PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Maco, Scott E.
AU  - McPherson, E. Gregory
TI  - A Practical Approach to Assessing Structure, Function, and Value of Street Tree Populations in Small Communities
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.2003.011
DP  - 2003 Mar 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 84--97
VI  - 29
IP  - 2
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/29/2/84.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/29/2/84.full
SO  - JOA2003 Mar 01; 29
AB  - This study demonstrates an approach to quantify the structure, benefits, and costs of street tree populations in resource-limited communities without tree inventories. Using the city of Davis, California, U.S., as a model, existing data on the benefits and costs of municipal trees were applied to the results of a sample inventory of the city’s public and private street trees. Results indicate that Davis maintained nearly 24,000 public street trees that provided $1.2 million in net annual environmental and property value benefits, with a benefit-cost ratio of 3.8:1. The city can improve long-term stability of this resource by managing maintenance, new plantings, and stand rejuvenation on a city zone basis.