Skip to Main Content
U.S. Forest Service
Caring for the land and serving people

United States Department of Agriculture

Home > Search > Publication Information

  1. Including public-health benefits of trees in urban-forestry decision making

    Share via EmailShare on FacebookShare on LinkedInShare on Twitter
    Dislike this pubLike this pub
    Author(s): Geoffrey H. Donovan
    Date: 2017
    Source: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 22: 120-123
    Publication Series: Scientific Journal (JRNL)
    Station: Pacific Northwest Research Station
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2017.02.010
    PDF: Download Publication  (951.0 KB)

    Description

    Research demonstrating the biophysical benefits of urban trees are often used to justify investments in urban forestry. Far less emphasis, however, is placed on the non-bio-physical benefits such as improvements in public health. Indeed, the public-health benefits of trees may be significantly larger than the biophysical benefits, and, therefore, failure to account for the public-health benefits of trees may lead to underinvestment in urban forestry. In addition, the distribution of trees that maximizes bio-physical benefits may not maximize public-health benefits.

    Publication Notes

    • Visit PNW's Publication Request Page to request a hard copy of this publication.
    • We recommend that you also print this page and attach it to the printout of the article, to retain the full citation information.
    • This article was written and prepared by U.S. Government employees on official time, and is therefore in the public domain.

    Citation

    Donovan, Geoffrey H. 2017.Including public-health benefits of trees in urban-forestry decision making. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 22: 120-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2017.02.010.

    Cited

    Google Scholar

    Keywords

    Crime, energy conservation, green infrastructure, storm water

    Related Search

      XML: View XML
    Show More
    Show Fewer
    Jump to Top of Page
    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/54155?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=44444444-4444-4444-4444-444444444444