Urban forested natural areas provide numerous benefits including mitigating climate change, storing carbon, and improving human health. This resource page is a compilation of research demonstrating the benefits of urban natural areas:
Climate Mitigation
- Climate Change and Urban Nature: Opportunities, Solutions, and Risks
- Carbon Accounting for New York City's Natural Area Forests
- Aggregated Methods for Calculating Tree Carbon Stock and Sequestration Rate, and Soil Carbon Stock from Field Collected Fixed Radius Plot Data
Climate Adaptation and Resilience
- Reducing Runoff: The Role of Urban Natural Areas in Stormwater Management
- Cooling Cities: Harnessing Natural Areas to Combat Urban Heat
- Cooling Study Methods
- Spatial configuration and time of day impact the magnitude of urban tree canopy cooling
- Ecological Benefits of Creating Stormwater Wetlands and Woodlands in Philadelphia, PA
- City of Snoqualmie Natural Infrastructure Assessment
Health