Providence Neighborhood Planting Program’s 2022 planting program aimed to foster community leadership without burdening neighbors with the responsibility of tree…
The Nature’s Impact on Human Health Guide is a resource primarily intended for practitioners and community leaders seeking to evaluate…
This project documents the contribution of urban tree systems to stormwater nutrient and volume control in terms of their effectiveness at…
This report provides details about the underlying methods and calculations of these tools, as well their potential limitations. Also discussed…
USFS Research greenspace health impact assessment estimating the annual premature mortality burden for adult residents associated with projected changes in…
Quantified heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, caused by the urban heat island (UHI) and explored factors that…
A team of scientists, including researchers at the USDA Philadelphia Field Station, projected the impact on mortality if Philadelphia reaches…
The authors systematically reviewed and analyzed more than 9,200 studies conducted worldwide. The meta-analysis found evidence that surrounding greenness reduced…
Willamette Partnership and Oregon Public Health Institute built the “Green Infrastructure and Health Guide” for the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange…
Greening in the Red Zone asserts that creation and access to green spaces confers resilience and recovery in systems disrupted…
Summarizes how exposure to nature improves health and well-being for people of all ages. Co-author Dr. Robert Zarr is founder…
High air temperatures are a public health threat,causing 1300 deaths annually in the United States(US) along with heat-related morbidity and…
That may not be the exact prescription of your doctor, but a first-of-its-kind study shows that visitors to urban parks…
A must read for those interested in trees and public health! This rigorous review of studies from around the world…
Although it is well established that viewing nature can help individuals recover from a stressful experience, the dose-response curve describing…
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…
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…
A landmark study in 1984 studies the length of hospital stays among patients who received the same type of surgery…
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick used census and tax data to track 1.3 million non-immigrant Canadian adults living…
This multi-purpose mapping tool describes how good management of local ecosystems can reduce the impact of flooding, hurricanes, extreme heat…
The City of Dallas covers 396 square miles; it’s the ninth largest in the United States. But it’s also one…
This report focuses on an area that has received a lot of attention recently, the links between trees and public…
Integrated studies of tree effects on air pollution reveal that management of urban tree canopy cover could be a viable…