Green Infrastructure and Health Guide
Willamette Partnership and Oregon Public Health Institute built the “Green Infrastructure and Health Guide” for the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange…
What About the Trees? Trees as Nature-Based “Shade Sails”
Summarizes how exposure to nature improves health and well-being for people of all ages. Co-author Dr. Robert Zarr is founder…
Greening in the Red Zone
Greening in the Red Zone asserts that creation and access to green spaces confers resilience and recovery in systems disrupted…
Value of US Urban Tree Cover: Mitigate Heat Island Effect, Conserve Energy
High air temperatures are a public health threat,causing 1300 deaths annually in the United States(US) along with heat-related morbidity and…
Feeling down? Head to the park.
That may not be the exact prescription of your doctor, but a first-of-its-kind study shows that visitors to urban parks…
Urban Trees, Air Quality and Asthma: An Interdisciplinary Review
A must read for those interested in trees and public health! This rigorous review of studies from around the world…
A Dose-Response Curve Describing the Relationship Between Urban Tree Cover Density and Self-Reported Stress Recovery
Although it is well established that viewing nature can help individuals recover from a stressful experience, the dose-response curve describing…
Social Life Under Cover: Tree Canopy and Social Capital in Baltimore, Maryland
To what extent does the density of the tree cover in a city relate to the amount of social capital…
Impacts of views to school landscapes on recovery from stress and mental fatigue
Previous research has demonstrated positive associations between the greenness of high school landscapes and school-wide academic performance. We do not…
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…
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…
Living in a greener neighborhood could lower risk of premature death
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick used census and tax data to track 1.3 million non-immigrant Canadian adults living…
EPA’s EnviroAtlas Explores How Ecosystem Services Mitigate Natural Disasters
This multi-purpose mapping tool describes how good management of local ecosystems can reduce the impact of flooding, hurricanes, extreme heat…
Reducing Heat Island Effect: Tree Canopy Twice as Effective as Other Strategies
The City of Dallas covers 396 square miles; it’s the ninth largest in the United States. But it’s also one…
Can Urban Forestry Help Trim Medical Costs
Researchers from the University of Illinois and Kaiser Permanente are comparing medical records from people who live in neighborhoods with…
Poor Air Quality Disproportionately Impacts Urban Areas
According to the latest urban air quality database, 98% of cities in low- and middle income countries with more than…
Air Pollution Removal and Urban Vegetation
Integrated studies of tree effects on air pollution reveal that management of urban tree canopy cover could be a viable…
Air Quality and Early Deaths
Combustion emissions adversely impact air quality, leading to premature and preventable deaths
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…
Access to Nature for Older Adults: Promoting Health Through Landscape Design
This study assessed how landscape design influenced outdoor usage at assisted living facilities.
Neighborhood blight, stress, and health: a walking trial of urban greening and ambulatory heart rate
Views of a greened vacant lot decreased heart rate significantly more than views of non-greened vacant lot, or not at…
Trees and Respiratory Health
In a study of nine city neighborhoods, Portland State University scientists found a strong relationship between the presence of urban…
Tree and forest effects on air quality and human health in the United States
Most of the pollution removal impacts of trees occurred in rural areas, while most of the health impacts and values…