Regional Tree and Shade Summit Presentations & a Discussion on Cultivating Green Infrastructure March 9, 2011 Planning for Growth of the Urban Forest – The Municipal & Community Partnership Libby Davison, Consulting Arborist Irene Ogata, Urban Landscape Manager City of Tucso n
The Never Ending Task(s) So we have a Plan – Now What? What tools/resources are available? How to activate the Implementation Machine?
Resources: Understanding Limitations Never underestimate the power of small groups and communities. Don’t let the largeness of the task inhibit taking the first steps
Resources: Understanding Limitations Obstacles Finite Resources Markers OPPORTUNITY COSTS – REMEMBER THEM?
Resources: But, Despite the Limitations… Balance Momentum Resiliency Efficiency
Resources: Funding BusinessesOrganizations Government
Resources: Water and Land
Resources: People and Time
Solutions:
Solutions:
Paradise: Tucson Urban Heat Island
Counting Crows Joni Mitchell remix : Big Yellow Taxi They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel and a boutique and a swinging hot spot Don’t it always seem to go that You don’t know what you’ve got till its gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Counting Crows Joni Mitchell remix : Big Yellow Taxi They took all the trees and put them in a Tree Museum And charged the people a dollar and a half just to see them Don’t it always seem to go that You don’t know what you’ve got till its gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Tucson Urban Forest
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