scholarly journals Urban Tree Selection for Diversity

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah R. Hilbert ◽  
Andrew K. Koeser ◽  
Robert J. Northrop
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Forest ◽  
Tree Planting ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Maintenance Costs ◽  
Urban Tree ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Selection For ◽  
The Aesthetic

Urban tree diversity is important when attempting to create a healthy, beneficial, and resilient urban forest. Having a variety of trees can increase the aesthetic value for residents and create habitats for plants and animals. Some common street trees currently in the landscape are not site-appropriate and create infrastructure damage. By planting different types of trees in these locations, maintenance costs and infrastructure damage can be reduced and tree longevity increased. This new 4-page fact sheet is intended to provide urban foresters, arborists, landscape designers, and others in charge of tree planting with a process for introducing new species into the urban environment. Written by Deborah R. Hilbert, Andrew K. Koeser, and Robert J. Northrop, and published by the UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep589

scholarly journals The aesthetic evaluation of forest landscape in four urban forest parks: A case study of Nanjing hilly areas, China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Xiaolan Tang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Forest ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Aesthetic Evaluation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Forest Parks ◽  
Aesthetic Values

Abstract In recent years, the construction of urban forest parks has run into the fast lane in China. As an indispensable natural landscape resource for urban forest parks, forest landscape has been paid increasing attentions by the public, in contrast, less effort has been made in the field of aesthetic evaluation of forest landscape. Based on the theories of landscape esthetics and psychology, this paper aims to present methods for the aesthetic evaluation, and understand citizen’s aesthetic perceptions of forest landscape using Semantic Differential (SD) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) methods. Moreover, further suggestions will be put forward for a better development of the forest landscape, thereby giving full play to their landscape and recreation functions. As per the findings of this paper, the vegetation element diversity (PC 1 ), the magnificent feel (PC 2 ), the nature-pastoral feel (PC 3 ) and the sense of space (PC 4 ) present the critical comprehensive indexes affecting the aesthetic values of the forest landscape. The relationship between the comprehensive indexes and the landscape aesthetic value is revealed by multiple regression analyses. PC 3 and PC 4 are found to be less influencing on aesthetic values than PC 1 and PC 2 . At last, three suggestions for the construction and protection of forest landscape are put forward. The results of this study will contribute to the preservation of the forest landscape aesthetic, and the integration of these conclusions into the sustainable development strategies of urban forest parks.

scholarly journals Planning and Orientation Analysis of Urban Environmental Landscape Aesthetic Value

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Wei Wei
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Orientation Analysis ◽  
Planning Orientation ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Good Environment ◽  
The City ◽  
Environmental Landscape

Landscape is people’s evaluation of the environment which is better and more meaningful to visit. Therefore, a landscape must have a good environment. Landscape exists in nature as well as in cities. Every corner of a city can be a landscape. Its connection with the city and the citizens is inseparable. However, due to the acceleration of urbanization, there are still many problems in the urban environment. To solve these problems perfectly, we should work from the aesthetic value and planning orientation of the landscape. Therefore, this paper discusses and analyzes the problems of urban environment and how to use the aesthetic value and orientation to construct urban environmental landscape.

scholarly journals Urban Trees Programs from Municipal Officials' Perspective: Evidence from Alabama, U.S.

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-167
Author(s):  
Yaoqi Zhang ◽  
Bin Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Urban Forest ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Urban Trees ◽  
Tree Planting ◽  
Property Value ◽  
Ecological Benefits ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Urban Tree ◽  
Municipal Employees ◽  
Household Incomes

Using survey data, this study explored Alabama municipal employees and policy makers’ perception of urban trees, financing, governing, and information sharing regarding urban forest management. Results suggest that the importance of urban trees is widely recognized by local municipal employees and policymakers. They also believe that urban trees would increase property value and promote community pride. Ecological benefits were, however, less valued. Alabama, U.S. cities spent less than USD $60,000 per year on tree planting, tree maintenance, debris, and tree removal. Cities with a large population usually appear to spend more on urban trees; likewise, cities with higher household incomes and lower poverty rates would have higher expenditures on urban tree programs. Relatively minor differences were found among the three types of employees and administrators: mayors, council members, and administrators. The results indicate many municipal officials were not aware of, or informed about, related agencies providing urban tree management services.

scholarly journals Integrating sustainability subsystems in the management of urban forests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Greene
Keyword(s):  
Forest Canopy ◽  
Urban Forest ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Tree Canopy ◽  
Tree Planting ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Urban Tree ◽  
Research Studies

The urban forest is an important natural capital asset providing essential ecological, social, and economic benefits to people living in cities. Research contained within this dissertation examines urban forest structure and management through the lens of strong sustainability and has as its central focus the question of where to prioritize planting of trees in a densely populated, and continually expanding, North American urban centre. Three independent research studies are included, each of which addresses a dimension of the urban forest that falls within one of the three subsystems of sustainability. The first study focuses on urban forest ecological service delivery with a specific focus on the relationship between forest canopy closure and summer surface temperatures across the City of Toronto, Canada. The second study examines a social dimension of the urban forest—identifying distributional inequalities in city resident access to urban tree canopy as a function of their household income. In the third study, an economic dimension of urban sustainability is investigated by examining the legacy of street tree planting decisions and their relationship to ash tree mortality caused by the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). In addition to adding to scholarship concerning the processes and relationships examined within each sustainability subsystem, common themes arising across each of the studies are identified and discussed. These individual research studies and intersecting themes serve as the basis for an innovative approach to prioritizing urban tree planting that seeks to integrate a sustainability subsystems approach to the decision-making process.

scholarly journals Integrating sustainability subsystems in the management of urban forests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Greene
Keyword(s):  
Forest Canopy ◽  
Urban Forest ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Tree Canopy ◽  
Tree Planting ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Urban Tree ◽  
Research Studies

The urban forest is an important natural capital asset providing essential ecological, social, and economic benefits to people living in cities. Research contained within this dissertation examines urban forest structure and management through the lens of strong sustainability and has as its central focus the question of where to prioritize planting of trees in a densely populated, and continually expanding, North American urban centre. Three independent research studies are included, each of which addresses a dimension of the urban forest that falls within one of the three subsystems of sustainability. The first study focuses on urban forest ecological service delivery with a specific focus on the relationship between forest canopy closure and summer surface temperatures across the City of Toronto, Canada. The second study examines a social dimension of the urban forest—identifying distributional inequalities in city resident access to urban tree canopy as a function of their household income. In the third study, an economic dimension of urban sustainability is investigated by examining the legacy of street tree planting decisions and their relationship to ash tree mortality caused by the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). In addition to adding to scholarship concerning the processes and relationships examined within each sustainability subsystem, common themes arising across each of the studies are identified and discussed. These individual research studies and intersecting themes serve as the basis for an innovative approach to prioritizing urban tree planting that seeks to integrate a sustainability subsystems approach to the decision-making process.

scholarly journals Using Tree Growth Rates to Evaluate Urban Tree Planting Specifications

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Neal ◽  
Thomas H. Whitlow
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Tree Growth ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Tree Planting ◽  
Annual Growth ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Urban Tree ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Incremental Growth ◽  
Quercus Phellos

Abstract Annual growth was measured from increment cores extracted from 105 willow oaks (Quercus phellos L.) growing in seven locations in the metropolitan Washington, DC, area. Sample sites were selected to represent a range of planting specifications. In general, annual incremental growth was least in the transplant year, followed by 3–6 years of increasing growth rates that met or exceeded growth rates in the nursery. Five of the sites supported growth rates similar to open-grown trees, in a semi-natural, park-like setting, while trees growing in an irrigated, fertilized tree lawn had substantially higher growth rates. Our findings suggest that planting specifications can overcome many of the limitations to tree growth imposed by the urban environment, at least during the first 15 years following installation.

Lighting of Engineering Structures and Industrial Facilities New Aspects of the Topic

2018 ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Nikolai I. Shepetkov ◽  
George N. Cherkasov ◽  
Vladimir A. Novikov
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
Lighting Design ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Artificial Lighting ◽  
Industrial Structures ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
Architectural Lighting ◽  
The Aesthetic

This paper considers the fundamental problem of artificial lighting in various types and scales of industrial facilities, focusing on exterior lighting design solutions. There is a lack of interest from investors, customers and society in high­quality lighting design for industrial facilities in Russia, which in many cities are very imaginative structures, practically unused in the evening. Architectural lighting of various types of installations is illustrated with photographs. The purpose of the article is to draw attention to the aesthetic value of industrial structures, provided not only by the architectural, but also by a welldesigned lighting solution.

What's the Message of Architecture?

2014 ◽  
pp. 126-136
Author(s):  
Аndrey G. Velikanov
Keyword(s):  
Separate Entity ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Current State ◽  
Entire Complex ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Aesthetic

Considers the aspects of architecture as a language able to express the current state and to prophetically indicate the upcoming changes. The aesthetic value of a construction cannot be perceived just as a separate entity, but it can be cognized in the context and not only a visual one, in space. It is necessary to see the entire complex of the accompanying phenomena, all the flow of the unfolding metaphors and values. In the model in view the figure of the author-creator must be reconsidered as no longer conforming to today's reality. The development of the Stalinist Empire style, as well as its transformations, is considered as one of the specific phenomena in the history of well-known constructions

Semi Automatic T-Shirt Folding Machine Berbasis PID (Proportional Integral Derivative)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Apriliyanto ◽  
Miftachul Ulum ◽  
Koko Joni
Keyword(s):  
Ultrasonic Sensor ◽  
Proportional Integral Derivative ◽  
Servo Motor ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Proportional Integral ◽  
Door Opening ◽  
Dc Motors ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Right

<em>The process of folding clothes is one of the activities carried out in the laundry business or household. The activity is fairly easy but many people are still lazy to do it. As a result, clothes that have been washed will fall apart in certain rooms, thereby reducing the aesthetic value of a home. Semi Automatic T-Shirt Folding Machine is the right solution to make folding clothes easier and more time efficient. This tool is equipped with a servo motor that moves the folding board that has been designed in such a way that the user only needs to manghandle the shirt just once and simply push one button then the shirt will fold itself and will be neatly arranged through the clothes stacker board. The PID method is applied to DC motors that move under the clothes folder so that the buildup of clothes underneath will not be pressured upward when the clothes are piled up when they are folded. Ultrasonic sensor will measure the right height between the clothes with the door opening the stacking clothes with kp = 1, ki = 0.1, kd = 0.5 for thin clothes and kp = 5, ki = 1, kd = 2.5 for thick clothes so that the movement of the motor can adjust its speed . This tool can fold one shirt in 16.83 seconds 11 seconds faster than folding clothes manually</em>

A new cestode, Neoskrjabinolepis gvosdevi (Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae) from the shrew Sorex tundrensis Merriam, 1900, in Kazakhstan

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
S.A. Kornienko ◽  
V.D. Gulyaev ◽  
N.T. Erzhanov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Middle Part ◽  
Basal Part ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Different Types

A cestode, Neoskrjabinolepis (Neoskrjabinolepidoides) gvosdevi sp. nov., is described from the tundra shrew Sorex tundrensis Merriam, 1900 in Kazakhstan. The new species has ten rostellar hooks, 0.40-0.43 mm long, with claw-liked blade with crooked middle part. It can be distinguished from other species in the subgenus by the cylindrical cirrus short, 0.45-0.50 mm long, and armed with different types of spines; the basal part covered with numerous small, rosethornshaped spines, and the middle and distal parts armed with fine, needle-shaped spines.

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