Case Study
Providence Neighborhood Planting Program’s 2022 planting program aimed to foster community leadership without burdening neighbors with the responsibility of tree…
Guides
The Nature’s Impact on Human Health Guide is a resource primarily intended for practitioners and community leaders seeking to evaluate…
White Paper
This project documents the contribution of urban tree systems to stormwater nutrient and volume control in terms of their effectiveness at…
Methods, Summary
This report provides details about the underlying methods and calculations of these tools, as well their potential limitations. Also discussed…
Research Paper
USFS Research greenspace health impact assessment estimating the annual premature mortality burden for adult residents associated with projected changes in…
Research Paper
Quantified heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, caused by the urban heat island (UHI) and explored factors that…
Research Paper
The authors systematically reviewed and analyzed more than 9,200 studies conducted worldwide. The meta-analysis found evidence that surrounding greenness reduced…
White Paper
Willamette Partnership and Oregon Public Health Institute built the “Green Infrastructure and Health Guide” for the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange…
Research Paper
Greening in the Red Zone asserts that creation and access to green spaces confers resilience and recovery in systems disrupted…
White Paper
Summarizes how exposure to nature improves health and well-being for people of all ages. Co-author Dr. Robert Zarr is founder…
Research Paper
High air temperatures are a public health threat,causing 1300 deaths annually in the United States(US) along with heat-related morbidity and…
Research Paper
That may not be the exact prescription of your doctor, but a first-of-its-kind study shows that visitors to urban parks…
Research Paper
A must read for those interested in trees and public health! This rigorous review of studies from around the world…
Research Paper
Although it is well established that viewing nature can help individuals recover from a stressful experience, the dose-response curve describing…
Research Paper
To what extent does the density of the tree cover in a city relate to the amount of social capital…
Research Paper
Previous research has demonstrated positive associations between the greenness of high school landscapes and school-wide academic performance. We do not…
Research Paper
A rigorous study of green space and heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City suggests that every 1-square kilometer increase in…
Research Paper
Howard Frumkin, noted physician and public health leader, published this early compendium of the health impacts of built and natural…
Research Paper
A landmark study in 1984 studies the length of hospital stays among patients who received the same type of surgery…
Cobenefits
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick used census and tax data to track 1.3 million non-immigrant Canadian adults living…
Methods
This multi-purpose mapping tool describes how good management of local ecosystems can reduce the impact of flooding, hurricanes, extreme heat…
Research Paper
The City of Dallas covers 396 square miles; it’s the ninth largest in the United States. But it’s also one…
Research Paper
This report focuses on an area that has received a lot of attention recently, the links between trees and public…
Research Paper
Integrated studies of tree effects on air pollution reveal that management of urban tree canopy cover could be a viable…