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…
To rejuvenate an uninhabited parcel adjacent to Hartsfield-Atlanta airport, the City of College Park planned to create a new business…
American cities spend less than a third of a percent of municipal budgets on tree planting and maintenance, and as…
A dynamic video connecting the overall value of trees, both tangible and intangible, to the complexities of urban forest management in…
Trees positively affect judgments of visual quality but, more significantly, may influence other consumer responses and behaviors. Survey respondents from…
This study investigates the effect of trees and landscaping on office rental rates, based on a comparison of 85 office…
Urban shade trees offer significant benefits in reducing building air-conditioning demand and improving urban air quality by reducing smog. The…
Trees in cities are not grown and managed for products that can be bought and sold on markets, but they…
There’s a growing interest across the nation in using downed urban trees as a source of material for urban wood…
Metropolitan areas like Minneapolis-St. Paul have strong markets for biomass and landscape mulch. This contributes to the a growing fallen…
Sustainable communities use land and infrastructure resources efficiently. These kinds of decisions should focus on multi-benefit solutions that include urban…
The nursery and greenhouse production sector has significant impacts the Florida’s economy. Total employment impacts of the environmental horticulture industry…
Plant growers and retailers reported total annual sales of nearly $4 billion, and total employment of 38,657 fulltime and part-time or…
The number of nursery and greenhouse farms has increased and grower cash receipts from nursery and greenhouse sales have grown…
Better access to views consistently predicted better workplace performance in due to daylight levels and ventilation, showing that indoor environmental…
Scientific understanding of how urban trees, forests and green space benefit people has expanded substantially in recent years to include…
The presence of larger trees in yards and as street trees can add from 3% to 15% to home values…
Tree removal on property developments can cost up to $1,000 per tree, but keeping trees on developing property can raise land value by…
This study suggests that existing regulations on forested real estate provide some potential cost benefits to the development of mixed-use residential housing…
The existence of large parks increases the value of properties that are located within close proximity in Pittsburgh. More specifically,…
In East Portland, the average tree count and average nearby tree canopy adds roughly $8,870 to the value of the…
For developers and builders, managing the impact of stormwater is a given: the law requires it. But increasingly, they’ve ceased…
Trees grow property values, but only up to a point. This meta-analysis suggests that property-level tree cover at about 30%,…
Philadelphia, long considered a pioneer in green infrastructure and water, maintains a web site that describes their plan, connects to…
Summary of the EPA publication listed above: Case Studies Analyzing the Economic Benefits of Low Impact Development and Green Infrastructure…
Assessment includes aerial photography and remote imagery, relationship between tree canopy to socio-demographic and economic data, location of areas of…