Friends and neighbors can influence decisions about watering your lawn, new research shows.
Water scarcity is a national and global issue. Domestic water demand grew more than 600% from 1960 to 2014. About 75% of US residential water is used outdoors, with more than half of it going to landscape irrigation.
So, it’s crucial to conserve water, especially in residential irrigation. The findings of the new study in the journal
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening reveal how what others do and what others expect of us influence our actions.
In other words, we take our lead from people beyond our significant other and our friends even with issues such as irrigation. Laura Warner, an associate professor of agricultural education and communication at the University of Florida, believes the new data can help people lower their water use.
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A native planting ordinance enacted in Somerville is believed to be the first of its kind in any urban environment. (Shutterstock)
SOMERVILLE, MA Somerville has passed a native planting ordinance that establishes minimum requirements for native plants and trees to be planted in city-owned parks, open spaces and streets.
The legislation, which applies to new plantings carried out by the city or on behalf of the city, defines native plants and trees as those with origins in North America east of the Mississippi River.
It requires that native species constitute 100 percent of all new plantings in any City-owned land on the Community Path, the Green Line Extension corridor and riverfront areas; at least 75 percent of new plantings in city-owned parks; and at least 50 percent of street trees and new plantings in bioswales, plazas, streetscapes, and other City-owned property, subject to certain exemptions.
Forestry Graduate Student Spotlight – Georgios Arseniou
May 5, 2021
Georgios Arseniou, Ph.D. Candidate, focuses on understanding the structure and function of urban forests which provide various socio-economic and ecological services to human societies
Hometown: Thasos - Kavala, Greece.
Degree in Progress: Ph.D. Candidate in Forestry with specialization in urban forestry, tree measurements and modeling, and remote sensing.
Expected graduation date: I expect to graduate in Spring 2021.
Research Focus
My research focuses on understanding the structure and function of urban forests which provide various socio-economic and ecological services to human societies. More specifically, I m interested in understanding how the various anthropogenic factors in cities (paved surfaces, buildings, land-use, etc.) affect the architecture of trees which relates to their physiology. I accomplish this by using remote sensing techniques (i.e., Terrestrial Laser Scanning, and Digital Image Analy
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