Canopy Cities: Protecting and Expanding Urban Forests

by Timothy Beatley

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the essential role of trees and forests in cities and examines the creative approaches cities around the world are taking to protect trees and expand their urban forests.

Moving beyond the view that trees are luxuries and therefore non-essential to the life of a city, the book examines urban tree policies and approaches that foster tree protection, including tree codes and bylaws, and calls for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103245511X
• ISBN13: 9781032455112
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages