Australian Urban Forest Literature Database
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Author(s): Shears, Ian
Year Published: 2005
The City of Melbourne is internationally renowned for its tree-lined boulevards and parks and gardens characterised by avenue plantings along formal path networks. Melbourne’s community is protective of its trees, and actively aware and interested in their health and maintenance…
Author(s): Howard, Adrian
Year Published: 2005
Soldiers Memorial Avenue is located on the eastern side of the main northwest – southeast ridgeline of the Domain. The Avenue stretches for over 1.5km along the riverside of the Queens Domain from Aberdeen St to the Cross Roads…
Author(s): Marwick, Anjanette
Year Published: 2002
In the past, the improved selection of Australian native trees by means of vegetative propagation has been limited to high value forestry trees, with…
Author(s): Fakes, Judy
Year Published: 2005
This paper summarises the critical stages of managing the heritage landscapes and trees of the future from planning, site analysis…
Author(s): Moore, Greg
Year Published: 2005
The role of arboriculture in the curricula of Australian educational institutions has been relatively brief, with dedicated courses existing for at most 20 years…
Author(s): Cockerel, Sarah
Year Published: 2008
A large body of research exists on the topic of war memorials. From ancient to modern times war shave been apart of human history and memorials to battles, hero’s, victory and defeats are common all over the planet. However most investigations in to the form and history of war memorials have only focused on completely artificial structures…
Year Published: 2008
Most of us know the game “scissors, paper, rock” where on a simultaneous showing of hands the player’s eventual fate is determined. Scissors cut paper, paper covers rock, rock blunts scissors…
Author(s): Daniels, Chris | Roetman, Philip
Year Published: 2008
This paper explores the incorporation of biodiversity into Australian cities through the planning, design, construction and maintenance of urban developments…
Year Published: 2008
Over the past couple of decades, much has been learned about the structure of root systems developed by trees growing in urban soils and environments…
Year Published: 2008
Increasingly we are looking for information as to better plan for the renovation of our semi-arid urban and rural streetscapes in South Australia especially to address the impact of climate change and to make informed decisions for the next 100 years…
Year Published: 2008
The following paper summarizes research being undertaken at the University of Adelaide School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design…
Author(s): Plant, Lyndal
Year Published: 2009
At the 8th Treenet Symposium in 2007 the recommendations and targets of the Brisbane Climate Change and Energy Action Plan were outlined. The Plan combines responses to the impacts of climate change for Brisbane with broader sustainability actions…
Author(s): Lawry, David
Year Published: 2009
In 2004 at the 5th National Street Tree Symposium, the TREENET Avenues of Honour 1915-2015 Project was launched. It is ‘a national project to honour with a tree the memory of every individual who has made the supreme sacrifice…
Author(s): Ely, Martin
Year Published: 2009
Trees should be an essential, rather than merely a desirable part of our cities. Street trees provide the city with a wide range of…
Author(s): Norris, Martin
Year Published: 2010
Broadly speaking, an act of God is a contract or tort law defence for an event (accident) that was caused by natural forces that were outside human control and that could not have been prevented by ordinary skill and foresight…
Author(s): Livesley, Stephen J.
Year Published: 2010
Increasing the number of urban trees, and appropriately positioning those trees in relation to buildings and impervious surfaces, is a simple but effective strategy for…
Author(s): Moore, Greg
Year Published: 2010
The Black Saturday fires that occurred on 7 February 2009 in Victoria conjure images of destruction, damage and death. These fires, like those of Ash Wednesday in 1983, and more recently in Sydney, South Australia, Western Australia and Canberra, are seen as devastating and catastrophic to the natural environment, human life and property…
Author(s): Flanery, Fleur
Year Published: 2010
Between November 2009 and May 2010 approximately 490,000 of Canberra’s urban trees were assessed and the findings recorded…
Author(s): Curran, Beth | Daniels, Chris | Ely, Martin | Goodwin, Christine | Gurner-Hall, Pam | Hopkins, Graeme | Johnson, Tim | Lawry, David | Nottle, Trevor | Pitman, Sheryn | Ray, Darren | Roetman, Philip | Smith, Keith | Zwar, John
Year Published: 2010
