The Role of Urban Tree Canopies in Environmental Justice and Conserving Biodiversity. In: Urban Biodiversity and Equity: Justice-Centered Conservation in Cities

Posted on November 1, 2023 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D.H., Grove, J.M., Pickett, S.T.A. (2023). The Role of Urban Tree Canopies in Environmental Justice and Conserving Biodiversity. In: Urban Biodiversity and Equity: Justice-Centered Conservation in Cities. Edited by: Max R. Lambert & Christopher J. Schell, Oxford University Press. (2023). DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198877271.003.0006 [LINK]

Historical redlining is associated with increasing geographical disparities in bird biodiversity sampling in the United States

Posted on September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Ellis-Soto, D., Chapman, M., Locke, D.H. (2023). Bird biodiversity sampling shows increasing geographical disparities associated with historical redlining in the United States. Nature Human Behavior. doi:10.1038/s41562-023-01688-5 [LINK]

Spatially explicit assessment of the USDA Forest Service as representative bureaucracy

Posted on April 16, 2023 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D.H., Sachdeva, S.S., Westphal, L.M., Kenefic, L., Dockry, M.J., Fisher, C.L.. (2023) Spatially explicit assessment of the USDA Forest Service as representative bureaucracy. Forest Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxad018

Despite Workforce Diversity Efforts, Career Metrics Differ For Some Demographic Groups In The USDA Forest Service.

Posted on March 15, 2023 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Sachdeva, S.S., Westphal, L.M., Kenefic, L., Dockry, M.J., Fisher, C.L., Locke, D.H.. (2023). Despite Workforce Diversity Efforts, Career Metrics Differ For Some Demographic Groups In The USDA Forest Service. Society and Natural Resources.https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2023.2183447 [LINK]

Just Street Trees? Street trees are larger, more diverse, and offer more unique species in wealthier, denser neighborhoods

Posted on February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Anderson, E.C., Locke, D.H., Pickett, S.T.A., LaDeau, S.L.. (2023). Just Street Trees? Street trees are larger, more diverse, and offer more unique species in wealthier, denser neighborhoods. Ecosphere. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4389

Exploring links between resident satisfaction and participation in an urban tree planting initiative

Posted on January 19, 2023 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Coleman, A.F., Eisenman, T.S., Locke, D.H., Harper, R.W.. (2023). Exploring links between resident satisfaction and participation in an urban tree planting initiative. Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning. 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104195 [LINK]

More green, fewer problems: Landcover relates to perception of environmental problems

Posted on January 5, 2023 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Suchy, A., Anderson, E., Fork, M., Lin, L., Locke, D.H., Groffman, P.M., Grove, J.M., LaDeau, S., Rosi, E.. (2023). More green, fewer problems: Landcover relates to perception of environmental problems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2596

Student trainee and paid internship programs have positive results but do little to influence long-term employee diversity in the USDA forest service

Posted on November 29, 2022November 29, 2022 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Dockry, M.J., Sachdeva, S.S., Fisher C.L., Kenefic, L.S., Locke, D.H., Westphal, L.M.. (2022). Student trainee and paid internship programs have positive results but do little to influence long-term employee diversity in the U.S. Forest Service. PLoS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277423

Current Street Tree Communities Reflect Race-based Housing Policy and Modern Attempts to Remedy Environmental Injustice

Posted on October 6, 2022 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Burghardt, K., Avolio, M., Locke, D.H., Grove, J.M., Sonti, N.F., Swan, C.M.. (2022). Current Street Tree Communities Reflect Race-based Housing Policy and Modern Attempts to Remedy Environmental Injustice. Ecology. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3881 [LINK]

USDA Forest Service Employee Diversity During a Period of Workforce Contraction

Posted on February 22, 2022November 29, 2022 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Westphal, L.M., Dockry, M.J., Kenefic, L.S., Sachdeva, S.S., Rhodeland, A., Locke, D.H.,Kern, C.C., Huber-Stearns, H.R., Coughlan, M.R. (2022). USDA Forest Service Employee Diversity: A Work in Progress. Journal of Forestry. doi/10.1093/jofore/fvab071 [LINK]

Contextual Considerations of Green Infrastructure Siting.

Posted on December 16, 2021 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D.H., Phillips de Lucas, A.K., Murphy-Dunning, C., Henning, D., Zinn, G. 2021. Contextual Considerations of Green Infrastructure Siting. Cities And The Environment. 10.15365/cate.2021.140202 [LINK]

Spatial contagion structures urban vegetation from parcel to landscape.

Posted on October 9, 2021January 26, 2022 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D.H., Ossola, A., Minor, E., Lin, B.. (2021) Spatial contagion structures urban vegetation from parcel to landscape. People and Nature. 00(August 2020): 1–15. doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10254 [LINK] metadata, data, and reproducible code available here via Locke, D. H., Ossola, A., Minor, E., & Lin, B. (2021). Yards, block groups, and vegetationcover measures. Dryad Digital Repository, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.jdfn2z3bbOr https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/catalog/RDS-ext-2021-0003

Exploring the relationships between tree canopy cover and socioeconomic characteristics in tropical urban systems: The case of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Posted on April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Martinuzzi, S., Locke, D. H., Ramos-González, O., Sanchez, M., Grove, J.M., Muñoz-Erikson, T. A., Arendt, W. J., & Bauer, G. (2021). Exploring the relationships between tree canopy cover and socioeconomic characteristics in tropical urban systems: The case of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 62(April). doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127125 [LINK]

Residential housing segregation and urban tree canopy in 37 US Cities

Posted on March 25, 2021April 14, 2021 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D.H., Hall, B., Grove, J.M., Pickett, S., Ogden, L., Aoki, C., Boone, C., O’Neil-Dunne, J.P., (2020). Residential housing segregation and urban tree canopy in 37 US Cities. npj Urban Sustain. 10.1038/s42949-021-00022-0 [LINK]

Beauty or Blight? Urban Greening in the Presence of Disinvestment.

Posted on October 22, 2020December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Berland, A., Locke, D.H., Schwarz, K., Herrmann, D.. (2020). Beauty or Blight? Urban Greening in the Presence of Disinvestment. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution – Urban Ecology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.566759

Beyond ‘trees are good’: A call for integrated analysis of costs, disservices, and tradeoffs in urban forestry

Posted on October 6, 2020December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Roman, L.A., Conway, T.M., Eisenman, T., Koeser, A., Locke, D.H., Jenerette, D.G., Östberg, J., Vogt, J., Ordóñez, C.O.. (2020). Beyond ‘trees are good’: A call for integrated analysis of costs, disservices, and tradeoffs in urban forestry. Ambio. 10.1007/s13280-020-01396-8 [LINK]

Greening Cities Can Prevent Premature Deaths: Health Impact Assessment of Philadelphia’s 2025 Tree Canopy Cover Goals

Posted on April 27, 2020December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Kondo, M.C., Mueller, N., Locke, D.H., Roman, L.A., Rojas-Rueda, D., Schinasi, L., Gascon, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J. (2020). Greening Cities Can Prevent Premature Deaths: Health Impact Assessment of Philadelphia’s 2025 Tree Canopy Cover Goals. The Lancet Planetary Health. [LINK]

The greenspace-academic performance link varies by remote sensing measure and urbanicity around Maryland Public Schools.

Posted on November 26, 2019December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Browning, M.H.E.M., Locke, D.H. (2020). The greenspace-academic performance link varies by remote sensing measure and urbanicity around Maryland Public Schools. Landscape and Urban Planning. doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103706 [LINK]

Urban form, architecture and the structure of front and backyard vegetation.

Posted on February 16, 2019December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Ossola, A., Locke, D. H., Lin, B., & Minor, E. (2019). Urban form, architecture and the structure of front and backyard vegetation. Landscape and Urban Planning, 185(November 2018), 141–157. doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.02.014 [LINK]

Human and biophysical legacies shape contemporary urban forests: A literature synthesis.

Posted on March 20, 2018December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Roman, L.A., Pearsall, H.C., Eisenman, T.S., Conway, T.M., Fahey, R.T., Landry, S., Vogt, J.M., van Doorn, N.S., Grove, J.M., Locke, D.H., Bardekjian, A.C., Battles, J.J., Cadenasso, M.L., Konijnendijk, C.C., Avolio, M., Berland, A., Jenerette, D.G., Mincey, S.K., Staudhammer, C.. (2018). Human and biophysical legacies shape contemporary urban forests: A literature synthesis. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening[…]

Tree canopy change in Coastal Los Angeles, 2009 – 2014

Posted on November 20, 2017December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D.H., Romolini, R., Galvin, M. F., O’Neil-Dunne, J. P. M., Strauss, E. G.. (2017). Tree canopy change in Coastal Los Angeles, 2009 – 2014. Cities And The Environment (CATE) [LINK]

The Legacy Effect: Understanding how segregation and environmental injustice unfold over time in Baltimore.

Posted on October 16, 2017December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Grove, J.M., Ogden, L.A., Pickett, S.T.A., Boone, C.G., Buckley, G.L., Locke, D.H. and Lord, C.. [In Press]. The Legacy Effect: Understanding how segregation and environmental injustice unfold over time in Baltimore. Annals of the American Association of Geographers Special Issue on “Social Justice and the City.” [LINK]

Tree canopy change and neighborhood stability: A comparative analysis of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD.

Posted on March 28, 2017December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Chuang, W-C., Boone, C. G., Locke, D.H., Grove, J. M., Buckley, G. L., Whitmer, A., Zhang.. (2017) Tree canopy change and neighborhood stability: A comparative analysis of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD. Accepted at Urban Forestry and Urban Greening on March 28, 2017. [LINK]

Did community greening reduce crime? Evidence from New Haven, CT, 1996-2007

Posted on February 20, 2017April 12, 2024 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D.H., Han, S., Kondo, M., Murphy-Dunning, C., Cox, M.. (2017). Did community greening reduce crime? Evidence from New Haven, CT, 1996-2007 Landscape and Urban Planning 161,72–79. 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.01.006 [LINK]

What’s scale got to do with it? Models for urban tree canopy.

Posted on January 9, 2017December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D. H., Landry, S., Grove, J. M., Roy Chowdhury, R.. (2016). What’s scale got to do with it? Models for urban tree canopy. Journal of Urban Ecology. 2(1): 1-16. DOI: 10.1093/jue/juw006 [LINK]

Doing the Hard Work Where It’s Easiest? Examining the relationships between urban greening programs and social and ecological characteristics.

Posted on July 30, 2014December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D. H., and Grove, J. M.. (2014). Doing the Hard Work Where It’s Easiest? Examining the relationships between urban greening programs and social and ecological characteristics. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. DOI: 10.1007/s12061-014-9131-1 [LINK]

An Ecology of Prestige in New York City: Examining the Relationships Among Population Density, Socio-economic Status, Group Identity, and Residential Canopy Cover.

Posted on January 21, 2014December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Grove, J. M., Locke, D. H., & O’Neil-Dunne, J. P. M. (2014). An Ecology of Prestige in New York City: Examining the Relationships Among Population Density, Socio-economic Status, Group Identity, and Residential Canopy Cover. Environmental Management. 54(3), 402–419 doi:10.1007/s00267-014-0310-2 [LINK]

Applications of Urban Tree Canopy Assessment and Prioritization Tools: Supporting Collaborative Decision Making to Achieve Urban Sustainability Goals.

Posted on January 21, 2013December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D. H., Grove, J. M., Galvin, M. F., O’Neil-Dunne, J. P. M., & Murphy, C.. (2013). Applications of Urban Tree Canopy Assessment and Prioritization Tools: Supporting Collaborative Decision Making to Achieve Urban Sustainability Goals. Cities and the Environment (CATE), 6(1). [LINK]

Assessing and comparing relationships between urban environmental stewardship networks and land cover in Baltimore and Seattle.

Posted on January 21, 2013December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Romolini, M., Grove, J. M., & Locke, D. H.. (2013). Assessing and comparing relationships between urban environmental stewardship networks and land cover in Baltimore and Seattle. Landscape and Urban Planning, 120, 190–207. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.08.008 [LINK]

Prioritizing preferable locations for increasing urban tree canopy in New York City.

Posted on January 21, 2010December 17, 2020 by dexter.locke@gmail.com

Locke, D. H., Grove, J. M., Lu, J. W. T., Troy, A. R., O’Neil-Dunne, J. P. M., Beck, D. B.. (2010). Prioritizing preferable locations for increasing urban tree canopy in New York City. Cities And The Environment 3(1):18. [LINK]