NYC Urban Field Station Publications
(The following publications have been peer reviewed according to standards required for Forest Service research publications or those conducted by technical journals.)
Connolly, James J.; Svendsen, Erika S.; Fisher, Dana R.; Campbell, Lindsay K.. 2013. Organizing urban ecosystem services through environmental stewardship governance in New York City
Svendsen, Erika S.. 2013. Storyline and design: how civic stewardship shapes urban design in New York City
King, Kristen L.; Locke, Dexter H.. 2013. A comparison of three methods for measuring local urban tree canopy cover
Fisher, Dana R.; Campbell, Lindsay; Svendsen, Erika S.. 2012. The organisational structure of urban environmental stewardship
Svendsen, Erika S.; Northridge, Mary E.; Metcalf, Sara S.. 2012. Integrating grey and green infrastructure to improve the health and well-being of urban populations
Svendsen, Erika S.; Campbell, Lindsay K.; Falxa-Raymond, Nancy; Northridge, Jessica; Stone, Edie.. 2012. Introducing a longitudinal study of community gardeners and gardens in New York City
Morani, Arianna; Nowak, David J.; Hirabayashi, Satoshi; Calfapietra, Carlo. 2011. How to select the best tree planting locations to enhance air pollution removal in the MillionTreesNYC initiative
Svendsen, Erika.. 2011. Cultivating health and well-being through environmental stewardship
Svendsen, Erika S.; Campbell, Lindsay K.. 2010. Living Memorials: Understanding the Social Meanings of Community-Based Memorials to September 11, 2001
Tidball, Keith G.; Krasny, Marianne E.; Svendsen, Erika; Campbell, Lindsay; Helphand, Kenneth.. 2010. Stewardship, learning, and memory in disaster resilience
Svendsen, Erika S.; Lu, Jacqueline W.T.. 2010. MillionTreesNYC, green infrastructure and urban ecology symposium March 5-6, 2010
Locke, Dexter; Grove, J. Morgan; Lu, Jacqueline W.T.; Troy, Austin; O'Neil-Dunne, Jarlath P.M.; Beck, Brian.. 2010. Prioritizing preferable locations for increasing urban tree canopy in New York City
Lu, Jacqueline W.T.; Svendsen, Erika S.; Campbell, Lindsay K.; Greenfeld, Jennifer; Braden, Jessie; King, Kristen; Falxa-Raymond, Nancy.. 2010. Biological, social, and urban design factors affecting young street tree mortality in New York City
Lu, Jacqueline W.T.; Shane, Megan; Svendsen, Erika; Campbell, Lindsay; Fragola, Cristiana; Krasny, Marianne; Lovasl, Gina; Maddox, David; McDonnell, Simon; McPhearson, P. Timon; Montalto, Franco; Newman, Andrew; Pehek, Ellen; Rae, Ruth A.; Stedman, Richard; Tidball, Keith G.; Westphal, Lynne; Whitlow, Tom.. 2009. MillionTreesNYC, Green infrastructure, and urban ecology: building a research agenda
Svendsen, Erika s.; Campbell, Lindsay K.. 2008. Urban ecological stewardship: understanding the structure, function and network of community-based urban land management
Green, Nicole L.; Cairo, Jennifer A.. 2008. Fishing for improvements: managing fishing by boat on New York City water supply reservoirs and lakes
Murdock, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A.. 2008. 1.0 Executive summary
Nowak, David J.; Hoehn, Robert E., III; Crane, Daniel E.; Stevens, Jack C.; Walton, Jeffrey T.. 2007. Assessing urban forest effects and values, New York City's urban forest
Svendsen, Erika S.; Campbell, Lindsay K.; Duong, Phu. 2007. Land-markings: 12 Journeys through 9/11 Living Memorials [DVD]
Cairo, Jennifer A.. 2007. Getting "boater" all the time: managing fishing by boat on New York city water supply reservoirs
Svendsen, Erika S.; Campbell, Lindsay K.. 2006. Land-markings: 12 Journeys through 9/11 Living Memorials
Svendsen, E.; Marshall, V.; Ufer, M.F.. 2006. Urban field guide: applying social forestry observation techniques to the east coast megalopolis
Svendsen, Erika S.; Campbell, Lindsay K.. 2005. Living memorials project: year 1 social and site assessment
Pouyat, Richard V.; Carreiro, Margaret M.. 2003. Controls on mass loss and nitrogen dynamics of oak leaf litter along an urban-rural land-use gradient
Pouyat, Richard V.. 2001. Short- and long-term effects of site factors on net N-mineralization and nitrification rates along an urban-rural gradient
Research by Field Station Partners
Small, Christopher; Lu, Jacqueline W.T. 2006. Estimation and vicarious validation of urban vegetation abundance by spectral mixture analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment 100 (2006) 441-456.
Additional Reports
(The following publications have not been formally peer reviewed according to standards required for Forest Service research publications or those conducted by technical journals.)
Fisher, Dana L.; Connolly, James J.; Svendsen, Erika S.; Campbell, Lindsay K. 2011. DIGGING TOGETHER: Why people volunteer to help plant one million trees in New York City. Environmental Stewardship Project at the Center for Society and Environment of the University of Maryland White Paper #2. 36 p.
Fisher, Dana L.; Connolly, James J.; Svendsen, Erika S.; Campbell, Lindsay K. 2010. Who Volunteers to Steward the Urban Forest in New York City? An analysis of participants in MillionTreesNYC planting events. Environmental Stewardship Project White Paper #1. 33 p.
Maddox, David, comp. ed. 2010. Supporting success: Making the transition to green collar jobs. New York, NY: MilliontreesNYC. 24 p. Unpublished report available at: http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/downloads/pdf/Supporting_Success_Report.pdf
MillionTreesNYC Advisory Board Research & Evaluation Subcommittee. 2009. MillionTreesNYC, Green Infrastructure, and Urban Ecology: Building a Research Agenda. Report from the May 2009 Research Workshop
Campbell, Lindsay. 2008. Bronx Youth Urban Forestry Empowerment Program Evaluation.
Campbell, Lindsay K. 2007. New York City's Forgotten Industrial Waterway: Assessment, Goals, and Indicators for Long-term Sustainability of the Newtown Creek.
Campbell, Lindsay Kathleen. 2006. Civil Society Strategies on Urban Waterways: Stewardship, Contention, and Coalition Building. Master of Science in City Planning Thesis. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Grove, J. Morgan; O'Neil-Dunne, Jarlath; Pelletier, Keith; Nowak, David; Walton, Jeff. 2006. A Report on New York City's Present and Possible Urban Tree Canopy.
Svendsen, Erika; Campbell, Lindsay. 2005. The Urban Ecology Collaborative Assessment: Understanding the Structure, Function, and Network of Local Environmental Stewardship.
The documents above are in PDF format. You can obtain a free PDF reader from Adobe.
Webinars
STEW-MAP: Understanding Urban Environmental Stewardship in New York City with Erika S. Svendsen and Lindsay K. Campbell, for the Woodland Owner Networks. (April 2009)
The Restoration of Fresh Kills from Landfill to Park: Setting a Research agenda, introduction by Erika. S. Svendsen and Lindsay K. Campbell, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station, with Eloise Hirsh and Carrie Grassi, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (March 2009)
STEW-MAP: Using social-spatial-network analysis to understand urban environmental stewardship in New York City and beyond, with Lindsay Campbell and Erika Svendsen, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station, New York City. (May 2008)
Living Memorials Project Update with Erika Svendsen and Lindsay Campbell Northern Research Station, New York City. (September 2006)
Curriculum
GIS Analysis of New York City's Ecology: Using spatial analysis tools to help with New York City's million tree campaign
Fall semester 2008 at University of Vermont
Instructors:
Austin Troy, J. Morgan Grove (US Forest Service) and
Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne (University of Vermont)
Download a copy of the course syllabus (This document is in PDF format. You can obtain a free PDF reader from Adobe.)
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