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2008 Initiatives

• Claremont Colleges Tree Canopy
• Solar Technologies for the Claremont Colleges
• Scripps College Food and Sustainability Community Project

2007 Initiatives

• Greening the Office Supply Stream
• Urban Ecosystem Analysis Using GIS:
  • Introduction
  • Major Findings
  • Tree Inventory
  • Web Maps
  • Recommendations
  • GIS Data
  • Final Report
  • Presentation slides
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• 5-College Environmental Audit

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Resources

Urban Ecosystem Analysis Using GIS

Useful articles

Here is a list useful articles for Urban Ecosystem Analysis.  Click on the ‘Title’ link to download a pdf file of the article

• Los Angeles One Million Tree Canopy Cover Assessment Final Report (2007)
• City of New York, New York Municipal Forest Resource Analysis (2007)
• Toward a Sustainable Los Angeles: A ‘Nature’s Services’ Approach (2003)
• Urban Ecosystem Analysis San Diego, California: Calculating the Value of Nature (2003)
• Tree Guidelines for Inland Empire Communities (2001)
• Economic Analysis of Urban Tree Replacement Decisions (2000)
• Using GIS to Assess Urban Tree Canopy Benefits and Surrounding Greenspace Distributions (1999)
• Urban Forest Impacts on Regional Cooling and Heating Energy Use: Sacramento County Case Study (1998)
• Potential of Tree Shade for Reducing Residential Energy Use in California (1996)
• Energy Conservation Potential of Urban Tree Planting (1993)
• Energy Savings with Trees (1986)

Links to external resources

Organizations and government agencies with useful information for Urban Ecosystem Analysis.

• Pacific Southwest Research Station
  
• Center for Urban Forest Research
  
• USDA FS Research Publications
  
• Urban Forests Effects on Environmental Quality
  
• American Forests
  
• Trees - The National Arbor Day Foundation
  
• Arboriculture & Urban Forestry Online