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Urban Forestry

Planning and Managing Urban Greenspaces, Second Edition

Robert W. Miller

Trees and related vegetation have long been planted in cities for a variety of reasons. From trees with special religious significance in ancient temples to trees captured in planters adjacent to our newest office buildings, we have sought to accompany our urban lives with some representation of nature. During the past few decades, individuals and society have placed a much greater emphasis on urban vegetation.

As cities become larger and more complex, trees may exist in them through careful design, through poor design, or by accident. Urban Forestry addresses how to carefully and successfully plan for and manage vegetation as part of an urban ecosystem. This edition provides information on all aspects of the field, including the history and uses of urban vegetation, appraisal and inventories, the planning process, and management and maintenance. Concepts are elucidated throughout the text with numerous photos, tables, line drawings, graphs, and charts. The nine appendices add to the book’s usefulness for both students and professionals.

$49.95 list, 502 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-510-4

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-510-6

© 1997

Table of Contents

Part I. INTRODUCTION TO URBAN FORESTRY

1. Evolution of Cities

Introduction / A Brief Urban History

2. Social Needs and Values of Urban Society

Evolving Relationship to Nature / Today's Human Environment / Changing Values / Psychological Values / Social Needs, Values, and Urban Forestry

3. The Urban Forest

Nature of the Urban Forest / Managing the Urban Forest

4. Uses of Urban Vegetation

The History of Trees in the City / Architectural and Aesthetic Uses / Climatological Uses / Engineering Uses

Part II. APPRAISAL AND INVENTORY OF URBAN VEGETATION

5. Values of Urban Vegetation

Economic Values / Legal Values

6. Street Tree Inventories

The Need for Inventories / Objectives and Components of Inventories / Types of Inventories / Other Uses of Inventories

7. Park and Other Urban Natural Resource Inventories

General Cover Type Mapping / Urban Cover Type Inventories / Other Urban Natural Resource Inventories / Geographic Information Systems

Part III. PLANNING FOR AND MANAGEMENT OF URBAN VEGETATION

8. Planning and Urban Forestry

The Planning Process / Land-Use Planning / Planning for Open Space / Urban Forest Management Planning

9. Vegetation Ordinances

Municipal Forestry Programs / Vegetation Protection / Landscape Ordinances / Screening Ordinances / Energy Conservation

10. Management of Street Trees: Planning

Successful Municipal Forestry Programs / Planning a Street Tree Program / Planning across Community Lines

11. Management of Street Trees: Planting

Street Tree Establishment

12. Management of Street Trees: Maintenance

Pruning / Fertilization / Protection / Other Street Tree Maintenance / Management Needs over Time / Management by Zone / Removal and Replacement / Task Scheduling

13. Program Administration and Analysis

Funding / Organization / Program Analysis / Personnel / Communications and Public Relations

14. Management of Park and Open Space Vegetation

Public Needs / Park Vegetation Management / Urban Silviculture

15. Commercial and Utility Arboriculture

Commercial Arboriculture / Utility Arboriculture

Appendix A: Computer Software for Urban Forest Management: A Buyer's Guide

Appendix B: CityTrees! Lite: A Street Tree Management Simulator

Appendix C: Sample Municipal Tree Ordinance

Appendix D: Sample Tree Protection Ordinance

Appendix E: Sample Screening Ordinance

Appendix F: Sample Publication with Recommended Street Trees

Appendix G: Disaster Plan for Oak Park, Illinois

Appendix H: Tree Walks in Madison, Wisconsin

Appendix I: Sample Customer Newsletter