With the emergence of urban and community forestry as the fastest growing part of our pro­ fession in the last 15 years, the need for a book such as this inevitably developed. The So­ ciety of American Foresters' urban forestry working group counts 32 or more universities now offering courses i...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Kuser, John E. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Boston, MA Springer US 2000
Schlagworte:	Forestry Management Forestry Nature Conservation Environmental Management Forests and forestry Environmental management
Online-Zugang:	UBR01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	With the emergence of urban and community forestry as the fastest growing part of our pro­ fession in the last 15 years, the need for a book such as this inevitably developed. The So­ ciety of American Foresters' urban forestry working group counts 32 or more universities now offering courses in this subject, and the number is growing. For the last several years I have coordinated a continuing education urban forestry course at Rutgers for nonmatriculated students. Registrants have included arborists, shade tree commissioners, landscape architects, city foresters, environmental commissioners, park superintendents, and others whose jobs involve care and management of trees. The course was started by Bob Tate in 1980, around a core of managerial subjects such as in­ ventories, budgets, and public relations. After Bob left in 1984 to join Asplundh and later to start his own prosperous business in California, the course languished after it exhausted the local market for those subjects
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (XXVI, 444 p)
ISBN:	9781461541912
DOI:	10.1007/978-1-4615-4191-2