INDIANA UNIVERSITY (IU)

At the Indiana University Bloomington Urban Forestry Research Group (BUFRG), we study the urban forest as a social-ecological system, a conceptualization that enables researchers and managers to better understand the factors that influence sustainable urban forest outcomes and provision of ecosystem services. We believe that the urban forest is best understood and studied as a social-ecological system (SES) of linked human and natural components, that emphasizes the importance of the interactions between the biophysical resource, the community and its institutions on the production of observed outcomes such as ecosystem services (see Figure 1)... We are a team of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students and partners who conduct research, provide outreach and service, teach classes and make presentations in urban forest management, urban ecology and related subjects. Located at IUB O'Neill and the Ostrom Workshop, and we primarily focus on Bloomington and the state of Indiana, and..

Also known as: urban forestry