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CENTER OF URBAN FOREST RESEARCH
Pacific Southwest Research Station
http://cufr.ucdavis.edu/

FACT SHEETS

• #1 - Benefits of the Urban Forest
• #5 - Preparing for a Budget Cut

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CENTER FOR URBAN HORTICULTURE
COLLEGE OF FOREST RESOURCES, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening http://www.cfr.washington.edu/research.envmind/

FACT SHEETS

• #1 Urban Nature Benefits: Psycho-Social Dimensions of People and Plants
• #5 Trees in Business Districts: Positive Effects on Consumer Behavior!
• #6 Nature & People Benefits Reading List
• #7 Transportation Studies: Social Science Approaches and Contributions
• #8 The Calming Effect of Green: Roadside Landscape and Driver Stress
• #10 Community Image: Roadside Settings and Public Perceptions
• #11 Using Case Studies in Urban Forestry Education
• #12 Visitor Preferences for Trees in Streetscapes: Nature and Commerce in Athens, GA
• #13 Research on Business Visitors’ Behavior: Trees and Commerce in Athens, GA
• Nonpoint Source Pollution: Landowner Psychology and Action
• Nonpoint Source Pollution: Learning Methods and Their Effectiveness
• #14 Research About Youth Benefits From Nature and Forest Experiences
• #15 Trees, Parking & Green Law: Legal Tools and Strategies for Sustainability
• #16 Trees in Small City Business Districts: Comparing Resident & Visitor Response
• # 17 Trees on Main Street : Influences on Retail and Shopping Behavior

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PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

• The Benefits of Urban Trees: A Literature Summary. Warwick District Council, UK 2003
  (10.2 MB)
• The View from the Road: The Urban Forest and Our Freeways. In TreeLink, Newsletter of Washington Department of Natural Resources Community Forestry Program, No. 18,
  Summer 2001 (1.1 MB)

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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

• Trees and Business District Preferences: A Case Study of Athens, Georgia
• Public Value of Nature: Economics of Urban Trees, Parks and Open Space
• Youth and Mental Health: Work Projects in Urban Green Space
• Ergonomics of the City: Green Infrastructure and Social Benefits
• Introduction to Urban and Community Forestry Programs in the United States. Landscape
  Planning and Horticulture (1.4 MB)
• Retail and Urban Nature: Creating a Consumer Habitat
• Public Response to the Urban Forest in Inner-City Business Districts
• Freeway Roadside Management: The Urban Forest Beyond the White Line
• Human Dimensions of the Urban Forest in Small City Business Settings
• Messages That Stick: Sharing Information with Decision-Makers
• Community Action and Urban Forestry in Business Districts (1.2 MB)
• Psycho-Social Dynamics of the Urban Forest in Business Districts (2.8 MB)