DESIGN TRENDS
Tuesday 8 April, 2008
Dr Jane Tarran BSc – UTS Program Director – Urban Ecology
Click to view Dr Jane Tarran’s presentation
ROLE OF URBAN FOREST IN PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR CITIES
A report,with personal comments, by Frayne Dyke-Walker.
Benefit of Urban Forest include;
- Environmental & Ecological
- Aesthetic & Visual
- Social, Psychological & SPIRITUAL Benefits – (I also bought a Fab book ‘Healing Gardens’ that discusses this in detail – from Floralegium)
- Economic Benefit to Business
I could add to this list Urban Wildlife – critters and birds, not just for the environmental and ecological benefits – but for the distressing fact that not a lot of families can now have pets, and without urban wildlife they would be even more disconnected from the other inhabitants of the planet that have just a much right to a sustainable planet as we do. ENOUGH EDITORIALISING!
Continue reading Dr Jane Tarran – Urban Forestry Notes – My favourite speaker!
