THE SELECTION OF STREET TREES FOR SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
Allu Revathi Devi1
, Vijayalaxmi J2
. Ramesh Srikonda3
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The street trees play a key role for the urban neighborhoods. Given the harsh urban
conditions its necessary to select trees and maximize their benefits. Many urban areas have a
poor understanding of the importance of street trees and their sustainability, which presents a gap
in our knowledge of selection of street trees. The tree species selection process defines the steps
necessary to select a tree species that is appropriate for a given location. Investigations on urban
As per Silvera Seamans (2013), sustainability has traditionally been defined as the balancing of
environmental health, economic development, and equity or fair access to environmental and
economic benefits. Nicholas in his study trees across various cities have consistently defined that
‘Street trees are trees located in the public right of way.’ (S Nicholas et.al 2020). When considering
street trees in residential neighborhoods, sustainability is yielded in many ways. However, the
purpose of including street trees has changed significantly over the last several decades. They used
to be placed for beautification purposes. Today, they provide stormwater reduction, the
Key words: street tree, sustainability, neighborhood
tree species selection have confirmed the use of environmental, social, and economic criteria.
This study presents the methodological aspects of a proposed selection process for the key urban
street tree species. This enables us to have a better understanding of selection of tree species in
urban areas from the literature study to build up suggestions for decision-makers about possible
new approaches for urban arboriculture and planning of the street vegetation