Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Toolkit
The Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Toolkit is based on three years of collaboration across local, regional and national partners to…
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…
Green Space and Deaths Attributable to the Urban Heat Island Effect in Ho Chi Minh City
Quantified heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, caused by the urban heat island (UHI) and explored factors that…
The Effects of Historical Housing Policies on Resident Exposure to Intra-Urban Heat: A Study of 108 US Urban Areas
Through a spatial analysis of 108 urban areas in the United States, we ask two questions: (1) how do historically…
Heat Wave Action Guide for Cities
Heatwaves are deadly and their impacts are on the rise globally due to climate change. In the US alone, some…
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…
Where the people are: Current trends and targeted investment opportunities to mitigate pollution and heat island effects
Urban trees reduce particulate matter (PM10) concentrations and maximum daytime summer temperatures. While most cities are losing tree cover, some…
The Value of US Urban Tree Cover for Reducing Heat-Related Health Impacts and Electricity Consumption
High air temperatures are a public health threat, causing 1300 deaths annually in the United States (US) along with heat-related…
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…
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…
Effects of Tree Shading
Several studies investigated the impact of urban forests on city micro-climate. Evapotranspiration, alone or in combination with shading, can help…
Urban Canopy and Heat Islands
Urban Forests can aid in the reduction of the heat island impact by shading concrete from the sun and stopping…
Using Urban Forests to Reduce Heat Islands
Trees and vegetation are most useful as a mitigation strategy when planted in strategic locations around buildings or to shade…
How Expanding Urban Heat Islands are Dangerous
Cities are almost always hotter than the surrounding rural area but global warming takes that heat and makes it worse.…