Improving Environmental and Human Health with Community Trees and Forests provides the latest and most comprehensive information on community forests globally, how these trees improve human health and well-being, the value of community trees, and what local land managers, from the lot to regional scale, could do to improve the benefits provided by community trees. It offers a complete understanding of the benefits and costs associated with trees in cities and how these benefits occur. This book facilitates the creation of sustainable community forests that provide optimal benefits to individuals and society.
It takes a systems approach, focusing on the forest population rather than the individual tree, and providing information on the best tree species and designs to produce optimal effects. The book is divided into three major sections: The Basics, Urban Forest Benefits, and Improving the Urban Environment with Trees. It covers how cities affect our local environment, the monetary value of trees, and specific steps that land managers should follow to manage and improve their local tree and forest population. This comprehensive resource is valuable for city forest and park managers, policy makers, regional managers, and non-profit groups.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover Image - p. i 3. Title Page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. About the author - p. xvii 8. Preface - p. xix 9. Acknowledgments - p. xxiii 10. Part 1: The basics - p. P1 11. Chapter 1 The urban and community environment - p. 3 12. Chapter 2 The urban forest resource - p. 19 13. Abstract - p. 19 14. 2.1 Trees - p. 19 15. 2.2 Urban forest structure - p. 20 16. 2.3 Disparities in urban tree cover/tree cover equity - p. 125 17. 2.4 Summary points - p. 132 18. References - p. 133 19. Chapter 3 The changing urban forest - p. 147 20. Chapter 4 Sustaining community forests - p. 205 21. Chapter 5 The tree—Basic functions and attributes - p. 247 22. Part 2: Urban forest benefits - p. P2 23. Chapter 6 TREES: Totally Remarkable Environmental Engineering Solutions - p. 267 24. Chapter 7 Valuing forests - p. 281 25. Chapter 8 Air temperature reduction and local meteorological impacts - p. 313 26. Chapter 9 Building energy conservation - p. 347 27. Chapter 10 Social/psychological/physiological impacts - p. 373 28. Chapter 11 Air quality - p. 413 29. Chapter 12 Water quality - p. 491 30. Chapter 13 Climate change - p. 533 31. Chapter 14 Ultraviolet radiation reduction - p. 577 32. Chapter 15 Noise reduction - p. 593 33. Chapter 16 Forest products - p. 613 34. Chapter 17 Wildlife - p. 643 35. Chapter 18 Oxygen production and other benefits - p. 669 36. Chapter 19 Combining multiple benefits: Tradeoffs and synergies - p. 685 37. Part 3: Improving the urban environment with trees - p. P3 38. Chapter 20 Assessing and monitoring your urban forest resource and values - p. 697 39. Chapter 21 Developing management plans - p. 749 40. Appendix 1 Plant species common and scientific names - p. 775 41. Appendix 2 Methods for analyses - p. 799 42. Appendix 3 Species ecosystem service values and rankings - p. 821 43. Appendix 4 Leaf-on shading coefficients - p. 849 44. Appendix 5 Species air pollution removal and ranking - p. 857 45. Appendix 6 Wildlife species common and scientific names - p. 889 46. Appendix 7 Species rankings of cumulative and net present value - p. 895 47. Glossary - p. 911 48. Index - p. 917
Improving Environmental and Human Health with Community Trees and Forests provides the latest and most comprehensive information on community forests globally, how these trees improve human health and well-being, the value of community trees, and what local land managers, from the lot to regional scale, could do to improve the benefits provided by community trees. It offers a complete understanding of the benefits and costs associated with trees in cities and how these benefits occur. This book facilitates the creation of sustainable community forests that provide optimal benefits to individuals and society.
It takes a systems approach, focusing on the forest population rather than the individual tree, and providing information on the best tree species and designs to produce optimal effects. The book is divided into three major sections: The Basics, Urban Forest Benefits, and Improving the Urban Environment with Trees. It covers how cities affect our local environment, the monetary value of trees, and specific steps that land managers should follow to manage and improve their local tree and forest population. This comprehensive resource is valuable for city forest and park managers, policy makers, regional managers, and non-profit groups.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover Image - p. i 3. Title Page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. About the author - p. xvii 8. Preface - p. xix 9. Acknowledgments - p. xxiii 10. Part 1: The basics - p. P1 11. Chapter 1 The urban and community environment - p. 3 12. Chapter 2 The urban forest resource - p. 19 13. Abstract - p. 19 14. 2.1 Trees - p. 19 15. 2.2 Urban forest structure - p. 20 16. 2.3 Disparities in urban tree cover/tree cover equity - p. 125 17. 2.4 Summary points - p. 132 18. References - p. 133 19. Chapter 3 The changing urban forest - p. 147 20. Chapter 4 Sustaining community forests - p. 205 21. Chapter 5 The tree—Basic functions and attributes - p. 247 22. Part 2: Urban forest benefits - p. P2 23. Chapter 6 TREES: Totally Remarkable Environmental Engineering Solutions - p. 267 24. Chapter 7 Valuing forests - p. 281 25. Chapter 8 Air temperature reduction and local meteorological impacts - p. 313 26. Chapter 9 Building energy conservation - p. 347 27. Chapter 10 Social/psychological/physiological impacts - p. 373 28. Chapter 11 Air quality - p. 413 29. Chapter 12 Water quality - p. 491 30. Chapter 13 Climate change - p. 533 31. Chapter 14 Ultraviolet radiation reduction - p. 577 32. Chapter 15 Noise reduction - p. 593 33. Chapter 16 Forest products - p. 613 34. Chapter 17 Wildlife - p. 643 35. Chapter 18 Oxygen production and other benefits - p. 669 36. Chapter 19 Combining multiple benefits: Tradeoffs and synergies - p. 685 37. Part 3: Improving the urban environment with trees - p. P3 38. Chapter 20 Assessing and monitoring your urban forest resource and values - p. 697 39. Chapter 21 Developing management plans - p. 749 40. Appendix 1 Plant species common and scientific names - p. 775 41. Appendix 2 Methods for analyses - p. 799 42. Appendix 3 Species ecosystem service values and rankings - p. 821 43. Appendix 4 Leaf-on shading coefficients - p. 849 44. Appendix 5 Species air pollution removal and ranking - p. 857 45. Appendix 6 Wildlife species common and scientific names - p. 889 46. Appendix 7 Species rankings of cumulative and net present value - p. 895 47. Glossary - p. 911 48. Index - p. 917
