Urban Tree Management

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 managementstate of the art in the fields of urban forestry and tree biologypositive effects and uses of urban treesfeatures, requirements and selection criteria for urban treesconditions and problems of urban treesgovernance and management aspectsenvironmental 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.