Prioritizing Preferable Locations for Increasing Urban Tree Canopy in New York City

Prioritizing Preferable Locations for Increasing Urban Tree Canopy in New York City

This paper presents a set of Geographic Information System (GIS) methods for identifying and prioritizing tree planting sites in urban environments. It uses an analytical approach created by a University of Vermont service-learning class called “GIS Analysis of New York City's Ecology” that was...

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Main Authors: Dexter H. Locke, J. Morgan Grove, Jacqueline W.T. Lu, Austin Troy, Jarlath P.M. O'Neil-Dunne, Brian D. Beck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Loyola Marymount University 2010-01-01
Series:Cities and the Environment
Subjects:
Urban Forestry
UTC
urban tree canopy
possible
preferable
geographic information systems
GIS
trees
green space
vegetation
Online Access:http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cate/vol3/iss1/4/

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