Connecting Trees with People
Description
Written from the perspective of an urban forester and certified arborist, the reader will have a basic understanding of what makes a tree a tree in context to the philosophical and cultural underpinnings of Urban and Community Forestry, and learn how to implement model, time-tested global green practices and initiatives derived from citizen science.
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Naomi Zürcher is an Urban Forester, an ISA Certified Consulting Arborist and an affiliate member of the USA I Tree team in Luzern, Switzerland.
Content
Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1. Introducing the tree.- Chapter 2. The Urban Forest: from oxymoron to critical resource.- Chapter 3. The great tree migration: from forest to city center.- Chapter 4. Growing the Urban and Community Forest Today for the City of Tomorrow: connecting our trees and their needs to their human associates.- Chapter 5. The Global Experience in Green Participatory Place-making: a worldwide sampling of Urban and Community Forest connectivity.- Chapter 6. Making a difference - questions asked and questions answered.- Index.