Community Stories: Explaining Resistance to Street Tree-Planting Programs in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Between 2011-2014, 24 percent of residents offered a street tree in Detroit, Michigan, USA submitted a “no-tree request.” Differing views…
The Effects of Historical Housing Policies on Resident Exposure to Intra-Urban Heat: A Study of 108 US Urban Areas
Through a spatial analysis of 108 urban areas in the United States, we ask two questions: (1) how do historically…
Growing Tree Canopy through Environmental Justice Project
The 3-year Growing Tree Canopy through Environmental Justice project focused on delivering in-depth community engagement with tree canopy in the…
Relationship Between Urban Greening Projects and Social/Ecological Characteristics
This paper utilizes public records, administrative data, a geodemographic market segmentation database, and high-resolution land cover data to assess where…
Influence of Tree Planting Program Characteristics on Environmental Justice Outcomes
Urban tree benefits are largely spatially-dependent, so this disparity has a disproportionate impact on these communities, which are additionally subject…
Addressing Environmental Injustice Through Urban Forests
The findings suggest that urban forestry does have the ability to redistribute the environmental, economic, and psychosocial benefits of tree…
Trees Grow on Money: Urban Forests Signal Environmental Injustice
Across all cities there is a strong positive correlation between urban tree canopy cover and median household income.
Urban Forests Aid in Mitigating Environmental Injustice
The social, environmental, and economic benefits of urban trees can mitigate many negative aspects of the built environment. As such,…