Did you know that Calgary has the lowest tree canopy across Canadian major cities?
Join us on May 31st to learn more about your role in growing our urban forest spaces and the importance of trees in supporting climate mitigation!
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Did you know that Calgary has the lowest tree canopy across Canadian major cities?
Join us on May 31st to learn more about your role in growing our urban forest spaces and the importance of trees in supporting climate mitigation!
RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/tree_party
Rope bridge in the canopy
Zoo de Guadeloupe au Parc des Mamelles
June 2023
#photography #photographie #guadeloupe #antilles #westindies #carribean #treecanopy #canopy #tropicalforest #tropicalforests #travel #travelphotography #bridge #ropebridge #zoodeguadeloupe #nature #naturephotography
Zoo de Guadeloupe au Parc des Mamelles
June 2023
#photography #photographie #guadeloupe #antilles #westindies #carribean #treecanopy #canopy #tropicalforest #tropicalforests #travel #travelphotography #bridge #ropebridge #zoodeguadeloupe #nature #naturephotography
Important public health program to increase tree canopy through developing landscaping jobs and careers, funded by Infrastructure Bill (gleanings from Green New Deal). Reworking of 2011 program to create south Phœnix landscape climate modifications by 2030, abandoned due to lack of funding support.
#ClimateAction #InfrastructureBill #landscape #TreeCanopy
Inside Climate News · To Combat Phoenix’s Extreme Heat, a New Program Provides Sustainable Shade - Inside Climate NewsArizona State University is leading an effort to create neighborhood shade plans for Phoenix communities and train the workforce needed to support green infrastructure across the metropolitan area.
University of Manitoba: FAUM researchers release new open data sets for data-driven urban design. “The Future Elements Studio, led by Dr. Yuhao Lu at the Faculty of Architecture, has released two new open data sets as part of its ongoing efforts to advance urban digital twin models for Canadian communities. Beginning with the City of Winnipeg, these datasets serve as data-rich and […]
Planting and maintaining street trees is an investment, but it’s one that pays for itself over and over again. Cities around the world are starting to calculate the economic value of their urban forests, a task made feasible with [3D modeling software.]
And more research is finding that trees pay for themselves many times over..."
Continued thread
Item 12.1: Urban Forest Implementation Action Plan Review **
Passed!
This provides a report on how we're doing so far, and sets out the plan for implementing the Urban Forest Strategy between 2024 and 2029. This implementation plan can always be changed after the Urban Forest Strategy is reviewed.
"The #TinyForests system was developed by Japanese ecologist Akira #Miyawaki. His approach has now spread around the world & involves jumpstarting a mature forest, moving quickly into that later stages of growth, so we get forest within a few decades rather than 100s of years"
"We need to work harder & put more energy/funding into those areas of the city & the downtown. We're encouraging more people to live in the core to live in areas that are absolutely devoid of trees. We need to be cognizant of that as Calgarians & what we expect from our city."
"It's important to recognize the climate benefits of having trees with #UrbanCooling. It's measurable. With more severely hot days it's important people are able to escape that heat. Streets with a canopy are much more cool than untried streets, getting back to equity & health."
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“#Trees aren't really people’s main focus when they're thinking about health & happiness even though, studies show they have a huge impact, Carleton U’s Dr Zelenski did a study that took kids out into the forest for a few hours & then brought them back & did some testing….”
"The #SoftFascination phenomenon occurs when you're in a #NaturalArea & just naturally start paying attention to the trees, the leaves blowing in the wind etc. You don't have to work to have that experience. It's very conducive to rest, a restorative feeling & taking away stress"
Greg Cocks Performance And Accuracy Of Cross-Section Tracking Methods For Hydromorphological Habitat Assessment In Wadable Rivers With Sparse Canopy Conditions
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https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4252 <-- shared research article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #streams #depth #bathymetry #RTK #GNSS #GPS #CPGPS #hydromorphological #hydromorphology #riverrestoration #monitoring #research #corrleation #metrics #turbidity #wadeable #canopy #vegetation #watermanagement #survey #efficient #lowcost #robust #methodology #comparasion #interpolation #SarineRiver #Fribourg #Switzerland #biodiversity #habitat #ecosystem #waterdepth #manual #treecanopy #tree #streamgaging #streamgauging #remotesensing #stream #topobathy
"I think those pieces of data tell us this is a health issue where some people in Calgary are having poorer health experiences & outcomes simply because of where they live and the fact that they do not have the same natural areas and green spaces that other parts of #YYC have"
"The evidence is very strong for a forested area having very strong health benefits, both physical benefits, things like cardiovascular health but mental health benefits as well. It's really important for our mental health to be able to see natural areas and trees in particular."