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Improving Environmental and Human Health with Community Trees and Forests
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2025
- Author: David Nowak
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 2 9 1 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 2 9 1 3 - 5
Improving Environmental and Human Health with Community Trees and Forests provides the latest and most comprehensive information on community forests globally, how these trees… Read more
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Request a sales quoteImproving Environmental and Human Health with Community Trees and Forests provides the latest and most comprehensive information on community forests globally, how these trees improve human health and well-being, the value of community trees, and what local land managers, from the lot to regional scale, could do to improve the benefits provided by community trees. It offers a complete understanding of the benefits and costs associated with trees in cities and how these benefits occur. It will summarize, in simple terms, what we know about urban trees and forests, and how decision-makers can improve their local environment using trees. This book facilitates the creation of sustainable community forests that provide optimal benefits to individuals and society. It takes a systems approach, focusing on the forest population rather than the individual tree, and providing information on the best tree species and designs to produce optimal effects. It is divided into three major sections: 1) The Basics, 2) Urban Forest Benefits, and 3) Improving the Urban Environment with Trees. The first helps readers understand how cities affect our local environment, how urban forests vary across the world and within a city, the goals of urban forest management and forest sustainability, and more. The second section focuses on the benefits and costs of urban forests, including the monetary value of trees. The last section focuses on specific steps that land managers should follow to better understand, manage, and improve their local tree and forest population for current and future generations. Decisions made today can have profound impacts on forest and community health well into the future. Readers of a variety of backgrounds—from city forest and park managers, to policy makers, regional managers, non-profit groups, and more—will find this book a valuable resource for helping them make those decisions.
- Offers specific recommendation on species selections and designs to enhance tree benefits
- Promotes an understanding of how trees produce multiple benefits that affect the health and well-being of community members
- Provides concrete steps readers can take to enhance their understanding of their local forests and promote better forest management and funding in their communities
Urban forest managers; city forest and park managers; landscape architects; policy makers; politicians; regional managers; tree advocates; private tree care companies; and non-profit groups
THE BASICS
1. The City Environment
2. The Urban Forest
3. The Changing Urban Forest
4. Sustainable Community Forests
5. The Tree – Basic Functions
URBAN FOREST BENEFITS
6. TREES: Totally Remarkable Environmental Engineering Solutions
7. Valuing Forests
8. Air Temperature Reduction
9. Building Energy Conservation
10. Social / Psychological / Physiological
11. Air Quality
12. Water Quality
13. Climate Change
14. Ultraviolet Radiation Reduction
15. Noise
16. Products
17. Wildlife
18. Oxygen Production
19. Other Benefits and Costs
IMPROVING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT WITH TREES
20. Planning a Better Tomorrow
21. Assessing your Urban Forest Resource and Values
22. Developing Management Plan
23. Monitoring Progress
24. Conclusion
APPENDICES
1: Author Biography
2: Best Tree Species
3: Best Design Summary
4: Dedication
5: Acknowledgments
6: Glossary
1. The City Environment
2. The Urban Forest
3. The Changing Urban Forest
4. Sustainable Community Forests
5. The Tree – Basic Functions
URBAN FOREST BENEFITS
6. TREES: Totally Remarkable Environmental Engineering Solutions
7. Valuing Forests
8. Air Temperature Reduction
9. Building Energy Conservation
10. Social / Psychological / Physiological
11. Air Quality
12. Water Quality
13. Climate Change
14. Ultraviolet Radiation Reduction
15. Noise
16. Products
17. Wildlife
18. Oxygen Production
19. Other Benefits and Costs
IMPROVING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT WITH TREES
20. Planning a Better Tomorrow
21. Assessing your Urban Forest Resource and Values
22. Developing Management Plan
23. Monitoring Progress
24. Conclusion
APPENDICES
1: Author Biography
2: Best Tree Species
3: Best Design Summary
4: Dedication
5: Acknowledgments
6: Glossary
- No. of pages: 302
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443329128
- eBook ISBN: 9780443329135
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David Nowak
Dr. David Nowak is a retired Senior Scientist of the U.S. Forest Service. He has authored 400 publications and led teams developing the i-Tree software suite that quantifies the benefits and values from vegetation globally. He has given over 600 presentations across the world. His awards include International Union of Forestry Research Organization’s Scientific Achievement Award, International Society of Arboriculture’s L.C. Chadwick Award for Arboricultural Research and R.W. Harris Author’s Citation, J. Sterling Morton Award – Arbor Day Foundation’s highest honor, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development Honor Award, American Forests Urban Forest Medal, Distinguished Science Award: Northeastern Research Station, and Cecil Konijnendijk Award for Outstanding Research on Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. He was also a contributing member of Noble Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is ranked in the top 1% of all scientists (all fields) globally and ranked #2 among 24,000+ forest researchers worldwide.
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Senior Scientist, Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis, U.S. Forest Service, USA