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Economic Benefit of Trees
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What is the Value of Trees?
- Benefits of Trees - National Arbor Foundation
- Greenbacks in the Greenery: Never forget the economic value of trees, parks and open spaces, by Catherine Benotto of Weber + Thompson, DJC, April 18, 2002
- Grow for the Gold: Trees in Business Districts, (
676 KB) by Kathleen L. Wolf, Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington. Tree Link, Spring 1999.
- Human Dimensions of the Urban Forest Fact Sheets, Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington November 1998. Research funded by the USDA Forest Service, Project Director Kathy L. Wolf. Reprinted with permission.
- Urban Growth Benefits: Psycho-Social Dimensions of People and Plant, Fact Sheet #1 (
250 KB)
- Growing with Green: Business Districts and the Urban Forest, Fact Sheet #2 ( 267 KB)
- Urban Forest Values: Economic Benefits of Trees in Cities, Fact Sheet #3 ( 229 KB)
- Trees in Business Districts: Comparing Values of Consumers and Business, Fact Sheet #4 ( 320 KB)
- Trees in Business Districts: Positive Effects on Consumer Behavior, Fact Sheet #5 ( 271 KB)
- Urban Growth Benefits: Psycho-Social Dimensions of People and Plant, Fact Sheet #1 (
- Toronto Tree Advocacy Planting Program
- Tree Facts - Friends of Trees
- Value of Trees - A Technical Guide to Urban and Community Forestry, US Forest Service, Saint Paul Field Office - Includes method of inventory and appraisal
Measuring the Value of Trees
- Center for Urban Forest Research, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
- STRATUM - A street tree management and analysis tool for urban forest managers that uses tree inventory data to quantify the dollar value of annual environmental and aesthetic benefits: energy conservation, air quality improvement, CO2 reduction, stormwater control, and property value increase
- Municipal Forest Resource Analysis - List of reports with links
- Regional Ecosystem Analysis (REA) - Process developed by American Forests uses a combination of satellite data, field surveys, CITYgreen software and other Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology