The Sheffield street tree dispute: a case of “business as usual” urban management?

Dempsey, Nicola

doi:10.1080/09640568.2023.2201965

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“…Instead, multi-actor adaptive decision making (MAADM) approaches are needed to ensure that different actors work together effectively and produce the best strategy in urban development [49,50]. At a time when urban trees (particularly in the UK) are the focus of significant conflict between local governments, citizens, and contractors [51,52], there is a clear need to improve collaboration and communication between actors. Urban green space planning requires the communication and collaboration of government and community groups, and strategies must also involve collaboration between urban planners and ecologists to maximize public benefits and the environmental quality of any developments [53].…”

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The Potential Health Benefits of Urban Tree Planting Suggested through Immersive Environments

Hassall,

Nisbet,

Norcliffe

et al. 2024

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Disruptive change in urban landscapes, such as large-scale tree planting, is complicated by the different priorities of the wide range of urban stakeholders. Here, we demonstrate an approach to the planning of urban green spaces using virtual reality simulations. We evaluate the health benefits (restorative benefits) and safety concerns of participants using virtual reconstructions of 10 urban parks in Bradford, UK, to simulate changes in woodland cover. Participants experienced each of the 10 parks as immersive environments with each of three scenarios: (i) no trees, (ii) real tree distribution, and (iii) doubling of tree numbers. Participants answered a short questionnaire while in each virtual park to quantify their feelings of safety and the restorative benefit that they thought they would experience. The results show that our VR approach produces reported restorative benefits that are not significantly different from those reported in the physical parks during visits by participants. We then demonstrate that increased tree cover is associated with significant increases in perceived restorative benefit, with some evidence of saturation at higher tree densities. Reductions in tree cover lead to a reduction in reported restorative benefit. We suggest that immersive technologies present a useful tool for the consultation and co-design of urban landscapes.

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