An Urban Forest Horizon Scan in Melbourne, Australia
Suggested citation: Elliot, C. et al, 2019, An Urban Forest Horizon Scan in Melbourne, Australia. Report for the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Kendal, Dave
Random point sampling to detect gain and loss in tree canopy cover in response to urban densification
Urban tree canopy cover (UTC) is a simple, and common, measure of urban forest resource. Urban infill development is likely to lead to losses in UTC under private tenure…
Drivers of diversity and tree cover in gardens, parks and streetscapes in an Australian city
While we know that urban vegetation is often distributed unequally, most studies have been undertaken in cities with relatively high levels of income inequality, using a single measure of distribution (usually tree cover) and in a single land use…
Decision-making of municipal urban forest managers through the lens of governance
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…
Patterns of tree removal and canopy change on public and private land in the City of Melbourne
Many cities face a struggle to reconcile ambitious tree canopy cover targets with urban development pressures. Canopy cover in The City of Melbourne…
Multicultural gardeners and park users benefit from and attach diverse values to urban nature spaces
Cities across the world increasingly reflect the ethno-cultural diversity of a globalized society. How people interact with, and experience urban nature varies with the…
Community Satisfaction with Trees and Their Management
Over the last few years we have been exploring which urban tree species may be suited to future climates (Kendal et al., 2018, 2017). This is being strongly influenced by urban heat, and increasingly by climate change. Tree managers were thinking about using trees to adapt cities to climate change; we now understand that urban heat and climate change are having effects on urban trees themselves..