Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I. Urban Forests: An Overview
Chapter 1. Needed: A New Vision for Our Communities
Chapter 2. In Search of an Ecological Urban Landscape
Chapter 3. Tough Trees for America's City Forests
Chapter 4. The History of Trees in the City
Chapter 5. City Tree Care Programs: A Status Report
PART II. Urban Forests: The Values
Chapter 6. The Values of Trees
Chapter 7. The Imperative Forest
Chapter 8. Who Owns the Trees?
PART III. What Makes a Tree?
Chapter 9. Journey to the Center of a Tree
Chapter 10. The Forest Underground
PART IV. Planning for Trees
Chapter 11. A Blueprint for Tomorrow: Getting Trees into Urban Design
Chapter 12. The Green Team: Who's Working on Trees?
Chapter 13. Building a Sense of Place
Chapter 14. Critters in the City
Chapter 15. Improving the Health of the Urban Forest
Chapter 16. Planting for Long-term Tree Survival
Chapter 17. Branches and Wires: The Conflict Above
Chapter 18. Developing a Successful Urban Tree Ordinance
Chapter 19. The Urban Forest Balance Sheet
PART V. Rural Places and the City Outer Edge
Chapter 20. When the 'City'? Is a County
Chapter 21. Construction that Fits the Forest
Chapter 22. Timber Cutting and the Law
Chapter 23. Resolving Conflicts in the Urban/Rural Forest Interface
Chapter 24. The Needs of Small Rural Communities
PART VI. Trees for Special Places
Chapter 25. Reforesting the Campus
Chapter 26. Restoring Urban and Historic Parks
Chapter 27. Greenways and the City
Chapter 28. Community Forests: An Investment in the Future
Chapter 29. Shading Your Home
Chapter 30. Creating a Backyard Orchard
Chapter 31. Living Fences
PART VII. Citizen Action and Education
Chapter 32. Citizens with a Vision
Chapter 33. Kids and Trees for a Cleaner Chesapeake
Chapter 34. Profiles of Citizen Action
Chapter 35. Public Awareness and Urban Forestry in Ohio
Chapter 36. Test Your Town's Trees
Chapter 37. A Ten-Step Citizens Action Program
Chapter 38. Cultivating an Appreciation for Trees
Epilogue: What Lies Ahead
Appendix A. Books, Pamphlets, Newsletters, and Periodicals
Appendix B. Audio-visual and Other Educational Aids
Appendix C. Computer Software for Urban Forest Management: A Buyer's Guide
Appendix D. Organizations with Resources
Appendix E. More on Tree Ordinances
Appendix F. Tree Survey Forms
Appendix G. American Forestry Association Resources
Appendix H. State Foresters
Index