2021

From parking to parks: The benefits of planting trees in Melbourne’s thousands of redundant car parking spaces

Abstract City streets are often undersupplied with trees and green space. However, parking is abundant – both on streets, and in nearby buildings. With a number of trends and policies encouraging alternatives to driving, the time may be ripe for a conversion of redundant parking space to green space. In this presentation of forthcoming research, …

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Greener, cooler and more sustainable communities: Managing the urban forest into the future using geospatial data

Abstract Whether the value of the urban forest is defined by its socioeconomic benefits or its monetary value, paramount to the understanding of the importance of trees within urban environments is a quantitative understanding of how many trees there are and their spatial distribution throughout the community. City-wide assessments of urban tree canopy cover, e.g., …

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Celebrating our iconic red gums through the ‘Eco-Arts Red Gum Trail’

Abstract Celebrating Red Gums is a community-founded movement to facilitate connection with the past, present and future River Red Gum landscapes of Australia. One of the projects emerging from this initiative is an Eco-Arts Trail.  Through the use of technology, innovation and artistic mediums, the project proposes to immerse trail-goers in a journey which deeply …

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