ster Plan
Cities
and Konijnendijk, contribute to the stakeholder work-
shops, and design the Plan's layout and format.
"We wanted to co-develop a UFMP that gave both a
strategic direction and a strong means to track and
measure progress," Rogers says. "A lot of the KPI's
came from previous work by
Matheny and Clark, Leff,
and others. But for Birmingham, we developed new
KPI's as well." For instance, International Reputation
appears as a new KPI in the Plan, because, as Rogers
explains, cities compete on a world stage to offer good
places for people to live and for businesses to set up.
Additional KPI's include Involvement of Birmingham
City Council Departmental Cooperation, Utilities
and Green Industry Cooperation, Large Private and
Institutional Landholders, Community Involvement
and Neighborhood Action, and Governance and
Leadership. Konijnendijk says, "I'm not sure many
urban forest management plans address all of >>
Birmingham City Council Principal Arboriculturist
Simon
Needle says, "Birmingham's treescape is a
legacy
of both city planning and the philanthropic
work of notable residents who bequeathed land for
public
parks and open spaces. This history of joint
working
for the benefit of all is something we are
continuing
today with the Urban Forest Master Plan,
it being
a truly co-created document for the long-term
protection
and advancement of the urban forest."
Birmingham, UK by Smileyface,
CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Kenton Rogers Ian "Mac" McDermott Cecil Konijnendijk
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