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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