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Urban Ecological Analysis Expanding the Economic Cost/Benefits Model to Include Air, Water, and Energy
The Urban Ecosystem Analysis (UEA) process established in "Economic Benefits and Costs of the Urban Forest In Low Income and Non-Low Income Communities" was expanded to analyze the benefits of trees for improving air quality, specifically calculating carbon storage and carbon sequestration. This project analyzed the air quality benefits of trees in three cities: Austin, Baltimore, and Milwaukee and calculated its economic value.
Air quality benefits can be added to the other ecological benefits - slowing stormwater runoff and conserving summer residential energy use, established in Phase I, to give local decision makers information they need to make decisions about growth, development, and the care of their city's urban natural resources. On the recommendation of the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program awarded a 135,000 grant toward the $270,000 project. For further information, contact Cheryl Kollin, Director, Urban Forest Center, American Forests, P.O. Box 2000, Washington DC 20013. Phone: (202) 737-1944, ext. 221. E-mail: ckollin@amfor.org. American Forests web page can be found at http://www.amfor.org. Look under Trees, Cities, and Sprawl.
1995 Costs and Benefits of Urban Forests Project
Keywords: Costs and Benefits of Urban Forests Projects
