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Urban Community Forestry in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations

Rodier, Meghan L.

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Geography (Arts and Sciences).
Since the 1980s environmental service delivery funding at both the state and city government level has been in decline, limiting urban community forestry programs. This research used governance theory to explore how Casey Trees in Washington, DC and the Parks and People Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland work with municipal resource agencies to promote urban community forestry. This in-depth analysis advances our understanding of governance theory at the citywide and neighborhood scale by examining how these local nonprofits have entered the playing field of environmental service delivery. Two neighborhoods, Petworth in Washington, DC and Franklin Square in Baltimore, were selected to address how nonprofits operate on the ground to promote change at a local scale through neighborhood revitalization. Exploring the role of nonprofits sheds light on the complexity of urban community forestry partnerships.
Geoffrey Buckley, PhD (Advisor)
Harold Perkins, PhD (Committee Member)
Risa Whitson, PhD (Committee Member)
151 p.

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  • Rodier, M. L. (2011). Urban Community Forestry in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306425859

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rodier, Meghan. Urban Community Forestry in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations. 2011. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306425859.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rodier, Meghan. "Urban Community Forestry in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306425859

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)