Planning for public parks to meet urban forest objectives : a Canadian perspective
department or school: Forestry, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Todd, Leila Fazel
issued: 2023-04-21T11:21:36Z
issued: 2023
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Municipal parks and their services have evolved during the past decades, from pastoral grounds to sport and recreation assets, urban agriculture hubs, and venues for cultural events. Public municipal parks can also play a significant role in achieving municipalities’ strategic goals and canopy targets. With a changing climate and biodiversity loss occurring around the world and particularly in urban areas, enhanced tree planting in parks could help meet demands for ecosystem services. However, various challenges are associated with these efforts. This study investigates park policy, planning, and design in Canadian municipalities and their incorporation of urban forestry objectives. The research includes in-depth, detailed examination of municipal public parks (case studies); park-user interviews and surveys; and interviews and surveys of professionals involved in park planning, design, and development in Canadian cities. Professional interviewees include municipal staff, landscape architects, and park planning consultants. Results show a lack of clear direction and coordination between urban forestry objectives and municipal park planning and design. The research identifies a need for more clear alignment between urban forestry policy and recommendations and park planning and design practices in selected Canadian municipal parks. While municipalities are working towards achieving sports, recreation, and cultural needs, restrained policy and design practices within Canadian municipal parks can negatively affect the fulfillment of municipal canopy targets and urban forestry programs in general. This study provides recommendations on how municipalities can manage their urban parks to better balance a range of objectives related to recreation, arts, and culture on the one hand, and environmental services and other urban forest objectives on the other.
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note: PLANNING FOR PUBLIC PARKS TO MEET URBAN FOREST CANOPY OBJECTIVES: A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE by Leila Fazel Todd B.Sc., Simon Fraser University, 2007 M.L.A, University of Guelph, 2013 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (FORESTRY) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) April 2023 © Leila Fazel Todd, 2023 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Planning for Public Parks to Meet Urban Forestry Objectives: A Canadian Perspective submitted by Leila Fazel Todd in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry Examining Committee: Cecil Konijnendijk, Professor, Forestry, UBC Co-supervisor Lorien Nesbitt, Assistant Professor, Forestry, UBC Co-supervisor Kees Lokman, Associate Professor, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Cynthia Girling, Professor, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, UBC University Examiner Jeanine Rhemtulla, Associate Professor, Forestry, UBC University Examiner Additional Supervisory Committee Members: Karen Landman, Professor, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, University of Guelph Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract Municipal parks and their services have evolved during the past decades, from pastoral grounds to sport and recreation assets, urban agriculture hubs, and venues for cultural events. Public municipal parks can also play a significant role in achieving municipalities’ strategic goals and canopy targets. With a changing climate and biodiversity loss occurring around the world and particularly in urban areas, enhanced tree planting in parks could help meet demands for ecosystem services. However, various challenges are associated with these efforts. This study investigates par…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0431338
language: eng
degree discipline: Forestry
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Konijnendijk, C. C. (Cecil C.)
contributor: Nesbitt, Lorien
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84395