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…
Urban Tree Pit Design Factors for Stormwater Management Performance
Street trees in the urban environment provide important ecosystem services including stormwater management, reducing pollutant discharges and flooding by lessening surface runoff. Does…
Making Your Community Forest-Friendly: A Worksheet for Review of Municipal Codes and Ordinances
This worksheet was designed to help communities review and revise their development regulations, so that future projects conserve and protect…
A Formula for Smarter Growth: Form Based Codes
Whether your community is attempting to revitalize a neglected downtown, pursuing Complete Streets, or trying to foster better transit-oriented development,…
Gold Level Ordinance Template — Chicago Region
The Gold ordinance includes the same criteria of the Silver ordinance but also provides for regulation of the urban forest on private…
Sample Urban Forest Management Ordinances and Plans for the Chicago Region
Ordinances are the framework for community cooperation and expectation. Tree ordinances are necessary to preserve and protect municipal resources and…
Look Out the Window. See Trees. Shorten Your Hospital Stay.
A landmark study in 1984 studies the length of hospital stays among patients who received the same type of surgery…
The Clark-Matheny Model for Assessing Urban Forestry Programs
The model, now in wide use, applies general principles of sustainability to urban trees and forests. The central tenet of the model…
Urban Nature for Human Health and Well-Being
A comprehensive review of research studies that demonstrate the impact of urban forests and green space on human physical and…
Serving All Needs: Whole Measures in Urban Conservation
Traditionally, conservation practitioners measure success in dollars, acres and biological diversity, and do not often consider factors related to community well-being.…
GreenPrint Resource Hub
The Greenprint Resource Hub is intended to help planners, policymakers, and the public learn about greenprints and how they can…
Whole Measures for Urban Conservation
A metric for incorporating human impacts into conservation strategies
Green Pattern Book
Using Vacant Land to Create Greener Neighborhoods in Baltimore
Determining the Relative Performance Index for Tree Species in Your Community
Calculating Relative Performance Index
Tree Box Filters Promote Neighborhood Revitalization
To rejuvenate an uninhabited parcel adjacent to Hartsfield-Atlanta airport, the City of College Park planned to create a new business…
Casey Trees: Promotes Urban Forestry in the Field, the Conference Table and City Hall
Established in 2002, Casey Trees is an urban forestry nonprofit that connects people to trees and inspires communities to come…
DC’s interactive tree map provides foundation for volunteer action
DC’s Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) is the keeper of Washington DC’s approximately 145,000 street trees and have created this map…
DC Green Build Out Model
The Green Build-out Model is a planning tool that quantifies the cumulative stormwater management benefits of trees and green roofs…
DC Business Improvement District Underwrites Innovative Stormwater Management Installations
Business Improvement Districts are defined areas within which businesses elect to pay a levy – a “self-imposed-tax” – to provide…
DC Creates Public/Private Council to Guide Tree Canopy Growth
The Urban Forestry Advisory Council was created in 2016. The Council—co-chaired by the Department of Energy & Environment and the…
DC’s Green Design Manual for Public Spaces
This comprehensive manual summarizes regulations and specifications for design elements of public spaces. Places high emphasis on multi-benefit planning and…
Sustainability Planning Creates “Space” for Multi-Agency Involvement
To create Washington DC’s first sustainability plan, the Mayor’s Office engaged the departments of planning, energy and environment, and representatives from…
DC enters phase two of resident-driven sustainability plan
For five years, Washington DC has organized plans and policies under a comprehensive sustainability plan. As the city evolves, so…
Urban Forest Strike Teams
Supported by the US Forest Service and the Southern Group of State Foresters, volunteer teams can assist communities after natural…