CULTIVATING RESILIENCE: URBAN STEWARDSHIP PRACTICES AS INDICATORS OF SOCIAL RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY Erika S. Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Heather L. McMillen & Renae Reynolds US Forest Service Northern Research Station New York City Field Station Partners in Community Forestry Conference Arbor Day Foundation November 16-17, 2016
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CULTIVATING RESILIENCE: URBAN STEWARDSHIP PRACTICES AS INDICATORS OF SOCIAL RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY
Erika S. Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Heather L. McMillen & Renae ReynoldsUS Forest Service Northern Research Station New York City Field Station
Partners in Community Forestry ConferenceArbor Day Foundation November 16-17, 2016
“To improve quality of life in urban areas by conducting and supporting
research about social-ecological systems and natural
resource management”
New York City Field Station
Co-creators of the urban forest
Urban environmental stewards conserve, manage, monitor, advocate or educate the public about the local environment
Svendsen and Campbell 2008; Fisher et al 2012
Social resilience: The ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses and
disturbances as a result of social, political & environmental change (Adger 2000).
Urban environmental stewardship as resilience
The TREES: Growing a Forest at Ground Zero. A film by Scott Elliott.
The Trees premiered on PBS on the 15th Anniversary of 9/11.