{"id":1339,"date":"2024-06-17T09:07:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T08:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2024-06-17T09:19:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T08:19:29","slug":"the-life-and-death-of-urban-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/the-life-and-death-of-urban-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life (and Death) of Urban Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1339\" class=\"elementor elementor-1339\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b3dbb e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29b3dbb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ba1538 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ba1538\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; background-color: var(--palettecolor8); color: var(--theme-text-color); font-family: var(--fontFamily); font-style: var(--fontStyle, inherit); font-weight: var(--fontWeight); letter-spacing: var(--letterSpacing); text-transform: var(--textTransform);\">Urban trees live in symbiosis with human habitation. Often for centuries. Their lives are entirely different to that of forest trees. Over their long lifespan, urban trees witness generations of people come and go. They offered shade to historic events and human buzz, they also see cities grow, develop, and expand.<\/span><\/p><p>City trees are mainly endangered by urban development activities and construction work. There are only a few exceptions where trees enjoy a somewhat privileged status as part of the human environment:<\/p><ul><li>Special areas of human recognition<\/li><\/ul><p>Parks and protected green spaces, as well as recreational areas in cities are places that would not provide the same atmosphere to people without trees and bushes. Alleys and promenades like the Paseo del Prado in Madrid or the Ramblas in Barcelona are areas where trees are relatively safe to lead a long life and grow old, even in the city centre.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bc5a8 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4bc5a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b1b3a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b1b3a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_1-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1347\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_1-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_1-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_1-1.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd3e49 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bdd3e49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70a89ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70a89ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 1. Urban trees at the Paseo del Prado, Madrid<\/p><ul><li>Trees of symbolic importance<\/li><\/ul><p>Some trees\u2019 history is intertwined closely with a city or a people. They often have mystical powers attached to them through legends. One such example is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Merlin%27s_Oak\">Merlin\u2019s oak<\/a> in Carmarthen, South Wales, which has been connected to the survival of the Welsh culture and language in a legendary prophesy of the famous magician and seer. The inhabitants of Carmarthen even preserved the remaining stump of the famous tree in the local museum after the original tree has fallen.<\/p><p>More modern representatives of symbolic trees are, for example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/kidslovevienna.com\/listings\/am-himmel-life-tree-circle\/\">Tree Circle of Life<\/a> in Vienna, which follows the Celtic tree oracle. This compares to the twelve signs of the zodiac.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c2949b e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c2949b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b584f41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b584f41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_2-1024x762.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1346\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_2-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_2-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_2-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_2.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95993e7 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"95993e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8819c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8819c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 2. \u201cTree Circle of Life&#8221; in Vienna<\/p><p><u>The dark side of tree life<\/u><\/p><p>Not many urban trees are lucky in this way by being protected due to their symbolic value to the human inhabitants. Despite their proven importance for climate control, many trees fall victim to urban developments and expansions. Climate activists all over the world, therefore, have made it one of their agendas to protect forests and trees, very often under great personal danger as this leads to direct confrontation with the authorities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb7a0c6 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bb7a0c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baec0ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"baec0ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1349\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_5.jpg 451w, https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_5-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bd332b e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5bd332b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4303126 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4303126\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 3. The <a href=\"https:\/\/guerrillafoundation.org\/the-growth-transformation-of-the-polish-forest-protection-movement\/\">Flourishing Polish Forest Protection Movement<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d5a526 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d5a526\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0800d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0800d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_4-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1345\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sutee.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SUTEE_blog_4.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d58c93b e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d58c93b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3af7938 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3af7938\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meinbezirk.at\/donaustadt\/c-lokales\/protest-gegen-rodung-von-baeumen-wegen-stadtstrasse_a5874595\">Protesters against felling of trees<\/a> to build a new motorway in Vienna.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02e0062 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"02e0062\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7841b2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7841b2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban trees live in symbiosis with human habitation. Often for centuries. Their lives are entirely different to that of forest trees. Over their long lifespan, urban trees witness generations of people come and go. They offered shade to historic events and human buzz, they also see cities grow, develop, and expand. City trees are mainly endangered by urban development activities and construction work. There are only a few exceptions where trees enjoy a somewhat privileged status as part of the human environment: Special areas of human recognition Parks and protected green spaces, as well as recreational areas in cities are places that would not provide the same atmosphere to people without trees and bushes. Alleys and promenades like the Paseo del Prado in Madrid or the Ramblas in Barcelona are areas where trees are relatively safe to lead a long life and grow old, even in the city centre. Figure 1. Urban trees at the Paseo del Prado, Madrid Trees of symbolic importance Some trees\u2019 history is intertwined closely with a city or a people. They often have mystical powers attached to them through legends. One such example is Merlin\u2019s oak in Carmarthen, South Wales, which has been connected to the survival of the Welsh culture and language in a legendary prophesy of the famous magician and seer. The inhabitants of Carmarthen even preserved the remaining stump of the famous tree in the local museum after the original tree has fallen. More modern representatives of symbolic trees are, for example, the Tree Circle of Life in Vienna, which follows the Celtic tree oracle. This compares to the twelve signs of the zodiac. Figure 2. \u201cTree Circle of Life&#8221; in Vienna The dark side of tree life Not many urban trees are lucky in this way by being protected due to their symbolic value to the human inhabitants. Despite their proven importance for climate control, many trees fall victim to urban developments and expansions. Climate activists all over the world, therefore, have made it one of their agendas to protect forests and trees, very often under great personal danger as this leads to direct confrontation with the authorities. Figure 3. The Flourishing Polish Forest Protection Movement Figure 4. Protesters against felling of trees to build a new motorway in Vienna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1339"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1355,"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions\/1355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutee.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}