Interactive Data Visualisation for Animating Urban Tree Growth

The role of visualizations in urban forestry. Conclusions from managers’ perspectives

“…Animated tree growth can also be linked with environmental benefits evaluation and integrated into a tool that visualizes these parameters over time (Brasch, McPherson, and Linsen, 2009). The parameters include measures of tree dimensions like heights, diameters, and crown shape, and measures of costs and benefits for growing the tree.…”

“…Literature on the use of visualizations in other areas of urban forestry or greenspace planning is mainly focussed on technical developments (Brasch et al, 2009;Hayek, Halatsch, Kunze, Schmitt, and Gret-Regamey, 2010;Landes et al, 2015;Neuenschwander et al, 2014;Omasa et al, 2007;Rutzinger et al, 2011), in the use of visualizations to understand public preferences in urban forestry (Laing, Davies, and Scott, 2003;Lange, Hehl-Lange, and Brewer, 2008;Schroeder and Orland, 1994), or in collaborative urban greenspace planning (Tyrvainen, Gustavsson, Konijnendijk, and Ode, 2006;Wang et al, 2015;Warren-Kretzschmar and Tiedtke, 2010;West, Halley, O'Neil-Dunne, Gordon, and Pless, 2013).…”