Lohr, V.I., C.H. Pearson-Mims, J. Tarnai & D.A. Dilleman, 2004, How urban residents rate and rank the benefits and problems associated with trees in cities, in: Journal of Arboriculture, 30, 1
- Author : Lohr, V.I., C.H. Pearson-Mims, J. Tarnai & D.A. Dilleman
- Year : 2004
- Journal/Series : Journal of Arboriculture
- Volume Number (ANNUAL: Counting Volumes of the Year shown above) : 1
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 30
- Pages : 28-35
- Contents in English : OUTLINE: The objectives addressed in the paper aree to (1) assess the knowl- edge and attitudes of urban residents regarding trees in cities, (2) assess how much urbanites agree that trees are important to their quality of life, (3) determine whether demographic factors influence this response, and (4) determine whether people’s attitudes toward trees and quality of life influence their attitudes toward other characteristics of urban trees. People in large metropolitan areas across the United States appreciated a wide range of reasons for planting trees in cities, including environmental (to reduce smog), social (to calm people), and esoteric (to make interesting sounds) reasons. The highest-ranked reason for using trees was for shade and cooling. The next most important was for their calming effect. Using trees to reduce dust, smog, and noise were also considered quite important. The rankings could be used by people planning campaigns to promote citizen acceptance of urban tree programs by focusing on these more highly rated values
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: trees, benefits of trees, urban forestry, community forestry.