Metropolitan Tree Improvement Alliance - Information on exploration, evaluation, pest resistance, stress tolerance, and development of superior trees. Natural Landscapes in Urban Areas - Essay on the need for parks and other wildlife areas in urban environments. A Guide to the Law and Good Practice - UK government's Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions guide that sets out the Governments policy advice on the tree preservation order system. Provides tools to city manager for evaluation of urban tree-planting effects. Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute - California Polytechnic Insitute.
Site includes a tree selection guide for California and other urban forestry resources.
GIS, inventory and monitoring, parking lot shade ordinances, urban heat islands, guidelines for tree planting, etc. Wired Digital Inc., a Lycos Network site. All rights reserved. Some portions of the Open Directory made available on HotBot have been modified.