Sentences with phrase «of urban trees»

Cities around the country are continuing to see concrete take the place of greenery, despite growing knowledge of the benefits of urban trees.

Climate change accelerates growth of urban trees in metropolises worldwide.

It is a sad irony that at the same time as Zaraska notes the value of urban trees in dealing with pollutants, a council contractor in Sheffield, UK, is busy cutting down hundreds of trees in the city streets.

The objectives of this invention are to create a systematic Geodatabase of urban tree.

In southern California, for example, the invasive shot hole borer has killed thousands of city trees and poses a threat to 33 percent of the urban tree population in the region.

On view May 7: — Ayn Foundation presents Arnulf Rainer — The T'ang Horse: Anthony Quinn — threeASFOUR: Tree of Life — Bradley Theodore — Mana Urban Arts Project presents How and Nosm: At the Center of It All

The report, «The Value of Shade: Estimating the Effect of Urban Trees on Summertime Electricity Use,» has been submitted for publication to the journal Energy and Buildings.

Using the many possibilities of urban tree planting to promote traditional varieties of fruit and nuts;

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates, in 2006 urban trees accounted for nearly all (90 percent) of the carbon sequestration attributed to the combination of urban tree growing, plus land - filled yard trimmings and food scraps.

Hurrah for your look at the benefits of urban trees, so relevant to my own worries about the loss of...

Given the multiple benefits — both local and global — of urban trees, this may even be one of those environmental issues that manages to cross party lines and get everyone on board.