Social preferences for street trees
Street trees provide a wide range of social benefits. Air quality, wildlife habitat, property values, shade and aesthetic appeal are some of the most widely recognized…
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As we think – so we manage
This paper discusses risk management as it applies to urban amenity trees. My purpose is not to set out a particular authority’s model for review or to explain what risk management is – that has been extremely well covered in recent years – rather, it is to explore the reasons I believe tree risk management poses such difficulty to bringing it into routine practice…
Arboricultural innovations in urban tree establishment
Every day thousands of trees are planted in our towns and cities by people from a wide range of industries and professions including Construction workers, Horticulturists, Arborists, Green Keepers, Maintenance workers, Council workers, subcontractors, volunteers and many more…
An investigation of the potential to use street trees and designed soils to treat urban stormwater
In recent times, a greater emphasis has been placed on the environmental aspects of urban stormwater management. An experiment has been designed to investigate the potential of using street tree and tree soil systems to treat stormwater…
Stormwater harvesting trial for ‘irrigation’ of street trees and water quality and quantity improvement
Urban Water Resource Centre (UWRC), Division of IT, Engineering and the Environment, University of South Australia…
Oaks for the Adelaide Plains: successful species in the Waite Arboretum
The University of Adelaide’s Waite Arboretum is a valuable experimental collection. Species of oaks performing well there under natural rainfall of 625 mm are reported…
The economic value of trees in urban areas: estimating the benefits of Adelaide’s street trees
As populations become increasingly urbanised, national governments to local councils are recognising that the trees that line our streets…
Street tree trials in the City of West Torrens
The City of West Torrens has been associated with and supported TREENET since 1997. Association with TREENET provides a range of benefits…
Street tree trials in Brisbane City Council
Trials of the first five of eleven indigenous tree species with potential for street tree use began in Brisbane last year…
Stormwater harvesting trial – Claremont Avenue, Netherby
The City of Mitcham is pleased to demonstrate a commitment to TREENET by providing Claremont Avenue and adjacent verge area (situated immediately to the south of the Waite Institute grounds) as a trial site…