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TDAG brings together a pioneering group of individuals, professionals and organisations from wide ranging disciplines in both the public and private sectors to increase awareness of the role of trees in the built environment. Learn about what we do

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Sue James, a founding member of TDAG, explains why successful urban tree planting should matter to engineers.
The Trees, People and the Built Environment 4 urban tree research conference focused on the role of trees as an integral part of our urban infrastructure. Collaboration is key and engineers have a vital role to play working within any team. Read the full article and the blog for the Institution of Civil Engineers here

​TDAG is pleased to support the Town and Country Planning Association’s Healthy Homes Campaign.
Our thought piece on the proposal here:
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Sue James in conversation

Sharon Durdant-Hollamby, Vice President of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, invites the Trees and Design Action Group to a ‘Tree Lady Talks’ conversation. Sue James, one of the founding members, reflects on the group’s history, and discusses ongoing and future work. 

Available here: http://sharonhosegoodassociates.co.uk/tree-lady-talks-podcast/
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TDAG videos available
Futurebuild 2020 Urban Forest Pavilion Talk videos available here
  • Assessing Urban Forest Sustainability in a Changing Climate, presented by Dr Kieron Doick, Head of Urban Forest Research Group, Forest Research
  • Urban Hedges: Many Green Infrastructure Benefits​, presented by Tijana Blanusa, Principal Horticultural Scientist, Royal Horticultural Society
  • Tree Planting Strategies, presented by Kenton Rogers, Co-founder, Treeconomics
  • Green Streets – Learning from Leeds City Region, presented by Professor Alan Simson, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Forestry, Leeds Beckett University
  • ​Green, Blue and Grey – Achieving Parity of Valuation by Interdisciplinary Collaboration, presented by Howard Gray, PR & Specification Consultant, GreenBlue Urban
  • ​Green Infrastructure for Roadside Air Quality: Introducing Free, Prototype Software to Predict the Site-specific Impacts of ‘GI4RAQ’​, presented by Dr James Levine, Senior Research Fellow, University of Birmingham (School of Geography, Earth Environmental Sciences), University of Birmingham​
Greater Lyon Tree Charter: a must-read!
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The Greater Lyon Tree Charter is now available in English. The Charter was designed by the Greater Lyon Authority as a partnership-building tool to enhance the long-term management of trees across France's third largest city. It offers a set of common principles, together with a powerful rationale for action and a rich set of ideas for implementation for wide ranging audiences. So far, over 100 local and national stakeholders (including Greater Lyon's 59 boroughs, utility companies, the French equivalent of the UK's Landscape Institute, some tree nurseries, etc.) have signed the Charter, committing themselves to adhere to its Principles and to develop their own action plan for implementation. Both the approach and the recommendations featured in the Greater Lyon Tree Charter are highly relevant and directly applicable to the management of trees in towns and cities on this side of the Channel! Click here to download your copy.
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Guides
Compiles accessible information and advice about the use of economic valuation approaches for trees and green infrastructure, which tool or method to choose and how to get started. 
Provides clear, robust information together with a decision-making tool to enable appropriate tree species selection for a wide range of urban planting sites and aid the diversification of the urban forest.
Compiles the basics built environment professionals need to know about urban air quality and how urban infrastructure design – including green infrastructure – determines where air pollution is produced, and how it disperses.
Explores the practical challenges and solutions to delivering trees in 21st century streets, civic spaces and surface car parks, detailing process, design and technical options.
Offers 12 principles of best practice for all those involved in local decision making to ensure that our 21st century towns and cities are underpinned by a 21st century approach to urban trees, for maximum economic, social and environmental returns.
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We filmed international guest speakers Dr Kathleen Wolf and Björn Embrén at our June 2015 seminars.
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