Air Pollution Removal and Urban Vegetation
Integrated studies of tree effects on air pollution reveal that management of urban tree canopy cover could be a viable…
Community-Developed Plan for Greening Inglewood
TreePeople and SJLI proposed developing a Greening Plan that could serve both communities. They committed to a non-traditional planning process designed to…
Emerald Necklace Green Future Planned for LA
Comprehensive plan to expand green space and access throughout the LA metropolitan area. Focuses on creating healthy places for all…
Access to Nature for Older Adults: Promoting Health Through Landscape Design
This study assessed how landscape design influenced outdoor usage at assisted living facilities.
Neighborhood blight, stress, and health: a walking trial of urban greening and ambulatory heart rate
Views of a greened vacant lot decreased heart rate significantly more than views of non-greened vacant lot, or not at…
Trees and Respiratory Health
In a study of nine city neighborhoods, Portland State University scientists found a strong relationship between the presence of urban…
Tree and forest effects on air quality and human health in the United States
Most of the pollution removal impacts of trees occurred in rural areas, while most of the health impacts and values…
Children living in areas with more street trees have lower prevalence of asthma
An increase in tree density of 343 trees/km2 was associated with a lower prevalence of asthma.
Graffiti, greenery, and obesity in adults: secondary analysis of European cross sectional survey
For respondents whose residential environment contains high levels of greenery, the likelihood of being more physically active is more than…
The relationship between trees and human health: Evidence from the spread of the emerald ash borer
This study found an increase in mortality related to cardiovascular and lower-respiratory-tract illness in counties infested with the emerald ash borer. The…
Louisville Urban Tree Canopy Assessment
Assessment includes aerial photography and remote imagery, relationship between tree canopy to socio-demographic and economic data, location of areas of…
Street Trees Serve Double Purpose: Capture Stormwater, Remove PCBs
The City installed six stormwater treatment tree well units in its sidewalk planting strips in West Oakland. The project is…
Municipal Sustainability Plan in Philadelphia
The Greenworks initiative, begun in 2009, set a new vision and ambitious goals in 2016.
Vibrant Cities & Urban Forests _ A National Call to Action
Twenty-five leaders from all sectors of urban forestry met in a forum to identify needs and opportunities for urban forestry…
Community Forestry Assessment Report — El Paso
This i-Tree Community Forestry Assessment demonstrates how the benefits of urban trees far outweigh the costs of planting and maintainng…
Community Forestry Assessment Report — Albuquerque
This i-Tree Community Forestry Assessment demonstrates how the benefits of urban trees far outweigh the costs of planting and maintainng…
Community Forestry Assessment Report — Phoenix
Applying i-Tree Eco as foundation for urban forest management plan.
What Happens if We Go Greener?
The Green Infrastructure Scenarios Tool (GIST) has helped Milwaukee decision-makers and citizens test scenarios and see the solutions that best…
A Mapping Tool for Understanding Health and Air Quality at the County Level.
EPA's BenMap site provides mapping data for both air pollution and associated health impacts at the county level. Requires modest…
Heat Island Effect Mitigation Strategies.
State-by-state collection of strategies and practices used by communities to reduce urban heat island effects. Urban trees and green roofs…
Social, Economic, and Environmental Benefits of Urban Forests.
Extensive literature survey of research on the environmental, social and economic benefits of urban forestry. The basic facts are well…
Reducing Heat Island Effect with Green Infrastructure.
EPA reckons that urban heat islands add to higher energy consumption for cooling, increase air pollution, create heat- and pollution-rated…
Evidence of an Association Between Residential Greenness and Decreased Mortality
Harvard School of Public Health researchers offer one of the first controlled longitudinal studies of how living in or near…
A Guide to Recognizing the Economic, Social, and Environmental Benefits of Green Infrastructure.
The basic primer on identifying the different ways green infrastructure can benefit communities. Well-organized with science-based methodologies for calculating benefits,…