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title: "Benefits of Natural Areas"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Benefits of Urban Natural Areas

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 Change
* [Climate Change and Urban Nature: Opportunities, Solutions, and Risks](/v1/docs/climate-change-and-urban-nature)

Carbon Storage
* [Carbon Accounting for New York City's Natural Area Forests](/v1/docs/carbon-accounting-for-new-york-city-natural-area-forests)
* [Aggregated Methods for Calculating Tree Carbon Stock and Sequestration Rate, and Soil Carbon Stock from Field Collected Fixed Radius Plot Data](/v1/docs/carbon-budget-calculation-methods)

Flood Reduction
* [Reducing Runoff: The Role of Urban Natural Areas in Stormwater Management](/v1/docs/reducing-runoff-stormwater)
* [Ecological Benefits of Creating Stormwater Wetlands and Woodlands in Philadelphia, PA](/v1/docs/philadelphia-benefits-wetlands-forests)
* [City of Snoqualmie Natural Infrastructure Assessment](/v1/docs/snoqualmie-natural-infrastructure-assessment)

Cooling
* [Cooling Cities: Harnessing Natural Areas to Combat Urban Heat](/v1/docs/cooling-study-fic)
* [Cooling Study Methods](/v1/docs/cooling-study-methods)

Human Health
* [Urban Forests for Human Health: A Summary](/v1/docs/urban-forests-human-health-summary)
* [The Scientific Benefit of Trees for People: A Literature Review](/v1/docs/scientific-benefit-trees-people-literature-review)