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Urban Forestry and Urban Greening is a refereed, international journal aimed at presenting high-quality research with urban and peri-urban woody and non-woody vegetation and its use, planning, design, establishment and management as its main topics. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening concentrates on all tree-dominated (as joint together in the urban forest) as well as other green resources in and around urban areas, such as woodlands, public and private urban parks and gardens, urban nature areas, street tree and square plantations, botanical gardens and cemeteries.

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This communications toolkit will help increase the community’s awareness of, and support for, the urban forest. Included is a narrative guide, a statistics deck and social media tiles to provide you with consistent messaging, and interesting and engaging education content that can be tailored for local audiences.

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The Urban Forest Diversity Guidelines is a subsidiary document to the City of Melbourne Urban Forest Strategy. The guidelines are intended to inform the Tree Precinct Plans that in turn will determine locations for street tree plantings. Park trees will be planted using existing Masterplans and site specific plans. In partnership with ASPECT Studios and Tree Logic.

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The Urban Heat and Tree Mapping Viewer enables the exploration of high-resolution surface temperature data for the Adelaide metropolitan area. The data presented can be used to: - Evaluate how urban infrastructure choices affect the temperature characteristics and extents of urban heat islands, - Help plan activities to mitigate high temperatures in the urban environment, and - Improve the resilience of communities and assets to extreme heat and prolonged heat events.

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Expertly led by Melbourne Water in collaboration with Living Melbourne stakeholders, the overarching objective of this report is to help encourage canopy cover on private land through having a clear understanding and way of communicating the monetary value and benefits trees provide on private property.

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This document is a summary of work by a team from Victoria University and the University of Melbourne who surveyed the economic benefits of green roofs, walls and façades in the research literature and industry reports.

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The U.S. Forest Service step-by-step guide to implementing Urban Forestry in your community.

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The VBA species observations are a foundation dataset that feeds into some of the many biodiversity tools used in DELWP’s everyday decision making - showing where wildlife is now and how this has changed over time. You can use the atlas to search and map species from across the state, check for threatened species in your area.

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A dedicated infiltration systems Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) assets page. All of the information you need is available for you in one place, including benefits and related research evidence, design tips, guidelines, presentations for online learning, plus exemplar projects case studies.

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The Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) is the peak industry body representing the urban water industry.

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A concise resource for those wanting practical information on how best way to reuse greywater in their gardens.

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What does building resilience mean in the production nursery? How does this equate to a good tree? When success cannot be guaranteed in the harsh, urban environment, what are the measures you should insist upon to ensure the greatest chance of success? This video unpacks.

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