Tampa Urban Ecological Analysis 1975-1996

The Florida Center at USF's School of Architecture completed an exciting research project to help the City of Tampa in the management of an important natural resource, the urban forest. Urban forests are vital to city life and provide residents with many benefits such as: reduction in household energy use, air pollution reduction, decreased stormwater runoff, and increased property values. Only recently with advancements in technology, have researchers been able to assign these services a dollar value and understand how a forest is changing over time. The Florida Center used the latest technology to help the local community understand this valuable resource. The Urban Ecological Analysis quantified how Tampa's tree canopy has changed over time, modeled the effects of the forest on the local ecology, and assessed the economic impact of the forest. The project was a partnership with the City of Tampa Parks Department.
Sponsor: Florida Department of Agriculture
Principal Investigator: Kyle Campbell (PI) , Shawn Landry (Co-PI)
Start Date: January 1997
End Date: October 1999

Related Publications:

	City of Tampa Urban Ecological Analysis 1975-1996
	Author: Kyle Campbell and Shawn Landry Format: pdf Date: 1999
	Description: The Urban Ecological Analysis quantified how Tampa's tree canopy has changed over time, modeled the effects of the forest on the local ecology, and assessed the economic impact of the forest..

	City of Tampa Urban Ecological Analysis 2006-2007: Final Report to the City of Tampa, April 24, 2008.
	Author: Andreu, Michael G., Melissa H. Friedman, Shawn M. Landry and Robert J. Northrop Format: pdf File Size: 2000 kb Date: 2008
	Description: Through a collaborative effort that involved the University of Florida, the University of South Florida, and the Hillsborough County Extension, an extensive inventory of Tampa’s urban forest was undertaken and analyzed during 2007. The inventory provided baseline information on location, composition, structure, and health while the analysis determined ecological function and economic value..

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