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Lessen Tree Root and Sidewalk Conflict with Reducing Infrastructure Damage by Tree Roots

Lessen Tree Root and Sidewalk Conflict with Reducing Infrastructure Damage by Tree Roots


ISA offers a variety of educational materials to help arborists improve their arboricultural knowledge. Each week we will feature a product, or group of products that will enhance your arboriculture education. This week, ISA is featuring Reducing Infrastructure Damage by Tree Roots by Laurence R. Costello and Katherine S. Jones.  

Damage to infrastructure by tree roots is a major expense in most cities. This concise and comprehensive reference on tree and infrastructure conflicts contains up-to-date descriptions and assessments of methods used to lessen damage, and provides the information that tree managers, planners, and engineers need to create effective management plans.

This publication covers topics on root zone-based strategies, street tree and sidewalk repair, water management and so much more.

The strategies in Reducing Infrastructure Damage by Tree Roots it to serve as a manual for initiating a process that will reduce root-infrastructure conflicts in urban areas. The guidelines provided in this book are used by cities and other public or private agencies to both prevent and mitigate tree root infrastructure problems.

 

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