Australian Urban Forest Literature Database
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Author(s): Fakes, Judy
Year Published: 2003
The electrical distribution industry is a highly regulated, safety-driven industry responsible for delivering…
Author(s): Froehlingsdorf, Heinz
Year Published: 2003
Palms generally come from high rainfall areas and therefore require additional watering in areas that receive less rain, lower humidity and have higher evaporation rates…
Author(s): Dargavel, John
Year Published: 2004
David Lowenthal, in his 1985 book, The Past is a Foreign Country, emphasised the way in which we produce and reproduce the past in changing ways…
Author(s): Cockerel, Sarah
Year Published: 2004
This paper is an overview of a preliminary investigation into all tree avenues planted as War memorials throughout Australia. It cannot claim to be a complete record and in some ways serves only to highlight the gaps in our knowledge…
Author(s): Moore, Greg
Year Published: 2003
Once again there has been a debate about the virtue of using native versus exotic trees in urban landscapes. The debate ignited by issues related…
Author(s): Daniels, Chris | Tait, Catherine J
Year Published: 2004
Urban ecosystems are where people live at high densities (equal to or greater than 186 people/ km2). Currently, slightly less than half the world’s population lives in dense urban areas, particularly cities. In industrialised countries this percentage is closer to 80%. Nearly 85% of Australians live in towns with 1000 or more inhabitants and 2/3rd of the population live in the eight capital cities…
Author(s): Wark, Andy
Year Published: 2003
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…
Author(s): Plant, Lyndal | See, Maureen
Year Published: 2002
Trials of the first five of eleven indigenous tree species with potential for street tree use began in Brisbane last year…
Year Published: 2002
The City of West Torrens has been associated with and supported TREENET since 1997. Association with TREENET provides a range of benefits…
Year Published: 2002
As populations become increasingly urbanised, national governments to local councils are recognising that the trees that line our streets…
Author(s): Garden, Jenni
Year Published: 2003
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…
Year Published: 2003
Urban Water Resource Centre (UWRC), Division of IT, Engineering and the Environment, University of South Australia…
Author(s): Denman, Liz
Year Published: 2003
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…
Author(s): Knight, Kym
Year Published: 2003
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…
Author(s): Hewett, Philip
Year Published: 2003
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…
Author(s): Williams, Kathryn
Year Published: 2003
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…
Author(s): Carrocci, Daniel
Year Published: 2003
Arboriculture- the care and management of trees- is an increasingly important industry in the urban environment yet the extent of education and training in this area is unclear…
Author(s): Schumann, Deon
Year Published: 2004
Port Augusta is situated at the head of Spencer’s Gulf and is the northern most regional city in South Australia. We are the driest city in the driest state on the driest continent…
Author(s): Prior, Sarah
Year Published: 2003
One of TREENET’s ongoing projects is compiling a database of all universities and TAFES within Australia that offer specific education covering arboriculture…
Author(s): Knight, Kym
Year Published: 2000
The selection, planting, care and management of trees, (including palms) woody shrubs and vines in the urban landscape…
Author(s): Fakes, Judy
Year Published: 2000
This paper considers the issue of managing trees under powerlines. The management of trees under powerlines is difficult due to the complex nature of streets…
Author(s): Amezdroz, Bob
Year Published: 2000
Since November 1988 the Electricity Act and Regulations have made restrictions to what could be planted under and near the powerlines throughout South Australia…
Author(s): Fakes, Judy
Year Published: 2000
The long-term success of street tree plantings is the end result of a complex process involving many players. To date it would seem that there has been a fair amount of good luck rather than good management…
