Australian Urban Forest Literature Database
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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…
Author(s): Johnson, Tim
Year Published: 2000
The following notes summarize the presentation given at the TREENET Symposium in September 2000…
Author(s): Handreck, Kevin
Year Published: 2000
TREENET sites need to be chosen so as to simulate the soil environment in which the trees will eventually grow. This is probably impossible in detail. But some data must be collected so that different sites can be compared…
Author(s): Draper, John
Year Published: 2005
It wasn’t too long ago (and more importantly it wasn’t the first time) that many Council officers like myself were asking whether the current ‘Significant Tree’ legislation has been an effective piece of state law in reducing the frequency of uncontrolled removal of trees within our urban environment…
Author(s): Hewett, Philip
Year Published: 2005
Clark and Matheny published a model of urban forests sustainability in 1997 1 – I recall reading the article and thinking how far removed we were in Australia from such holistic tree management thinking – that was 1997 yet now 8 years on things look very different…
Author(s): Norris, Martin
Year Published: 2005
Urban trees directly influence the lives of the 87% of Australian people that live in urban areas. Hence, urban trees are valuable community resources, and much literature has focused on this from both societal value…
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): Hilditch, James
Year Published: 2005
In South Australia, “development” which is defined to include any “tree damaging activity” to a “significant tree” may not be undertaken without approval from the relevant planning authority…
Author(s): McKenzie, Ian
Year Published: 2005
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world…
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): Mowling, Frances
Year Published: 2008
The implications of climate change on the availability of water in the landscape are profound, particularly in regard to environmental water requirements that maintain biodiversity and water quality. Water supply and quality are likely to be affected by higher air temperatures, increased evaporation rates and projected changes in amount and seasonality of rainfall…
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
South Australia faces an apparent dilemma with respect to population. On the one hand, the ageing of the baby boom generation into retirement will necessitate continued growth of the working age population both to replace them in the workforce (they currently make up over 40 percent of the workforce) and to meet the costs of a doubling of the older population…
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 Sustainable Landscapes Project (SLP) began in July 2004 as a collaborative public/private partnership hosted by the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide…
Year Published: 2008
The following paper summarizes research being undertaken at the University of Adelaide School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design…
