Urban Forests - Resiliency and Response to Natural Disasters (with Resources)

The short presentation to the Urban Sustainability Directors' Network with additional resources (slides) covering risk and the Urban Forest Strike Team (UFST) role.

The first 12 slides present the strategy for increasing the resilience of a community's urban forest is presented that includes:

• healthy trees and forests
• standards & practices
• management plans that include tree risk management

Additional resources follow that include:

• risk management (with definitions and roles)
• standards and practices explained
• common, and "improved" UF management workflows
• the UTRI GIS model for urban tree canopy and disaster related risk assessment
• expanded comments on UFST

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