Valuing trees on city-centre institutional land: an opportunity for urban forest management

Aaron J. Pothier and Andrew A. Millward

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2013, vol. 56, issue 9, 1380-1402

Abstract: Urban forests deliver essential environmental services to the city in which they grow. Few entities are better positioned to provide consistent broad-scale maintenance and protection of urban trees than are large downtown landowners. We present a case study that investigates the structure and function of an urban forest growing on a large institutional property in Toronto, Canada, and determine a 1.35:1 economic benefit-to-cost ratio of investment in tree maintenance. The study provides a roadmap for institutional properties to use in assessing the ecological benefits of their current tree populations. We argue that municipal policies that incentivise tree care and maintenance are critical in order to safeguard and enhance the public benefits of trees growing on institutional land.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.724666

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