Street Trees in Paved Urban Environments: The Benefits and Challenges

Simon Beecham; Terry Lucke

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Street Trees in Paved Urban Environments: The Benefits and Challenges

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Street Trees in Paved Urban Environments: The Benefits and Challenges

Simon Beecham and Terry Lucke

Proceeding of the 16th National Street Tree Symposium, pp.24-36

National Street Tree Symposium, 16th (Adelaide, Australia, 03-Sep-2015–04-Sep-2015)

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2015

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Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering

street trees

urbanisation

Street trees have long been associated with increased residential house prices and provide many environmental, economic and social benefits in both residential and commercial precincts. However, increased urbanisation has led to an exponential growth in impermeable surfaces which can increase the environmental stresses on street trees. This can often lead to tree roots spreading to areas that have more favourable growth conditions, which in turn can cause infrastructure damage and pavement uplift. The costly results of this natural growth have led researchers to investigate a range of preventative measures to both reduce pavement damage and to sustain tree health. This paper provides a review of the benefits provided by street trees, their perceived community values, the costs associated with inappropriate root growth and pavement damage, and most importantly the latest research on verified ameliorative measures for preventing pavement damage and improving tree growth.

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Title: Street Trees in Paved Urban Environments: The Benefits and Challenges
Authors: Simon Beecham (Author) - Centre for Water Management and Reuse
Terry Lucke (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Contributors: Glenn Williams (Editor)
Publication details: Proceeding of the 16th National Street Tree Symposium, pp.24-36
Conference details: National Street Tree Symposium, 16th (Adelaide, Australia, 03-Sep-2015–04-Sep-2015)
Publisher: TREENET
Date published: 2015
ISBN: 9780994214928
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449562802621
Output Type: Conference paper

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