TREE PLANTING RECONSIDERED: AN ARGUMENT FOR BIG TRANSPLANTS

THE LIFE SPAN OF CITY STRUCTURES IS ABOUT 50 YEARS, WHILE TREES LIVE 75 TO 150 YEARS AND TAKE 35 YEARS TO MATURE. A RATIONAL SOLUTION IS TO PLANT TREES OF A SIZE THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE ESTIMATED SPAN OF YEARS FOR THE LAND USE. A METHOD IS GIVEN FOR DISCOUNTING DOLLAR BENEFITS MINUS COSTS IN ORDER TO FIND OPTIMUM PLANTING TIME FOR ONE SPECIES, THE HACKBERRY, A RELATIVELY SLOW-GROWING, ELM-LIKE TREE. /AUTHOR/

• Authors:
  • Baer, W C
  • Gordon, P
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 236-9
• Serial:
  • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
  • Volume: 62
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Landscape Architects

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Land use; Life span; Trees
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Finance; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205189
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 18 1972 12:00AM