Resources used when developing this strategy are listed below.
- City of Vancouver, 2014. Urban Forest Strategy. Vancouver, CANADA: 59pp.
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- Coutts, A. M., & Harris, R. (2013). A multi-scale assessment of urban heating in Melbourne during an extreme heat event and policy approaches for adaptation (Technical Report, pp. 64). Melbourne: Victorian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research.
- Greening The West, 2014. Urban Greening for a healthier west, 12pp.
- Greening the West, 2014. Greening The West – A regional approach, Strategic Plan, 40pp.
- Jacobs, B., Mikhailovich, N., and Moy, C. (2014) Benchmarking Australia’s Urban Tree Canopy: An i-Tree Assessment, prepared for Horticulture Australia Limited by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney.
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- Norton, B., Bosomworth K, Coutts A, Williams N, Livesley S, Trundle A, Harris R, McEvoy D (2013). Planning for a Cooler Future: Green Infrastructure to Reduce Urban Heat, Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research.
- Nowak, D.J., P.J. McHale, M. Ibarra, D. Crane, J. Stevens, and C. Luley. 1998. Modelling the effects of urban vegetation on air pollution, pp. 399–407. In: Gryning, S.E., and N. Chaumerliac (Eds.). Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application XII. Plenum Press, New York, NY.
- Nowak, D.J., and D.E. Crane. 2000. The urban forest effects (UFORE) model: Quantifying urban forest structure and functions, pp. 714–720. In: Hansen M., and T. Burk (Eds.). In: Proceedings Integrated Tools for Natural Resources Inventories in the 21st Century. IUFRO Conference, 16–20 August 1998, Boise, ID. General Technical Report NC-212, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station, St. Paul, MN.
- Nowak, D.J., and D.E. Crane, Stevens, J.C., Hoehn, R.E., Walton, J.T., and Bond, J., 2008. A Ground-Based Method of Assessing Urban Forest Structure and Ecosystem Services. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 34(6): November 2008. International Society of Arboriculture.
- Pitman, S, 2014. Green Infrastructure: Life Support for human habitats. The compelling evidence for incorporating nature into urban environments.
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- Spencer, R., Hawker, J., & Lumley, P., (1991) Elms in Australia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.
- van Wassenaer, P. J. E., Satel, A. L., Kenney, W. A., & Ursic, M. (2011). A framework for strategic urban forest management planning and monitoring. Trees, people and the built environment, Proceedings of the Urban Trees Research Conference 13–14 April 2011.