Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Ahead of Print
    • Current Issue
    • Special Issues
    • All Issues
  • Contribute
    • Submit to AUF
    • Author Guidelines
    • Reviewer Guidelines
  • About
    • Overview
    • Editorial Board
    • Journal Metrics
    • International Society of Arboriculture
  • More
    • Contact
    • Feedback
  • Alerts

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Ahead of Print
    • Current Issue
    • Special Issues
    • All Issues
  • Contribute
    • Submit to AUF
    • Author Guidelines
    • Reviewer Guidelines
  • About
    • Overview
    • Editorial Board
    • Journal Metrics
    • International Society of Arboriculture
  • More
    • Contact
    • Feedback
  • Alerts
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
Research ArticleArticles

Expenditures Associated with Conflicts Between Street Tree Root Growth and Hardscape in California, United States

E. Gregory McPherson
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) November 2000, 26 (6) 289-297; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2000.036
E. Gregory McPherson
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest, Research Station, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, (530) 752-5897
Western Center for Urban Forest Research and Education, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, (530) 752-5897
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Article Figures & Data

Figures

  • Tables
  • Figure 1.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 1.

    Per-capita expenditures for tree-related damage tended to decrease with increasing city populations.

Tables

  • Figures
    • View popup
    Table 1.

    Demographic characteristics of all California cities and the sample cities.

    City population classNo. cities in CATotal population in CA citiesNo. in sampleNo. in sample (%)Population in samplePopulation in sample (%)
    > 200,000139,321,500646.26,411,90068.8
    100,000–200,000384,971,500513.2733,90014.8
    50,000–99,999825,645,40044.9271,4004.8
    < 50,0003375,883,87030.989,5501.5
    Total47025,822,270183.87,506,75029.1
    • View popup
    Table 2.

    Program data and annual expenditures for each city in the sample (all values in 1000s).

    CityPopulationStreet treesTree budgetRepairMitigate/preventLegalRemove/replaceAdmininstrationTotal
    Carpenteria14.5   3.0   55.0   49.0   8.1   1.9   18.0   1.0   78.0   
    Claremont34.1   21.0   533.0   142.1   1.1   14.7   0.6   –      158.5   
    Lompoc41.0   12.0   756.1   240.0   100.0   0.4   57.2   39.9   437.5   
    Davis52.6   20.0   315.0   22.1   1.4   –      2.3   50.0   75.8   
    Lake Forest57.6   8.0   90.0   45.5   8.5   3.0   17.6   22.5   97.1   
    Redwood City71.8   21.0   629.0   344.4   69.5   21.0   24.2   47.3   506.4   
    Santa Barbara89.4   22.5   650.0   326.6   47.8   28.8   25.4   24.0   452.6   
    Rancho Cucamonga115.9   60.0   351.0   165.8   15.9   –      51.9   5.1   238.6   
    Sunnyvale126.1   40.8   1,146.8   482.5   153.2   13.0   0.3   121.2   770.2   
    Orange119.7   26.0   378.0   470.0   26.3   90.0   53.3   145.1   784.7   
    Modesto178.7   76.0   2,200.0   386.8   79.7   42.0   77.3   76.0   661.8   
    Glendale193.5   36.8   944.6   861.6   54.5   –      6.8   20.4   943.3   
    Oakland383.9   225.0   23.9   1,000.0   50.0   –      36.9   1.5   1,088.4   
    Sacramento384.8   115.0   2,453.1   930.0   50.9   7.7   29.7   43.3   1,061.6   
    Fresno400.4   90.0   735.0   584.0   8.8   49.0   10.3   0.4   652.6   
    San Francisco755.3   77.0   2,200.0   773.3   522.1   286.0   270.7   101.3   1,953.3   
    San Jose849.4   250.0   1,700.0   1,040.0   0.0   208.0   1,109.5   130.0   2,487.5   
    Los Angeles3,638.1   680.0   9,500.0   750.0   78.0   1,300.0   164.8   234.6   2,527.4   
    Total7,506.8   1,784.1   24,660.5   8,613.8   1,275.7   2,065.6   1,956.7   1,063.6   14,975.4   
    Mean $/capita1.640.170.380.260.222.68
    Std error0.380.080.080.140.050.42
    • View popup
    Table 3.

    Estimated annual statewide expenditures, tree-related damage.

    Cost category$ 1,000sse ($ 1,000s)% subtotal$/capitaz$/treey
    Direct repair costs
    Sidewalk23,1239,53653.50.723.67
    Curb and gutter11,8112,60427.30.371.87
    Street pavement8,3141,25419.20.261.32
    Subtotal43,2489,964100.01.346.86
    Mitigation and prevention
    Root prune2,5192,06856.20.080.40
    Barriers67717615.10.020.11
    Grind59953913.40.020.10
    Ramp/taper3322187.40.010.05
    Tree well eng./other1411253.20.000.02
    Width reduction2121904.70.010.03
    Subtotal4,4812,168100.00.140.71
    Trip and fall payments and legal staff
    Claims payments6,9141,58668.20.211.10
    Legal staff3,2301,53131.80.100.51
    Subtotal10,1432,205100.00.311.61
    Tree removal and replacement
    Removal5,6503,52782.20.180.90
    Replacement1,22380517.80.040.19
    Subtotal6,8723,618100.00.211.09
    Other costs
    Inspection2,16858036.60.070.34
    Admininstration3,7491,14863.40.120.60
    Subtotal5,9171,286100.00.180.94
    Grand total70,66111,1172.1911.22
    • ↵z Assumes statewide population of 32,231,000 (California Department of Finance 1996).

    • ↵y Assumes statewide street tree population of 6,300,000 (Bernhardt and Swiecki 1993).

PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF): 26 (6)
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
Vol. 26, Issue 6
November 2000
  • Table of Contents
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Arboriculture & Urban Forestry.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Expenditures Associated with Conflicts Between Street Tree Root Growth and Hardscape in California, United States
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Arboriculture & Urban Forestry
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Arboriculture & Urban Forestry web site.
Citation Tools
Expenditures Associated with Conflicts Between Street Tree Root Growth and Hardscape in California, United States
E. Gregory McPherson
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Nov 2000, 26 (6) 289-297; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.2000.036

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Expenditures Associated with Conflicts Between Street Tree Root Growth and Hardscape in California, United States
E. Gregory McPherson
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Nov 2000, 26 (6) 289-297; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.2000.036
del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo CiteULike logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • METHODS
    • RESULTS
    • DISCUSSION
    • CONCLUSIONS
    • Acknowledgments
    • LITERATURE CITED
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Evaluating the Reproducibility of Tree Risk Assessment Ratings Across Commonly Used Methods
  • London Plane Bark Exfoliation and Tree-Ring Growth in Urban Environments
  • Green Infrastructure with Actual Canopy Parameterization: A Simulation Study for Heat Stress Mitigation in a Hot-Humid Urban Environment
Show more Articles

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • Root Growth
  • Sidewalk damage
  • tree-sidewalk interaction
  • Urban Forestry

© 2023 International Society of Arboriculture

Powered by HighWire