Designing an Urban Forest Inventory System for a Small Municipality: A Case Study of Falls Church, Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorWalker, Catrionaen
dc.contributor.committeecochairDay, Susan D.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairWiseman, P. Ericen
dc.contributor.committeecochairRaun, Patriciaen
dc.contributor.departmentForest Resources and Environmental Conservationen
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-02T13:44:26Zen
dc.date.available2015-07-02T13:44:26Zen
dc.date.issued2015-05-16en
dc.descriptionPaper submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Forestry in Urban Forestry. Susan D. Day, Co-Chair, P. Eric Wiseman, Co-Chair, and Patricia Raun, Committee Member.en
dc.description.abstractThe City of Falls Church, Virginia is an independent city in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, with a population of 13,600 within its two square mile jurisdiction. The City's residents are justifiably proud of their beautiful and extensive urban forest. Falls Church has been a Tree City USA for thirty-six years, longer than any other community in Virginia, and the protection of its mature trees and expansion of its tree canopy are key goals in the City's Comprehensive Plan. This report describes the development and testing of a tree inventory system for the City using the ESRI ArcGIS data mapping platform. The database design and the procedures for data collection are described and illustrated. Strengths and limitations of the ESRI software and hardware options for the purpose of collecting and displaying tree inventory data are considered, and recommendations are made for further development of the inventory system. It is hoped that this case study will be of use to other entities considering the creation of a complete or partial tree inventory.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Forestryen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/54008en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjecturban foresteren
dc.subjecturban forestryen
dc.subjectarboricultureen
dc.subjectarboristen
dc.subjectgreen infrastructureen
dc.subjecttreesen
dc.titleDesigning an Urban Forest Inventory System for a Small Municipality: A Case Study of Falls Church, Virginiaen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineForestryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Forestryen

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