Stormwater Management with Urban Trees and Structural Soils
Virginia Tech, Cornell University, and the University of California at Davis have produced new stormwater management technology for paved areas that relies on urban trees. The manual, presentation, research results and design guidelines are available at this site. Research supported by the USDA Forest Service under the advisement of NUCFAC.
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Center for Urban Forest Research
USDA, Pacific Southwest Research Station. A wealth of information on: benefit-cost analyses, energy and carbon dioxide reduction, air quality and parking lot shade, urban watershed Protection, urban forest inventory and monitoring, green infrastructure, and sustainable urban ecosystems. [1577]
Houston Regional Forest
This report provides detailed information on the structure, functions, and values of Houston’s regional forest. The report is the major output of Houston’s Regional Forest project, a collaboration of government researchers and local planners, policy makers, and managers to analyze the region’s tree cover using field research and computer modeling. [2593]
Ground Work: Investigating the Need for Nature in the City
By Mark Hudson, Evergreen. This report examines the environmental, social and economic costs and benefits associated with integrating nature into the urban environment. It provides an overview of existing research undertaken on this subject, in Canada and around the world. It also includes a comprehensive annotated bibliography profiling a selection of the leading related publications. [1959]
Human Dimension of Urban and Community Forestry
An excellent collection of fact sheets/research summaries exploring the urban forestry-human connection. Presented by Kathleen L. Wolf, Ph.D., Center for Urban Horticulture, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington
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Human-Environment Research Laboratory
Frances Kuo and William Sullivan founded the Human-Environment Research Laboratory (HERL) to study the relationship between people and the physical environment. This site contains both summaries and technical papers detailing their groundbreaking research in this area. [1956]
USDA Forest Service - Northeastern Research Station
The urban forest research unit of the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station, established in 1978, investigates the effects of urban forests and their management on human health and environmental quality. Their webpage provides hands-on resources for researchers, forest and city managers to better evaluate and manage their urban forests, and serves as a national urban forest database. [2223]
USDA Forest Service Northeast Center for Urban & Community Forestry
The Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry is a cooperative partnership among the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, and the seven states of New England and New York. The Center responds to Urban and Community Forestry needs, facilitates and supports new and existing research, and coordinates the exchange of information among the states in the region in order to contribute to healthy and sustainable communities. [2147]
USDA Forest Service, Southern Center for Urban Forestry Research & Information
The southern center provides research and technology transfer assistance to state U&CF coordinators, urban forestry professionals, non-profits, and individuals in the USDA Forest Service southern region. [2567]
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
Links to the technical publications of the PSW including research papers and symposium proceedings. [1952]
A Citizen’s Guide to Phytoremediation
A guide to phytoremediation by the US EPA which describes the application of this tool and discusses current research on this topic. [1999]
Cornell University Urban Horticulture Institute
Research and outreach on establishing landscapes and trees in difficult sites.
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Creating A Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built Environment on Public Health
J. Jackson, MD, MPH & Chris Kochtitzky, MSP;
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse Monograph Series [1957]
GIS analysis of urban schoolyard landcover in three U.S. cities
To understand the structure of the landcover on city
schoolyards, this study used Geographic Information System software to classify and
compare landcover on 258 U.S. public elementary and middle schools in Baltimore, MD,
Boston, MA, and Detroit, MI. [2881]
Green Infrastructure Definitions
Prepared by for the Metro-Ecosystem Study by Swati Sheladia, EPA Office of Sustainable Ecosystems & Communities, Washington, DC 1998 (pdf file)
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Green Infrastructure: A Strategic Approach for Land Conservation
Excerpted from a paper by Dr. Mark A. Benedict, The Conservation Fund. [1960]
Interface South - Human Influences on Forest Ecosystems
Interface South was developed by the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station and Southern Region to heighten awareness of wildland-urban interface issues. The site contains an excellent literature database, brochures and other resources. [1954]
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
A non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists. [1127]
MICROSOFT SCIENTIST HIGHLIGHTS URGENT NEED FOR NEW COMPUTER MODELS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
Two papers published in the journal Science today* by Microsoft Research ecologist Drew Purves together with research colleagues at Princeton University and universities in Madrid, Spain, highlight how an improved understanding of forest dynamics is needed to better predict environmental change. [2885]
NASA, Air Resources Board To Examine California Air Quality
NASA and scientists from the California Air Resources Board, (CARB) are conducting a series of research flights this month that are examining the atmosphere over the state to better understand the chemical dynamics of smog and greenhouse gases.
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Plants for People
This informative site provides summaries, abstracts and research papers about the benefits of plants to the human environment. [1958]
Retail and Urban Nature: Creating a Consumer Habitat
This paper discusses the relationship of trees and consumer response. Specifically, the role of the urban forest in creating the connective habitat of a pedestrian-oriented retail district. Results show that consumer response is positively associated with streetscape greening on all of these evaluative and behavioral dimensions. Kathleen L. Wolf, Ph.D., Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington. [2036]
Urban Sprawl: the Big Picture
This page, provided by NASA, describes how earth-orbiting satellites are collecting valuable data that reveal the environmental impact of fast-growing cities. [2118]
Valuation of Tree Aesthetics on Small Urban-Interface Properties
A Model was developed to predict the value contribution of forest condition on small urban-wildland interface properties. Values for the forest density and health characteristics were estimated and reveal a contribution to property value between 5% and 20%. [2137]
Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
Conducts research projects in orchard culture, pest control, fruit harvesting and handling, fruit maturity, storage, grading and packaging. These programs also include basic science aspects of plant physiology, entomology, plant pathology, soil science, h [1317]
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