Voting with one’s chainsaw: What happens when people are given the opportunity to freely remove urban trees?
Highlights People do not necessarily love trees; at least not unanimously and unequivocally. Liberalization of regulations was associated with canopy loss. 80% of tree canopy loss during the liberalization occurred on private property. Manual mapping is an easy and reliable method for capturing the liberalization’s effects. Valuation studies need to account for the diversity of …