“Tree Value Visions” participatory assessment tool: explanatory paper published

Designed to assess the social and cultural values of urban treescapes, the ‘porting’ tool produced by the UKRI/Government-funded ‘Branching Beyond’ project has been fully released. An explanatory paper can now be found in npj Urban Sustainability. 

You can find out more information, including for users such as local government officials, developers, and civil society organisations on OU News page here: https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/arts-social-sciences/trees-for-hotter-cities-ou-partners-on-new-approach-to-grow-community-support-for-tree-planting/ 

And you can also read a little more about the work on our project page, too: https://university.open.ac.uk/centres/openspace/branching-beyond-and-tree-value-visions-tool