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Tree Planting for Cooler Summers and Cleaner Air in Partnership with a Community Hospital, Outpatient Center and Land Trusts to Improve Health Conditions for High Risk Populations in Two Small, Low-income Cities
The Massachusetts communities of Ware and Southbridge have significantly above average incidence of respiratory conditions among their populations and low existing tree canopy cover. In a unique partnership among cities, community health care facilities, grassroots neighborhood centers, and regional land trusts, this project will focus on cost-effective and spatially-strategic community tree planting to cool low…
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Collaborative Research: The Scale of Governance in the Regulation of Land: Community Land Trusts in the Twin Cities
This research examines relationships between individuals and institutions, including multiple levels of government, with regard to land and property through an exploration of Community Land Trusts (“CLTs”) in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota. CLTs are private, not-for-profit organizations which own residential land in trust for a community defined by membership and geographical boundaries at…
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Greening the Gateway Cities
Urban areas experience higher temperatures than surrounding non-urban areas due to substantial differences in land-cover, especially impervious surfaces. During times of peak annual temperature, heat waves result in large amounts of energy being expended for home cooling which has implications for greenhouse gas emissions and increased utilities bills for citizens. Due to the cooling properties…
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Assessing the Survivorship, Condition, and Growth of Trees Planted 2010-2014 in Worcester, Massachusetts
Over 17,000 trees were planted by Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in Worcester in response to the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) infestation in two phases between 2010 and 2014. During 2015 and 2016, the Clark University Human-Environment Regional Observatory conducted an inventory of over 1500 of the trees planted in the Burncoat and Greendale…
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