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Risk and the Arborist in the Remaking of the A ustralian Urban Forest
Author(s) -
DAVISON AIDAN,
KIRKPATRICK JAMES BARRIE
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
geographical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.695
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-5871
pISSN - 1745-5863
DOI - 10.1111/1745-5871.12043
Subject(s) - arboriculture , urban forestry , urban forest , sustainability , geography , forest management , environmental planning , risk management , tree (set theory) , forestry , business , agroforestry , ecology , finance , biology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The emerging profession of arboriculture has influenced A ustralian urban landscapes over the past decade. Arborists manage the urban forest as a core component of urban sustainability. We analyse qualitative interviews with 53 professionals involved in tree management in six eastern A ustralian cities to determine the ways in which a concern with risk management has shaped both the urban forest and the professional status and role of arborists. We found tree‐related risk has, in part, worked against urban greening by reducing tree size. However, an emerging risk culture has encouraged the development of the profession of arboriculture, which, in turn, has pioneered sophisticated ways, familiar to neither engineers nor ecologists, of ensuring the cohabitation of people and trees.