Research Assistant Duke/NCSU Universities - Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
The state of Raleigh's urban forests is uncertain, and the provision of services and their distribution is still being determined. This study combines spatial analysis and fieldwork around the Greenways, revealing no significant coverage disparity but may encounter relationships with edge effects and land use impacting forest health.
Learning Objectives:
After this poster presentation, I believe that students or attendees will be able to understand and replicate how we can easily merge spatial information and field data to comprehensively answer research questions and gain a better understanding of ecosystems that we encounter daily, enriching our lives with numerous services.
Upon completion, participants will learn that not all cities exhibit environmental injustice based only on tree cover, and some, like Raleigh, have fair tree cover distributions. However, they will also realize that adequate tree cover alone is insufficient for a thriving urban forest, and other factors detailed in the data and field analysis reveal more relationships than just vulnerability and social strata.
