{"604160":{"#nid":"604160","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Atlanta\u0027s Tree Canopy Not Shrinking, But Quality Is Poor, Giarrusso Says","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe tree canopy in Atlanta while not really shrinking in size is losing in quality. That\u0026rsquo;s according to Georgia Tech researcher Tony Giarrusso.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGiarrusso is a researcher and assistant director at the Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization. He recently gave a presentation hosted by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/treesatlanta.org\/\u0022\u003ETrees Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E on his findings.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta\u0026rsquo;s public radio station, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wabe.org\/\u0022\u003EWABE\u003C\/a\u003E, reported on the presentation on the air and online.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWABE reported that in 2008 Giarrusso used satellite imagery to survey Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s tree canopy. He repeated the survey in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe said between 2008 and 2014 there wasn\u0026rsquo;t much change in the overall canopy. \u0026ldquo;But as we got on the ground and started to look at things, we noticed a lot of the things that we saw as gain were not true gain,\u0026rdquo; the station quoted him as saying.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThose gains in trees, the station reported, were mostly in what Giarrusso called \u0026ldquo;pipe farms.\u0026rdquo; He described those as places that were cleared for development, never got developed, then fast-growing pine trees sprouted up. They can\u0026rsquo;t replace the old hardwoods, he said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGiarrusso is expected to release his final report in the next few weeks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wabe.org\/atlantas-tree-canopy-may-not-shrunk-risk\/?utm_source=dailydigest\u0026amp;utm_campaign=march22\u0026amp;utm_content=trees\u0022\u003ERead the full WABE article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETony Giarrusso, a researcher and assistant director at the Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization, presented his findings at an event hosted by Trees Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tony Giarrusso, a researcher and assistant director at the Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization, presented his findings at an event hosted by Trees Atlanta. "}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2018-03-22 19:31:31","changed_gmt":"2018-03-22 19:58:28","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"604164":{"id":"604164","type":"image","title":"Tony Giarrusso Reports on Tree Canopy Findings","body":null,"created":"1521747332","gmt_created":"2018-03-22 19:35:32","changed":"1521747349","gmt_changed":"2018-03-22 19:35:49","alt":"Tony Giarrusso discusses Atlanta\u0027s tree canopy.","file":{"fid":"230301","name":"promo.tony_.trees_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/promo.tony_.trees_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/promo.tony_.trees_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":369827,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/promo.tony_.trees_.jpg?itok=yv6sy1vJ"}}},"media_ids":["604164"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"},{"id":"60380","name":"CSPAV - Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization"},{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalrey Head\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDigital Communications Specialist\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmalrey.head@design.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}