Report Cover with title, 'Trees and Power Lines: Minimizing Conflicts between Electric Power Infrastructure and the Urban Forest' and images of trees, including CLEE logo and City Streets logo

Trees and Power Lines: Minimizing Conflicts between Electric Power Infrastructure and the Urban Forest

Author(s)

Steven Weissman

Publication Date

March 2012

Keyword(s)

Archive, Energy Transition, Energy Systems, California

Overview

Trees and overhead power lines are not eView Trees and Power Lines: Minimizing Conflicts between Electric Power Infrastructure and the Urban Forestasy companions in the urban landscape. Cities and their inhabitants plant trees in order to provide safe and pleasant pedestrian environments, cool the urban landscape, improve storm water management, provide wildlife habitat, and mitigate climate change.

Additional Authors: William Most