Eric believe it or not some of us actually do understand the consequences of failing to properly protect trees within urban subdivisions, and have absolutely no desire to expose anyone to the emense problems of having dying trees in their 1/4 acre block!
A big part of what I do and what I believe Azreal does is when given the opportunity to
properly assess what is or is not possible to retain.
The issue for consulting Arborists seems to me to be that we are not called in to give advice and opinion at the concept stage of any subdivision...well very rarely...so when we are called in it is generally too late to try to protect the trees from damage by civils...its already happened.
Your faith in planners and Landscape Architects to put in appropriate tree species to give us leafy suburbs in 20yrs is touching but not supported by what I have seen in Qld since arriving here in 88'
.