118. Urban Trees

Trees are more than decoration — they’re living economic assets, with measurable costs and benefits for cities and neighborhoods. Zachary Crockett takes a walk on the shady side of the street.

• SOURCES:• Geoffrey Donovan (ashelmconsulting.com), owner of Ash & Elm Consulting.
• Jana Dilley (linkedin.com/in/jana-dilley-1879534), urban forester for the city of Seattle.
• Kathleen Wolf (larch.be.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/88/20…), social scientist, former researcher at the University of Washington.

• RESOURCES:• "Extreme Heat Is Worse For Low-Income, Nonwhite Americans, A New Study Shows (npr.org/2021/07/14/1015983700/extreme-heat-is-…)," by Deepa Shivaram (NPR, 2021).
• "US Urban Forest Statistics, Values, and Projections (research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/55818)," by David Nowak and Eric Greenfield (Journal of Forestry, 2018).
• "The role of trees in urban stormwater management (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6134866/pdf/n…)," by Adam Berland, Sheri Shiflett, William Shuster, Ahjond Garmestani, Haynes Goddard, Dustin Herrmann, and Matthew Hopton (Landscape and Urban Planning, 2017).
• "Urban trees and the risk of poor birth outcomes (sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S135…)," by Geoffrey Donovan, Yvonne Michael, David Butry, Amy Sullivan, and John Chase (Health & Place, 2011).
• "Calculating the Green in Green: What's an Urban Tree Worth? (itreetools.org/documents/132/PNW_scifi126_Sept…)," by Gail Wells (Science Findings, 2010).
• "The Effect of Trees on Crime in Portland, Oregon (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0013916510383…)," by Geoffrey Donovan and Jeffrey Prestemon (Environment and Behavior, 2010).

• EXTRAS:• i-Tree Tools (itreetools.org).

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