On 30 December 2004 13:17, John Flannigan wrote:
What I'm guessing is that the proportions won't be the same
i.e. more trees
(as a proportion) will be protected in more affluent areas because
protection of urban trees in this fashion is strongly influenced by
demographics - in other words if your reasonably wealthy and
educated you're
more likely to 1) have knowledge about tree protection, 2) Be
aware of the
benefits of trees 3) Know what buttons to push at the Town Hall.
The more this gets argued about the more I think it would be fascinating
if someone did do the research.
But for the sake of arguing, I wouldn't see your arguments as holding
up. They suggest that most TPOs are initiated by requests from the
public, and this isn't my experience.
The majority of TPOs I've been involved in making have come from:
1) Conservation area notifications. This is probably going to slew
towards more affluent areas as few council estates are conservation
areas. There are exceptions, but CAs tend to be in 'nicer' more affluent
areas.
2) Sale of council houses (previous employer only). This is going to go
the other way. And particularly so because these areas have less trees
and therefore the trees that are there have a greater importance to the
area's amenity.
3) Development sites. Not quite sure where this fits - probably
generally in more affluent areas, but then sometimes brown fields
ex-manufacturing sites in more run down locations.
However, the whole thing is slewed all over by fashion and demographic
change. A couple of CAs in Nottingham, covering areas of large
properties with substantial gardens, included some pretty dodgy bits.
Houses split into HMOs with blankets and Indian bedspreads covering the
windows, held up with drawing pins. Women standing on street corners in
February wearing a couple of bits of string and stilettos. You know the
sort of area.
Conversely, as Bill commented this morning, there are areas of Victorian
terrace with postage stamp yards that have become 'gentrified', floor
boards sanded and all the doors dipped and stripped by affluent young
families.
I don't think it would turn out to be a simple relationship. They'll be
surprises to be found. And I suspect one of those will be that it varies
from LA to LA depending on the politics and personality of the TO.
--
Chris Hastie
Strategy Officer (Arboriculture)
Warwick District Council
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