Urban Green Spaces,

Edition 1 Improving Environmental and Human Well-Being

Editors: By David J. Nowak

Publication Date: 22 Jul 2026

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Improving 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. 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. The book is divided into three major sections: The Basics, Urban Forest Benefits, and Improving the Urban Environment with Trees. It covers how cities affect our local environment, the monetary value of trees, and specific steps that land managers should follow to manage and improve their local tree and forest population. This comprehensive resource is valuable for city forest and park managers, policy makers, regional managers, and non-profit groups.

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Offers specific recommendation on species selections and designs to enhance tree benefits and urban forestry
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

About the author

By David J. Nowak, Emeritus Senior Scientist, Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis, U.S. Forest Service, USA

Part 1: The Basics

Chapter 1: The urban and community environment
Chapter 2: The urban forest resource
Chapter 3: The changing urban forest
Chapter 4: Sustaining community forests
Chapter 5: The tree—Basic functions and attributes

Part 2: Urban Forest Benefits

Chapter 6: Trees: Totally remarkable environmental engineering solutions
Chapter 7: Valuing forests
Chapter 8: Air temperature reduction and local meteorological impacts
Chapter 9: Building energy conservation
Chapter 10: Social/psychological/physiological impacts
Chapter 11: Air quality
Chapter 12: Water quality
Chapter 13: Climate change
Chapter 14: Ultraviolet radiation reduction
Chapter 15: Noise reduction
Chapter 16: Forest products
Chapter 17: Wildlife
Chapter 18: Oxygen production and other benefits
Chapter 19: Combining multiple benefits: Tradeoffs and synergies

Part 3: Improving the Urban Environment with Trees

Chapter 20: Assessing and monitoring your urban forest resource and values
Chapter 21: Developing management plans

Appendix 1 Plant species common and scientific names
Appendix 2 Methods for analyses
Appendix 3 Species ecosystem service values and
rankings
Appendix 4 Leaf-on shading coefficients
Appendix 5 Species air pollution removal and ranking
Appendix 6 Wildlife species common and scientific
names
Appendix 7 Species rankings of cumulative and net present value

Urban Green Spaces,

Editors: By David J. Nowak

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