; Getter et al., 2007 ; Hilten et al., 2008 ; Jarrett and Berghage, 2008 ), energy conservation ( Sailor, 2008 ; Santamouris et al., 2007 ), mitigation of the urban heat island effect ( Takebayashi and Moriyama, 2007 ), increased longevity of roofing
resources required to plant street trees are important factors in successful tree planting and urban forest management. Green et al. (p. 651) compared the planting cost of four different planting systems (balled-and-burlapped, bare-root, pot
(L* = 97, a* = 1, b* = 9) ( Fig. 2B ). In Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, the flowering period of the cultivar starts in early May and usually lasts for 20 d. Thus, ‘Yan Ya’ is suitable for urban afforestation. In addition, the fruit and kernels of
Pruning is an integral management practice for controlling growth of woody shrubs in urban landscapes. In arid cities such as Phoenix, AZ, the practice of frequent shearing is often used to train shrubs into geometric shapes as a result of a
urban ecosystems. Proc. Urban Rural Interface Conf. p. 42–46 Daniel, T.C. Schroeder, H. 1979 The scenic beauty estimation model: Predicting perceived beauty of forest landscapes, p. 514–523. In: Proc. Our national landscapes: A conference on applied
lawns ( Hamilton et al., 2004 ; King and Balogh, 2001 ; Petrovic and Easton, 2005 ; USGS, 2001 ). Irrigation of turfgrass is typical in many urban areas, which increases demand for water resources. Water scarcity is most critical in arid or semiarid
it a satisfactory groundcover with desirable characteristics and little maintenance for urban landscaping in central China as well as North America and Europe with similar climates. Availability Lysimachia christinae ‘Zixin’ will be trademarked and
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appropriate floral resources are present, urban areas have the capacity to support healthy pollinator populations ( Baldock et al., 2015 ; Davis et al., 2017 ; Geslin et al., 2015 ; Lowenstein et al., 2015 ; Persson et al., 2015 ; Potter and LeBuhn, 2015
such as tree structure into their teaching. The students’ positive reaction to this instruction supports our conclusion that youth can grasp and successfully apply technical arboricultural concepts and become caring stewards for our urban forests, even