Urban ForestryCarly Ziter
2016 The Garden Club of America Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry
Carly Ziter is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Using a custom-built mobile temperature sensor, urban tree data, and high-resolution images, she is studying which features of the urban forest best control temperature in Madison, WI. Do only large forested areas cool off the city, or can street trees fill this role, too? How much added benefit do trees give compared to grass, or other plants? She will determine whether the consequences of the city’s parking lots can be balanced by increasing the benefits of its parks. Her research will inform urban forest management to offset the negative economic, health, and lifestyle consequences of warming cities.
Funded by Casey Trees, Washington, DC, Zone VI
The Garden Club of America Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry
To advance the field of urban forestry by encouraging students to study the planning, management, horticulture and ecology of urban forests, and the effect of healthy urban forests on people and the environment.
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