Published 2008
“…The following systems are presented and accompanied by short analyses pertaining to their area of application:
1) International Society of Arboriculture: A Photographic Guide to the Evaluation of
Hazard Trees in Urban Areas (Mathney & Clark 1991)
2) The USDA Forest Service Community Tree Risk Rating System:
7-Step Program (Pokorny 2003)
3) Tree Hazard Rating, Evaluation And Treatment System (THREATS):
A method for identifying, recording & managing hazards from trees
(Forbes-Laird 2006)
4) Quantified Tree Risk Assessment (Ellison 2005)
The report's discussion applies these assessment systems to a hypothetical situation involving a mature treed avenue along a major city road where the trunk diameter at
chest height (DBH) exceeds 75cm. Each calculation's result and consequence is discussed to demonstrate the differences between the systems. …”
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