Public Health and Equity Resource Navigator
The American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Alliance for Disease Prevention and Response (Alliance), in collaboration with Community Commons,…
Urban Trees and Human Health
While most research focuses on the relationship between green space or “nature” and public health, this analysis drills down to…
London Trees Save the City Billions
A new report from Britain’s Office of National Statistics estimates tree cover saved the capital more than 5 billion pounds…
Worldwide Study Shows Relationship Between Greenness and Lower Mortality
The authors systematically reviewed and analyzed more than 9,200 studies conducted worldwide. The meta-analysis found evidence that surrounding greenness reduced…
Heat Wave Action Guide for Cities
Heatwaves are deadly and their impacts are on the rise globally due to climate change. In the US alone, some…
Where the people are: Current trends and targeted investment opportunities to mitigate pollution and heat island effects
Urban trees reduce particulate matter (PM10) concentrations and maximum daytime summer temperatures. While most cities are losing tree cover, some…
The Value of US Urban Tree Cover for Reducing Heat-Related Health Impacts and Electricity Consumption
High air temperatures are a public health threat, causing 1300 deaths annually in the United States (US) along with heat-related…
A Dose-Response Curve Describing the Relationship Between Urban Tree Cover Density and Self-Reported Stress Recovery
Although it is well established that viewing nature can help individuals recover from a stressful experience, the dose-response curve describing…
Trees Reduce Heat Island Effect … and Save Lives
A rigorous study of green space and heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City suggests that every 1-square kilometer increase in…
Exploring the Evidence: Health Effects of Green Places
Howard Frumkin, noted physician and public health leader, published this early compendium of the health impacts of built and natural…
Funding Trees for Health: An Analysis of Funding and Policy Options for Local Governments
American cities spend less than a third of a percent of municipal budgets on tree planting and maintenance, and as…
Does Tree Cover Reduce Gun Violence?
The answer — provisionally — seems to be yes. Researchers from the US Forest Service and the University of Pennsylvania…
Urban Forests Decrease Stress
Nature-dominated drives showed less autonomic activity and lower electromyographic activity, blood pressure and electrodermal activity than artifact-dominated drives
A potential natural treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Evidence from a national study
In this national, nonprobability sample, green outdoor activities reduced symptoms significantly more than did activities conducted in other settings, even…
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…