Future Brisbane Blueprint proposes an increase in “deep planting” areas on multi-unit residential sites from 10 to 15% of site area across Brisbane. What difference can 5% more site area for deep planting make to Inner City Brisbane tree cover on …
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Justifying investment in urban greening requires a balance of evidence about the supply of services that healthy, well structured urban forests provide and community demand for those services.There is no doubt that research (and software tools) that began in 1990s …
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Residents are more likely to choose walking as a primary commuting mode in neighbourhoods with leafier streets (Wang and Qui, 2018). The odds of walking further are also enhanced by the density of street trees as much as street network …
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Analysis: Residents demand for “park proximity” confirms greenspace as a highly valued asset worth ongoing investment.The recently released Natural Capital Account for public greenspace in Londonreported the value Londoners place on living near a public park at £930 per household per year, …
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Opinion: Urban cooling priorities in Brisbane?Based on analysis by Daveh Deilami (UQ), suburbs feeling the additional heat of up to 7 ºC of urban heat island (UHI) effects in Brisbane are those where we are asking more people to live, work and …
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Check out my contribution to a national assessment of climate vulnerability of urban tree species in Australian cities.
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Lyndal Plant, Neil Sipe and Alicia Rambaldi – 2017- “Building stronger business cases for green infrastructure” pgs 302-329 in ISA Urban Forest Sustainability
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Enjoyed explaining my research findings about a threshold level of tree cover on private property that offers positive property value benefits on Weekend Sunrise.
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Brisbane home-buyers reveal their preference for leafier streets but a threshold of leafiness on private properties, through their home purchasing patterns. Brisbane Times – Lyndal explains her research on the value of leafy streets on Radio National’s ‘The Money’. “On the street where …
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