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Risk and the arborist in the remaking of the Australian urban forest
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posted on 2023-05-17, 23:57 authored by Aidan DavisonAidan Davison, James KirkpatrickJames KirkpatrickThe emerging profession of arboriculture has influenced Australian urban landscapes over the past decade. Arborists manage the urban forest as a core component of urban sustainability. We analyse qualitative interviews with 53 professionals involved in tree management in six eastern Australian cities to determine the ways in which a concern with risk management has shaped both the urban forest and the professional status and role of arborists.We found tree-related risk has, in part, worked against urban greening by reducing tree size. However, an emerging risk culture has encouraged the development of the profession of arboriculture, which, in turn, has pioneered sophisticated ways, familiar to neither engineers nor ecologists, of ensuring the cohabitation of people and trees.
Funding
Australian Research Council
History
Publication title
Geographical ResearchVolume
52Pagination
115-122ISSN
1745-5863Department/School
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial SciencesPublisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing AsiaPlace of publication
AustraliaRights statement
Copyright 2014 Institute of Australian GeographersRepository Status
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