Urban and community forests of the South Central West Region
Subtitle: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
By: David J. Nowak, Eric J. Greenfield
Contributors: Greenfield, Eric J.; United States. Forest Service. Northern Research Station
Series: General technical report NRS -- 59; General technical report NRS -- 59.
Publisher: U.S. Forest Service
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Newtown Square, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Community forests; Urban forestry; Forest canopies
Description: This report details how land and urbanization vary within the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas by community (incorporated and census designated places), county subdivision, and county. Specifically this report provides critical urban and community forestry information for each state including human population characteristics and trends, changes in urban and community lands, tree canopy and impervious surface cover characteristics, distribution of land-cover classes, a relative comparison of urban and community forests among local government types, determination of priority areas for tree planting, and a summary of urban tree benefits. Report information can improve the understanding, management, and planning of urban and community forests.The data from this report is reported for each state on the CD provided in the back of this book, and may be accessed by state at: http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/data/urban/ .
Notes: Cover title.

"March 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-45).

Also available online.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Excel.