Urban Tree Canopy and Disaster Mitigation
A one page factsheet that provides an overview of UTC assessments and uses and a more detailed discussion of using UTC for disaster planning and mitigation in your local community.
Urban and community trees and forests are part of the green infrastructure that complements a community’s grey infrastructure (i.e. the built structures that support a community) and should be managed with equal importance. Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) assessments help communities determine how much of their land area is covered by trees, and the location/extent of those trees relative to the built structures, impervious hardscapes, and other green infrastructure components (e.g. parks, wetlands, riparian buffers, trail systems).
D. Hartel
October 2014
Pamphlet/Flyer/Factsheet
Urban Tree Canopy Assessment, ANSI Standards, Disaster
National
UTC, VRMP, GIS, Disaster Planning, Mitigation, UTRI, ANSI A300
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