Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
nature & Consumer Environments Trees and Transportation Civic Ecology Policy & Planning Urban Forestry and Human Benefits

The research reported in each of the other "Human Dimensions" pages is part of a research program being conducted at the University of Washington. Many of the studies are based on the principles and methods of environmental psychology.

Below are additional scientific products and resources regarding science about the human dimensions of urban forestry and urban greening.
     
 

Additional Topics

    Introduction - What is Urban and Community Forestry?
     
  Urban Nature Benefits: Psycho-Social Dimensions of People and Plants - Fact Sheet 1 (pdf 44 K)
     
  Nature & People Benefits Reading List - Fact Sheet 6 (pdf 80 K)
     
  Using Case Studies in Urban Forestry Education - Fact Sheet 11 (pdf 32 K)
     
  Wolf, K. 2000. Nature and the Arboretum Visitor. Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin, 61, 4, 2-5.
     
  The Benefits of Urban Trees: A Literature Summary. Warwick District Council, UK. 2003. (pdf 10.2 MB)
     
  Wolf, K. L. 2003. Ergonomics of the City: Green Infrastructure and Social Benefits. In C. Kollin (ed.), Engineering Green: Proceedings of the 11th National Urban Forest Conference. Washington D.C.: American Forests. (pdf 260K)
     
  Wolf, K. L. 2003. Introduction to Urban and Community Forestry Programs in the United States. Landscape Planning and Horticulture, 4, 3 19-28 (Japan). (pdf 1.4 M)

 

Other Research Organizations

Other universities, centers and laboratories are doing research on nature, trees and people in cities.

    Center for Urban Forest Research; University of California, Davis: http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/cufr/
     
    Human-Environment Research Laboratory; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign: http://www.herl.uiuc.edu/
     
    Plants for People http://www.plants-for-people.org/
     
    Human Issues in Horticulture http://www.hort.vt.edu/human/human.html

 

General Press and Radio

 

Tree Planting Drive Seeks to Bring a New Urban Cool: Lower Energy Costs Touted as Benefit. Washington Post. September 4, 2006 (link)

 

    
  Trees-A Prospectus. Produced by the National Tree Trust. Spring 2006 (link)

 

    
    National Public Radio series on urban forestry in the United States, Autumn 2005 (link)

 

    
    Lyman, Francesca. Fall 2002. The Geography of Health. Land & People Magazine, The Trust for Public Land. (link)

 

    
    Atkin, Ross. April 16, 2003. Planting Trees. Christian Science Monitor (link)
     
    Mock, Terry. Building a Sustainable Urban Forest. Land Development Today, Vol. 2, Issue 5. (link)

 

Urban and Community Forestry Organizations:

Other organizations have web sites that provide general information about urban and community forestry.

    American Forests: http://www.americanforests.org/
     
    National Arbor Day Foundation http://www.arborday.org/index.html
     
    National Alliance for Community Trees: http://www.actrees.org/
   
    Washington State Urban & Community Forestry: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/wcfc/

 


Information about Dr. Kathleen L. Wolf, Research Director

    E-mail: kwolf@u.washington.edu

 

    
    Curriculum Vitae (link)

 

    
  Interview at Clemson University, South Carolina (link - scroll to June 2, 2005)

 

 
 
 

Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
Nature & Consumer Environments - Trees & Transportation - Civic Ecology
Policy & Planning - Urban Forestry & Human Benefits

updated September 2006