Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Toolkit
The Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Toolkit is based on three years of collaboration across local, regional and national partners to…
The Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Toolkit is based on three years of collaboration across local, regional and national partners to…
Tucson, Arizona is experiencing increased temperatures and changing precipitation patterns caused by the combustion of greenhouse gases. Planting drought-tolerant trees…
Quantified heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, caused by the urban heat island (UHI) and explored factors that…
Through a spatial analysis of 108 urban areas in the United States, we ask two questions: (1) how do historically…
Heatwaves are deadly and their impacts are on the rise globally due to climate change. In the US alone, some…
High air temperatures are a public health threat,causing 1300 deaths annually in the United States(US) along with heat-related morbidity and…
Urban trees reduce particulate matter (PM10) concentrations and maximum daytime summer temperatures. While most cities are losing tree cover, some…
High air temperatures are a public health threat, causing 1300 deaths annually in the United States (US) along with heat-related…
A rigorous study of green space and heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City suggests that every 1-square kilometer increase in…
The City of Dallas covers 396 square miles; it’s the ninth largest in the United States. But it’s also one…
Several studies investigated the impact of urban forests on city micro-climate. Evapotranspiration, alone or in combination with shading, can help…
Urban Forests can aid in the reduction of the heat island impact by shading concrete from the sun and stopping…
Trees and vegetation are most useful as a mitigation strategy when planted in strategic locations around buildings or to shade…
Cities are almost always hotter than the surrounding rural area but global warming takes that heat and makes it worse.…