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Title: Not in my Backyard: Suburban Forests and Climate Change
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: Climate change will impact the suburban forest and the ecosystem services it provides. Diversifying and increasing the amount of canopy cover are considered fundamental strategies for mitigating impacts of climate change on the suburban forest. However, little is known about communities most at-risk to adverse effects of climate change, especially in communities where private homeowners manage trees. To understand which subdivisions are most at-risk, applied historical ecology was used to provide a frame of reference for assessing the vulnerabilities of suburban forests (n=76) throughout Fayetteville, North Carolina. Then I evaluated the socioeconomic characteristics and, using a Likert-scaled survey, the adaptive capacity of the homeowners (n=76) within those subdivisions to mitigate and adapt the suburban forest. The most at-risk subdivisions were evaluated for potential risk factors that could be more broadly applicable for identifying at-risk subdivisions. The majority of trees in the study area had low to moderately low vulnerability, with higher vulnerability species being at the southern or easternmost edge of their habitat range. Approximately half of the samples currently above 30% canopy cover are predicted to fall below 30% due to the impacts of climate change on vulnerable . . .
Url: https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/handle/1840.20/35425
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Authors: Karp, Stephanie
Institution: North Carolina State University
Department: Natural Resources
Advisor: Gary Blank
Degree: M.S.
Publisher Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Pages: 110
Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Natural Resource Management, Other
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