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Assessing Urban Forest Effects and Values, Minneapolis' Urban Forest

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  • Nowak, David J.
  • Hoehn, Robert E., III
  • Crane, Daniel E.
  • Stevens, Jack C.
  • Walton, Jeffrey T.

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An analysis of trees in Minneapolis, MN, reveals that the city has about 979,000 trees with canopies that cover 26.4 percent of the area. The most common tree species are green ash, American elm, and boxelder. The urban forest currently stores about 250,000 tons of carbon valued at $4.6 million. In addition, these trees remove about 8,900 tons of carbon per year ($164,000 per year) and trees and shrubs combined remove about 384 tons of air pollution per year ($1.9 million per year). The structural, or compensatory, value is estimated at $756 million. Information on the structure and functions of the urban forest can be used to improve and augment support for urban forest management programs and to integrate urban forests within plans to improve environmental quality in the Minneapolis area.

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  • Nowak, David J. & Hoehn, Robert E., III & Crane, Daniel E. & Stevens, Jack C. & Walton, Jeffrey T., 2006. "Assessing Urban Forest Effects and Values, Minneapolis' Urban Forest," USDA Miscellaneous 320719, United States Department of Agriculture.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:usdami:320719
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320719
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    1. Alistair Woodward & Andrea Hinwood & Daniel Bennett & Brenton Grear & Sotiris Vardoulakis & Neha Lalchandani & Katrina Lyne & Carmel Williams, 2023. "Trees, Climate Change, and Health: An Urban Planning, Greening and Implementation Perspective," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(18), pages 1-7, September.
    2. Yannawut Uttaruk & Teerawong Laosuwan & Satith Sangpradid & Chetphong Butthep & Tanutdech Rotjanakusol & Wuttichai Sittiwong & Sutthicha Nilrit, 2024. "Thailand’s Urban Forestry Programs Are Assisted by Calculations of Their Ecological Properties and Economic Values," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-16, September.
    3. Sander, Heather & Polasky, Stephen & Haight, Robert G., 2010. "The value of urban tree cover: A hedonic property price model in Ramsey and Dakota Counties, Minnesota, USA," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(8), pages 1646-1656, June.
    4. Meher Nigar Neema & Akira Ohgai, 2013. "Multitype Green-Space Modeling for Urban Planning Using GA and GIS," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 40(3), pages 447-473, June.
    5. Kovacs, Kent F. & Haight, Robert G. & Mercader, Rodrigo J. & McCullough, Deborah G., 2014. "A bioeconomic analysis of an emerald ash borer invasion of an urban forest with multiple jurisdictions," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 270-289.

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