Although it is well established that viewing nature can help individuals recover from a stressful experience, the dose-response curve describing…
The easy availability and widespread use of remotely-sensed imagery, especially Google Earth satellite imagery, makes it simple for urban forestry…
To what extent does the density of the tree cover in a city relate to the amount of social capital…
Previous research has demonstrated positive associations between the greenness of high school landscapes and school-wide academic performance. We do not…
This worksheet was designed to help communities review and revise their development regulations, so that future projects conserve and protect…
Residential lands constitute a major component of existing and possible tree canopy in many cities in the United States. To expand…
Yale University’s Samuel Center for Social Connectiveness has developed a comprehensive set of metrics by which cities can measure both…
Planting more trees in potential tree cover areas could nearly double the benefits provided by the urban forest. In 2016…
This study compared the management practices and ordinances enacted by 43 Florida communities to assess their potential impact on tree…
The City and County of Denver is making green infrastructure a fundamental part of the city’s long-term stormwater management strategy by…
The authors studied living memorials and interviewed volunteers and participants in building out the sites. They concluded that stewardship practices…
The Fire Adapted Community program envisions a collaborative, iterative approach where residents, communities, and governments work to identify and implement…
Yes! If you work at it. This interview with Karen Zumach, Director of Community Forestry at the Tree Trust, St.…
As one of the nation’s most wildfire-prone states, it’s not surprising that California also manages one of the most sophisticated…
Encompassing new content on the treatment of grief, loss, and bereavement, the updated and revised fifth edition of this gold-standard…
A revised stormwater credit guide for the City of Toledo, OH that lists forested buffers as an eligible management practice…
Water infiltration rate was measured at forty tree pits representing the variety of physical conditions commonly seen in New York…
Up-to-date primary source outlining opportunities and barriers to using trees in stormwater management — related to arboricultural, institutional and organizational…
Provides a review of research in NYC looking at infiltration rates of stormwater into tree pit soil having a guard…
Adding trees to private residential properties is critical to accomplishing urban greening goals, such as ambitious tree canopy cover targets.…
Tree canopy in most communities grows on private land. Both public and non-profit organizations have tried multiple strategies to promoting…
This paper is intended to help the stormwater engineering community more easily account for trees in runoff and pollutant load calculations…
This worksheet was designed to help communities review and revise their development regulations, so that future projects conserve and protect valuable…
A rigorous study of green space and heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City suggests that every 1-square kilometer increase in…
Howard Frumkin, noted physician and public health leader, published this early compendium of the health impacts of built and natural…