Urban tree management is the key basis for greener cities of the future. It is a practical discipline which includes tree selection, planting, care and protection and the overall management of trees as a collective resource. Urban Tree Management aims to raise awareness for the positive impacts and benefits of city trees and for their importance to city dwellers. It describes their advantages and details their effects on quality of urban life and well-being aspects that are increasingly important in these times of progressing urbanisation. With this book you will learn: fundamentals, methods and tools of urban tree management state of the art in the fields of urban forestry and tree biology positive effects and uses of urban trees features, requirements and selection criteria for urban trees conditions and problems of urban trees governance and management aspects environmental education programs. Edited by the leading expert Dr Andreas Roloff, Urban Tree Management is an excellent resource for plant scientists, horticulturists, dendrologists, arborists and arboriculturists, forestry scientists, city planners, parks department specialists and landscape architects. It will be an essential addition to all students and libraries where such subjects are taught.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN-13
9781118954584
eBay Product ID (ePID)
225368480
Product Key Features
Author
Andreas Roloff
Publication Name
Urban Tree Management: for the Sustainable Development of Green Cities
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Botany
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
244mm
Item Width
176mm
Item Weight
560g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Andreas Roloff
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