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This paper summarises the results of Forest Research’s citizen science canopy cover webmap. Tree canopy cover was measured by contributors to the project in 5,749 urban wards in the UK using a random sample, manual image classification tool called i-Tree Canopy. The area-weighted mean canopy cover across urban areas in...
Urban forests can both help reduce climate change and help urban society cope with its impacts.
Overview To secure the benefits of the urban forest, it is helpful to take an evidence based approach to management. Measuring tree canopy cover can be a proxy for these benefits. Local authorities, planners, urban designers and community members can use this tree canopy cover data to set a local...
Trees and greenspaces can play an important role in reducing the negative impact of the urban heat island effect on urban communities.
Urban trees provide a range of benefits or ‘ecosystem services’ to society.
A study of historic and current urban tree canopy cover in Great Britain using aerial imagery.
Research into the sustainability of 12 urban forests across Great Britain, and recommendation of a framework to rate sustainability of urban trees.
Urban forests provide ecosystem services that contribute to human health, liveability and sustainability. The management of trees influences the delivery of these ecosystem services and thus helps determine the total benefit provided by an urban forest. This Research Note summarises two Research Reports that assessed the delivery of regulating ecosystem...
This Research Report reviews the provision of four ecosystem services by 18 small and medium stature tree species using the i-Tree Eco model and compares the performance of these trees in different age groups.
This Research Report reviews the provision of four ecosystem services by 12 large stature tree species using the i-Tree Eco model and compares the performance of trees in different age classifications and climate regions.
This Research Note describes the negative impact that elevated urban temperatures can have on human thermal comfort and health and how urban green infrastructure can help lessen this impact.
The Right Tree in the Right Place for a Resilient Future.
