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A short history of tree planting and a summary of content from key documents posted on the Newcastle City Council website on investigations into the Laman Street Hills Fig trees

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The Newcastle City Council Tree Asset Management System (TAMS) records 109,000 street and park trees of which 1217 are the Hills Fig (Ficus microcarpa var Hilli). The Hills Fig public tree population comprises 832 semi-mature trees and 374 mature trees…

Adapting and applying evidence gathering techniques for planning and investment in street trees: A case study from Brisbane, Australia

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Trees along footpath zones (or verges) grow on the “front-line” of urban forest ecosystems, increasingly recognised as essential to the quality of human life in cities. Growing so close to where residents live, work and travel, these street trees require careful planning and active management in order to balance their benefits against risks, liabilities, impacts and costs…

Challenges for tree officers to enhance the provision of regulating ecosystem services from urban forests

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Urbanisation and a changing climate are leading to more frequent and severe flood, heat and air pollution episodes in Britain’s cities. Interest in nature-based solutions to these urban problems is growing, with urban forests potentially able to provide a range of regulating ecosystem services such as stormwater attenuation, heat amelioration and air purification…

DEALING WITH BARRIERS TO TREE ESTABLISHMENT ON VICROADS ROADSIDES

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In a crude sense, the VicRoads Roadside Management Strategy (VicRoads, undated) has four broad objectives. This may be over-simplifying, but VicRoads roadsides should be safe, ‘environmentally friendly’, attractive and affordable to maintain…

Decision-making of municipal urban forest managers through the lens of governance

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Awareness of the benefits of urban trees has led many cities to develop ambitious targets to increase tree numbers and canopy cover. Policy instruments that guide the planning of cities recognize the need for new governance arrangements to implement this agenda…

Evaluating Revealed Preferences for Street Tree Cover Targets: A Business Case for Collaborative Investment in Leafier Streetscapes in Brisbane, Australia

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Many cities are seeking to optimise the ecosystem service benefits of urban trees by incorporating goals for increasing tree canopy cover into strategies that promote liveability and urban sustainability…

Governance of nature-based solutions through intermediaries for urban transitions – A case study from Melbourne, Australia

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As cities increasingly turn to nature-based solutions to address key urban socio-ecological challenges, approaches to their governance, planning and implementation are increasingly important for ensuring their effectiveness…

Green Streets Program – Community Engagement

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The Sutherland Shire Council’s Green Streets Program objectives include preserving the Shire’s sense of place, using the right trees in the right spots for the long term, carrying out quality planting and…

Independent inquiry into management of trees on public land: Final report extract

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In March 2010 the State Executive Committee of the Local Government Association of South Australia (LGA) agreed to conduct, in conjunction with the LGA Mutual Liability Scheme (MLS), an independent Inquiry into the management of trees located on land under the care and control of councils…

Linking urban tree inventories to remote sensing data for individual tree mapping

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Urban trees provide a range of vital social and environmental services. Currently, inventories of individual urban trees are conducted in-situ by professional arborists…

Making Greater Adelaide Greener

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The Green Adelaide Board was formally established through the Landscape South Australia Act 2019, as a new body to drive innovative and collaborative environmental management across metropolitan Adelaide…

Revisiting the cooling effects of urban greening: Planning implications of vegetation types and spatial configuration

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While it is well recognised that increasing vegetation cover reduces the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in cities, less is understood about the spatial pattern of vegetation type required to maximise cooling benefits…
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