Articles & Reports | Fact Sheets | Web sites
Articles & Reports
- A Technical Guide to Urban and Community Forestry, United States Forest Service.
- An Introductory Guide to Urban and Community Forestry Programs. (October 1993). United States Forest Service Forestry Report R8-FR 16.
- Coder, R. (October 1996). Identified Benefits of Community Trees and Forests, University of Georgia.
- Kuo, F. (May 2003). The Role of Arboriculture in a Healthy Social Ecology. Journal of Arboriculture, 29:3, 148-155.
- Kuo, F. (January 2001). Coping with Poverty: Impacts of Environment and Attention in the Inner City. Environment and Behavior, 33:1, 5-34.
- Kuo, F.E. & Sullivan, W.C. (2001). Aggression and Violence in the Inner City: Impacts of Environment Via Mental Fatigue. Environment and Behavior, 33:4, 543-571.
- Kuo, F.E., Sullivan, W.C., Coley, R.I. & Brunson, L. (1998). Fertile Ground for Community: Inner-City Neighborhood Common Spaces. American Journal of Community Psychology, 26:6, 823-851.
- The Forest Resources of Nebraska. (August 1998). United States Forest Service Research Paper NC-332.
- Wolf, K. (2004). Public Value of Nature: Economics of Urban Trees, Parks and Open Space in Miller, D. & Wise, J. (Eds.) Design with Spirit: Proceedings of the 35 th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association. Edmond, Oklahoma .
- Wolf, K. (July 2001). Tree Investment Brings Cities Many Happy Returns. Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.
Fact Sheets
- Benefits of the Urban Forest, University of California-Davis Center for Urban Forest Research.
- The Calming Effect of Green: Roadside Landscape and Driver Stress, University of Washington College of Forest Resources.
- Girls & Greenery: Views of Green Help Girls Succeed, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Human-Environment Research Laboratory.
- Growing with Green: Business Districts and the Urban Forest, University of Washington College of Forest Resources.
- Nature Experiences: Readings and References on Human Benefits, University of Washington College of Forest Resources.
- Transportation Studies: Social Science Approaches and Contributions, University of Washington College of Forest Resources.
- Trees in Business Districts: Comparing Values of Consumers and Business, University of Washington College of Forest Resources.
- Trees in Business Districts: Positive Effects on Consumer Behavior!, University of Washintgon College of Forest Resources.
- Trees on Main Street: Influences on Retail and Shopping Behavior, University of Washington College of Forest Resources.
- Trees, Parking and Green Law: Legal Tools and Strategies for Sustainabiligy, University of Washington College of Forest Resources.
- Twenty-Nine Reasons For Planting Trees, Tree Link.
- Urban Forest Values: Economic Benefits of Trees in Cities, University of Washington College of Forest Resources.
- Urban Nature Benefits: Psycho-Social Dimensions of People and Plants, University of Washington College of Forest Resources.
- Visitor Preferences for Trees in Streetscapes: Nature and Commerce in Athens, Georgia, University of Washington College of Forest Resources.
Web sites
- American Forests
- Center for Urban Forest Research
- International Society of Arboriculture
- National Arbor Day Foundation
- Nature and Consumer Environments (University of Washington)
- Plant-It 2020!
- Treelink
- Trees are Good
- Urban Forestry Database (University of Minnesota)
- Urban Forestry and Human Benefits (University of Washington)
- Urban Forestry South
- USFS Community Forestry

