Quantified Tree Risk Assessment Used in the Management of Amenity Trees
- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- Published by International Society of Arboriculture in Arboriculture & Urban Forestry
- Vol. 31 (2) , 57-65
- https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2005.007
Abstract
A system of tree risk assessment is proposed that expands concepts developed by others and enables a probability of significant harm to be applied to tree failure risk. By evaluating the components of a tree failure hazard and assigning to them estimates of probability, the proposed system enables the skilled tree inspector to calculate the product of those probabilities to produce a numerical estimate of risk. The use of quantification in the assessment of tree hazards enables property owners and managers to operate, as far as is reasonably practicable, to a predetermined limit of reasonable or acceptable risk.Keywords
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