The Role of Urban Forests in Community Adaptation and Resilience
Area of Study: Land Use, Resilience, and Environmental Risk
Key Documents
REPORT: coming soon
Year
2023
Status
Current
Principal Investigators
Christopher Chan, Project Assistant, Adaptation Resilience Training Program
Collaborators
Eran Kaplinsky, Research Director, Alberta Land Institute
David Poulton, Director, Alberta Land Institute
Overview
Trees are significant providers of ecosystem services, however, more research is necessary to help policymakers understand how the urban context affects trees' ability to provide ecosystem services and implement municipal tree policies that best capture the full value of their services.
This research study examines whether current land use policies effectively capture the majority of their net benefits.