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 Parks Play a Key Role in Curbing Inequity and Climate Impacts
Leaders in many major US cities are approaching climate risk and social equity issues by rethinking public parks, guided by…
Low Income Urban Forestry Program in Tucson, Arizona, USA
Tucson, Arizona is experiencing increased temperatures and changing precipitation patterns caused by the combustion of greenhouse gases. Planting drought-tolerant trees…
Arbor Day Foundation and Bank of America Drive Local Climate Resiliency Initiatives
Community Resiliency Grant Program Promotes Equity and Sustainable Cities With Tree Planting in High-Need Urban Communities
Rhode Island Tree Equity Funding, Financing and Policy Guide
This guide provides information on making the case for trees, nationally utilized urban forestry funding and policy mechanisms, as well…
Providence, RI: Climate & Health Adaptation on a Neighborhood Scale
As public and private urban forest managers work in partnership to build a more equitable and robust urban forest, the Providence…
The first step to bridging the urban ‘canopy gap’? Counting and mapping trees
Trees bring enormous benefits to the communities where they grow. However, these benefits are not equitably distributed among communities. Instead,…
Growing Tree Canopy through Environmental Justice Project
The 3-year Growing Tree Canopy through Environmental Justice project focused on delivering in-depth community engagement with tree canopy in the…
Low Income Urban Forestry Program in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is located in the Sonoran Desert, 117 km north of the US-Mexico border. The borderland region is an area…
Impact of Abandoned Housing on Cities
This thoughtful and data-rich paper explores the issue of endemic long-term vacancies on urban neighborhoods and describes some of the…
Reclaiming Lumber from Wood Waste
An early and incisive analysis of rethinking how communities approach the issue of wood waste: lose it [in landfills] or…
Quantified Ventures: The Business Case for Using Local, Fresh-Cut Wood
This report explores the viability of investing in an urban wood processing center in the city of Baltimore. While the…
Metrics for Inclusive and Sustainable Cities
Yale University’s Samuel Center for Social Connectiveness has developed a comprehensive set of metrics by which cities can measure both…
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.…
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 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 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…
Landscape, vegetation characteristics, and group identity in an urban and suburban watershed
As highly managed ecosystems, urban areas should reflect the social characteristics of their managers, who are primarily residents. Since landscape…
Promoting Equity in Neighborhood Transformation
Though focused on health, the strategies and approaches suggested would apply to any type of neighborhood engagement. Panelists included both…
Urban Forests Aid in Mitigating Environmental Injustice
The social, environmental, and economic benefits of urban trees can mitigate many negative aspects of the built environment. As such,…
Community-Developed Plan for Greening Inglewood
TreePeople and SJLI proposed developing a Greening Plan that could serve both communities. They committed to a non-traditional planning process designed to…
Emerald Necklace Green Future Planned for LA
Comprehensive plan to expand green space and access throughout the LA metropolitan area. Focuses on creating healthy places for all…
Views of nature and self-discipline: Evidence from inner-city children
Findings from this study suggest that, for girls, green space immediately outside the home can help them lead more effective, self-disciplined…
Austin Tree Map (Planting Prioritization)
Austin developed a tree-planting priority analysis and map for identifying where trees should be planted on public land.
Municipal Sustainability Plan in Philadelphia
The Greenworks initiative, begun in 2009, set a new vision and ambitious goals in 2016.