Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) Prioritizations can be both a set of geographic analysis tools and a planning process for collaborative decision-making. In this paper, we describe how UTC Prioritizations can be used as a planning process to provide decision support to multiple government agencies, civic groups and private businesses to aid in reaching a canopy target. Linkages to broader City-scale sustainability plans are explored. This article represents an extension and update to the UTC Canopy Goal Setting Guide by Raciti et al (2006). We conclude with recommendations for a market-like analysis of neighborhoods to better match planting initiatives to particular neighborhoods’ motivations, capacities and interests in order to improve the adoption of improved urban forestry practices.
Recommended Citation
Locke, Dexter H.; Grove, J. Morgan; Galvin, Michael; O'Neil-Dunne, Jarlath P.M.; and Murphy, Charles
(2013)
"Applications of Urban Tree Canopy Assessment and Prioritization Tools: Supporting Collaborative Decision Making to Achieve Urban Sustainability Goals,"
Cities and the Environment (CATE):
Vol. 6:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cate/vol6/iss1/7
Appendix 3
BACI_UTC_Prioritization_CriteriaCSV.csv (2 kB)
Data for Figure 4
BACI_UTC_Prioritization_COI_DHL.csv (1 kB)
Data for Figure 6
BACI_UTC_Prioritization_AOI_DHL.csv (1 kB)
Data for Figure 8
Locke_et_al_2013_script_for_dendrograms.rtf (32 kB)
R Script for Dendrograms
