Susceptibility assessment of urban tree species in Cambridge, MA, from future climatic extremes

Environment Systems and Decisions

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 389-400

  Foran, Christy M ^a   Baker, Kelsie M ^a   Narcisi, Michael J ^b   Linkov, Igor ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Scenario analysis; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTREME EVENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENSPACE; HURRICANE SANDY 2012; PARK MANAGEMENT; PEST DAMAGE; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE PLANTING; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN FORESTRY; VULNERABILITY;

CAMBRIDGE [MASSACHUSETTS];

AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84940447693     PISSN: 21945403     EISSN: 21945411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-015-9563-4     Document Type: Article

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