Tenley M Conway
Biographic Data
| ID | 5245631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tenley M Conway |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tenley M |
| FAMILY NAME | Conway |
| SIGNATURE | CONWAY T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9452-1629 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Drivers of street tree diversity in the Canadian prairies
In the Canadian prairies, street tree populations remain dominated by elm ( Ulmus ) and ash ( Fraxinus ), two genera tolerant of the cold, semiarid prairie climate where native species are few. This narrow species base leaves prairie urban forests especially vulnerable to pest outbreaks, yet research examining constraints to diversification has mostly focused on warmer regions. To determine if similar constraints apply in the prairies, we conduct…
Using the Gini Index to quantify urban green inequality
Pathways towards equity
Urban green governance refers to the complex network of actors working across sectors to manage urban vegetation. While recent research has identified barriers to addressing green space inequities, there has been much less focus on how these barriers interact as self-reinforcing systems or on potential solutions. This study explores how urban greening professionals understand and operationalize pathways toward more equitable governance, applying …
Historical drivers of street tree species selection
We examined archival documents on street trees from five Canadian cities. • Desirable species were limited by their natural and nursery availability. • Aesthetics have evolved from large tree-lined streets to ornamental species. • Species-specific ecosystem disservices resulted in the shift from poplar to elm and ash. • Conflict with utilities contributed to the use of ornamental species over elm and ash. There is a long history of planting trees…
Arboricultural codes of ethics lack protection for trees, wildlife, and biodiversity
Conservation and environmental protection are important to many arborists and urban foresters. • Arboricultural professional associations have codes of ethics that regulate professional members. • Environmental themes are underrepresented in existing codes of ethics. • Adherence to laws is addressed generally, rather than adherence to specific environmental laws. • Professional associations may be limited in their ability to respond to unethical …
History, engagement, and visibility of Indigenous Peoples in urban forest management plans from Canada and the United States
Environmental justice in urban forestry is concerned with recognizing and centering the needs of under-engaged communities in planning and decision-making processes. To examine the engagement and visibility of Indigenous Peoples in urban forestry, this study reviewed 181 urban forest management plans (UFMPs) from Canada and the United States. Themes pertaining to Indigenous Peoples were found in only 16 Canadian (22 %) and 27 US (25 %) UFMPs. The…
Gaps in the implementation of urban forest management plans across canadian cities
Urban forest management plans (UFMPs) are a key element of the planning process in urban forestry. While we can learn about management intentions by analyzing the content of UFMPs, less is known about happens after plan implementation has begun. This study fills this gap by exploring how is UFMP implementation advancing. To do this we asked municipal urban forest professionals working in Canadian municipalities with a UFMP to answer an online sur…
Managing urban trees through storms in three United States cities
A content analysis of urban forest management plans in Canada
Urban forests are a critical element of urban environmental planning. Greater awareness of the ecosystem services provided by urban forests over the last two decades has led to an increased interest in improving urban forest management. In Canada, the conditions of management are usually articulated by a municipal government in an urban forest management plan (UFMP). This study responds to previous studies on the content of Canadian UFMPs to prov…
Comparison of Canadian urban forest perceptions indicates variations in beliefs and trust across geographic settings
Urban forests are characterized by relationships between people and trees, where urban trees provide benefits to people and people make decisions impacting trees. People’s perceptions of urban forests are related to the cognitive processes that underpin benefits received from trees, while also influencing support for or against trees and their management. A growing literature has considered urban forest perceptions, but most studies are limited t…
What is equitable urban forest governance? A systematic literature review
Urban forest governance comprises the formal and informal rules, institutions, and processes that influence collective decision-making in urban forest management. As such, it shapes key processes and outcomes that are implicated in urban environmental justice, including whose priorities and values are reflected in urban forest management and how and where urban trees are distributed. However, despite its central role in determining urban forest p…
Measuring and modelling values, beliefs and attitudes about urban forests in Canada and Australia
Nature-based solutions are informed by how communities think about nature. However, research on how urban communities think about urban nature is seldom carried out across urban contexts. In doing so it can be useful to select specific aspects of urban nature, such as urban forests and urban trees. Our study responds to these needs by measuring the cognitive constructs of values, beliefs, and attitudes towards urban forests and modelling their re…
Infrastructure That Connects/Infrastructure That Divides
10.1080/14649357.2023.2166287
Diversity in public perceptions of urban forests and urban trees
Beyond ‘trees are good’
An analysis of green infrastructure in municipal policy
Ecosystem services in urban land use planning policies
Conceptual pathways and institutional barriers for urban physical geography
Key Messages Growing urban physical geography research will focus the discipline on the places where most Canadians live and work, potentially raising the visibility of the discipline. Urban physical geography can look to urban ecology for conceptual models to help advance urban physical geography research. Funding institutions and undergraduate programs represent barriers for urban physical geography in Canada
Representation of local urban forestry issues in Canadian newspapers
Key Messages Local news coverage of urban forests in three Ontario newspapers frames trees as providers of both ecosystem services and disservices. Local coverage differed between newspapers in municipalities with and without other urban forest actors present. A major ice storm shifted how newspapers covered urban forests, increasing the number of themes represented in each article and relative frequency of ecosystem disservice themes
Mapping Exurban Development
Exurban development, characterized by low-density residential development, is one of the leading anthropogenic causes of land transformation. A major obstacle to studying this phenomenon is a lack of spatially explicit data. In this article, two commonly employed indirect approaches that use readily available road and census data as surrogates of exurban development are examined for their ability to delineate exurban development across large spat…
Urban pattern and land cover variation in the greater Toronto area
Recent epistemological shifts in environmental geography have created a space to consider the interactions between ecological and urban systems more seriously. While openness to thinking about urban ecosystems has increased in recent years, there remain fundamental gaps in our knowledge. For example, recent research has examined the impact of urban–rural gradients on ecological conditions, but major voids exist regarding the relationship between …
Phylogenetic Relationships of Mormoopid Bats (Chiroptera
Beyond ‘trees are good’
Ecosystem services in urban land use planning policies
An analysis of green infrastructure in municipal policy
Urban pattern and land cover variation in the greater Toronto area
Recent epistemological shifts in environmental geography have created a space to consider the interactions between ecological and urban systems more seriously. While openness to thinking about urban ecosystems has increased in recent years, there remain fundamental gaps in our knowledge. For example, recent research has examined the impact of urban–rural gradients on ecological conditions, but major voids exist regarding the relationship between …
Conceptual pathways and institutional barriers for urban physical geography
Key Messages Growing urban physical geography research will focus the discipline on the places where most Canadians live and work, potentially raising the visibility of the discipline. Urban physical geography can look to urban ecology for conceptual models to help advance urban physical geography research. Funding institutions and undergraduate programs represent barriers for urban physical geography in Canada
Phylogenetic Relationships of Mormoopid Bats (Chiroptera
Urban pattern and land cover variation in the greater Toronto area
Recent epistemological shifts in environmental geography have created a space to consider the interactions between ecological and urban systems more seriously. While openness to thinking about urban ecosystems has increased in recent years, there remain fundamental gaps in our knowledge. For example, recent research has examined the impact of urban–rural gradients on ecological conditions, but major voids exist regarding the relationship between …
Mapping Exurban Development
Exurban development, characterized by low-density residential development, is one of the leading anthropogenic causes of land transformation. A major obstacle to studying this phenomenon is a lack of spatially explicit data. In this article, two commonly employed indirect approaches that use readily available road and census data as surrogates of exurban development are examined for their ability to delineate exurban development across large spat…
Conceptual pathways and institutional barriers for urban physical geography
Key Messages Growing urban physical geography research will focus the discipline on the places where most Canadians live and work, potentially raising the visibility of the discipline. Urban physical geography can look to urban ecology for conceptual models to help advance urban physical geography research. Funding institutions and undergraduate programs represent barriers for urban physical geography in Canada
Representation of local urban forestry issues in Canadian newspapers
Key Messages Local news coverage of urban forests in three Ontario newspapers frames trees as providers of both ecosystem services and disservices. Local coverage differed between newspapers in municipalities with and without other urban forest actors present. A major ice storm shifted how newspapers covered urban forests, increasing the number of themes represented in each article and relative frequency of ecosystem disservice themes
Ecosystem services in urban land use planning policies
An analysis of green infrastructure in municipal policy
Beyond ‘trees are good’
Diversity in public perceptions of urban forests and urban trees
Infrastructure That Connects/Infrastructure That Divides
10.1080/14649357.2023.2166287
Gaps in the implementation of urban forest management plans across canadian cities
Urban forest management plans (UFMPs) are a key element of the planning process in urban forestry. While we can learn about management intentions by analyzing the content of UFMPs, less is known about happens after plan implementation has begun. This study fills this gap by exploring how is UFMP implementation advancing. To do this we asked municipal urban forest professionals working in Canadian municipalities with a UFMP to answer an online sur…
Managing urban trees through storms in three United States cities
A content analysis of urban forest management plans in Canada
Urban forests are a critical element of urban environmental planning. Greater awareness of the ecosystem services provided by urban forests over the last two decades has led to an increased interest in improving urban forest management. In Canada, the conditions of management are usually articulated by a municipal government in an urban forest management plan (UFMP). This study responds to previous studies on the content of Canadian UFMPs to prov…
Comparison of Canadian urban forest perceptions indicates variations in beliefs and trust across geographic settings
Urban forests are characterized by relationships between people and trees, where urban trees provide benefits to people and people make decisions impacting trees. People’s perceptions of urban forests are related to the cognitive processes that underpin benefits received from trees, while also influencing support for or against trees and their management. A growing literature has considered urban forest perceptions, but most studies are limited t…
What is equitable urban forest governance? A systematic literature review
Urban forest governance comprises the formal and informal rules, institutions, and processes that influence collective decision-making in urban forest management. As such, it shapes key processes and outcomes that are implicated in urban environmental justice, including whose priorities and values are reflected in urban forest management and how and where urban trees are distributed. However, despite its central role in determining urban forest p…
Measuring and modelling values, beliefs and attitudes about urban forests in Canada and Australia
Nature-based solutions are informed by how communities think about nature. However, research on how urban communities think about urban nature is seldom carried out across urban contexts. In doing so it can be useful to select specific aspects of urban nature, such as urban forests and urban trees. Our study responds to these needs by measuring the cognitive constructs of values, beliefs, and attitudes towards urban forests and modelling their re…
Using the Gini Index to quantify urban green inequality
Pathways towards equity
Urban green governance refers to the complex network of actors working across sectors to manage urban vegetation. While recent research has identified barriers to addressing green space inequities, there has been much less focus on how these barriers interact as self-reinforcing systems or on potential solutions. This study explores how urban greening professionals understand and operationalize pathways toward more equitable governance, applying …
Historical drivers of street tree species selection
We examined archival documents on street trees from five Canadian cities. • Desirable species were limited by their natural and nursery availability. • Aesthetics have evolved from large tree-lined streets to ornamental species. • Species-specific ecosystem disservices resulted in the shift from poplar to elm and ash. • Conflict with utilities contributed to the use of ornamental species over elm and ash. There is a long history of planting trees…
Arboricultural codes of ethics lack protection for trees, wildlife, and biodiversity
Conservation and environmental protection are important to many arborists and urban foresters. • Arboricultural professional associations have codes of ethics that regulate professional members. • Environmental themes are underrepresented in existing codes of ethics. • Adherence to laws is addressed generally, rather than adherence to specific environmental laws. • Professional associations may be limited in their ability to respond to unethical …
History, engagement, and visibility of Indigenous Peoples in urban forest management plans from Canada and the United States
Environmental justice in urban forestry is concerned with recognizing and centering the needs of under-engaged communities in planning and decision-making processes. To examine the engagement and visibility of Indigenous Peoples in urban forestry, this study reviewed 181 urban forest management plans (UFMPs) from Canada and the United States. Themes pertaining to Indigenous Peoples were found in only 16 Canadian (22 %) and 27 US (25 %) UFMPs. The…
Drivers of street tree diversity in the Canadian prairies
In the Canadian prairies, street tree populations remain dominated by elm ( Ulmus ) and ash ( Fraxinus ), two genera tolerant of the cold, semiarid prairie climate where native species are few. This narrow species base leaves prairie urban forests especially vulnerable to pest outbreaks, yet research examining constraints to diversification has mostly focused on warmer regions. To determine if similar constraints apply in the prairies, we conduct…
Geography (18 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (17 works) · Environmental planning (12 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (12 works) · Ecology (11 works) · Environmental resource management (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (8 works) · Environmental Science (7 works) · Urban planning (7 works)