Urban trees

Our research examines the abundance, variety, condition and value of urban trees.

We have expertise in:

• remote sensing;
• networked on-tree sensors;
• data science;
• citizen science.

We are focused on UK urban forests and are developing new tools and techniques to map, measure and value trees.

We lead on one of the OU’s flagship citizen science projects, Treezilla: the monster map of trees.

Why we should plant more trees in urban areas

PhD student Kate Hand from the School of Earth, Environment and Ecosystem Science discusses her urban forestry research and work with the Forest of Marston Vale to plant and measure trees to celebrate postgraduate research students by planting trees.

Current projects include:

• TreeLab: A Novel, Engaged, Urban Forest Research Programme, involving (from EEES) Phil Wheeler, Kadmiel Maseyk, Janice Ansine, Richard Holliman and Alice Dunford, and (external) Kieron Diock, Kate Hand and Kirsty Forshaw.

If you have any questions or want to find out more please contact Phil Wheeler.