained equitably across different regions within a metropolitan area. The significance of urban trees is only now being...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: major metropolitan areas, rating them as A-D (with D being the worst) and a special area within red

Multipartner Planning for Sustainability: The Pittsburgh Urban Forest

Creator:: Kelley, Michael Patrick
Abstract:: The City of Pittsburgh, formerly the capital of the American steel industry, suffered economic and social collapse in the late 1980s and 1990s. Since then, it has experienced an economic renaissance supported by the tech and medical care industries. However, despite the surprising recovery of the city, collapsed tax bases...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

An analysis of tree maintenance responsibility in California municipalities – do tree ordinances help or hinder urban tree canopy distribution?

Creator:: Franco, Yael
Abstract:: As urban populations increase, the presence of well-maintained trees provide a cost-effective solution to combat the effects of climate change, specifically the urban heat island effect. Unfortunately, the associated ecological, social and economic benefits of trees are not distributed equitably in the landscape due to lingering effects of redlining policies....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: scoring neighborhoods from A to D based on property value. Neighborhoods where immigrants and people of

Understanding Citizen Advisory Boards : A National Census of Tree Boards

Creator:: Greenleaf, Sarah (Sarah Maleno)
Abstract:: Effective management of urban forests is vital to society due to the numerous ecological, economic, and social benefits they provide. In many cities, management efforts are commonly supported by citizen advisory groups, which are often generically referred to as “tree boards” within the urban forestry context. Very little is known...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Paul D. Ries Effective management of urban forests is vital to society due to the numerous

Conservation Corps: Creating a Pathway to a Career in Natural Resources

Creator:: Villalta, Alex
Abstract:: Founded in 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps served as a tool for exposing young adults to work in the environmental field. By creating opportunities during the Great Depression, this program not only generated short-term work experience for its members but provided educational resources to its participants, increasing their employability after...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: hindering the hiring or ethnic minorities and d) diversity initiatives currently being undertaken

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Place-based metrics guiding southwest urban forestry design

Assessment of the ecosystem services provided by urban trees in the "monumental zone" of the city of Iquitos, Loreto - Peru, 2023

Defensible Space Development: Exploring The Role of Arborists in Wildfire Risk Mitigation for Communities of the Pacific Northwest

Exploring the constraints of the use and management of school forests in South Korea

Central Park's Woodlands: Forest Community Changes After a Decade of Management

Tree Equity Improvement Projects: An Analysis to Guide Urban Forestry Practitioners

Multipartner Planning for Sustainability: The Pittsburgh Urban Forest

An analysis of tree maintenance responsibility in California municipalities – do tree ordinances help or hinder urban tree canopy distribution?

Understanding Citizen Advisory Boards : A National Census of Tree Boards

Conservation Corps: Creating a Pathway to a Career in Natural Resources

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