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An eight-year longitudinal study of 3,173 children from 12 communities in Southern California suggests that if all children had commensurate access to parkland and recreation programs near their homes, over 9.5% of...

Berhane, Kiros, Brady, Kirby, Chang, Roger, Dahmann, Nicholas, Gilliland, Frank, Jerrett, Michael, McConnell, Rob, Reynolds, Kim, Su, Jason G., Wolch, Jennifer. (2011) Childhood obesity and proximity to urban parks and recreational resources: A longitudinal cohort study. Health & Place 17, 207-214.

Older, established green roof plant communities are more likely to absorb nutrients from rainfall and media than younger communities. Green roofs can act as either sources or sinks of nutrient runoff. Low to medium...

Collins, Kelly A., Timothy J. Lawrence, Emilie K. Stander, Robert J. Jontos, Sujay S. Kaushal, Tamara A. Newcomer, Nancy B. Grimm, and Marci L. Cole Ekberg. (2010). Opportunities and challenges for managing nitrogen in urban stormwater: A review and synthesis. Ecological Engineering, 36(11), 1507-1519.

A study of two Canadian public school grounds, one richly biodiverse and one relatively barren, found that on the biodiverse school ground, the children had richer outdoor experiences, their use of the outdoor...

Samborski, Sylvia. (2010). Biodiverse or barren school grounds: their effects on children. Children Youth and Environments, 20(2), 67-115.

High school students with views of green or natural landscapes showed consistently higher standardized test scores and graduation rates, with fewer occurrences of criminal behavior. This 2010 study focused on 101...

Matusoka, Rodney H. (2010). Student Performance and High School Landscapes: Examining the Links. Landscape and Urban Planning 97, 4: 273-282.

A review of 15 studies finds overwhelming support that mangrove and salt marsh vegetation protects against erosion, storm surge, and potentially small tsunami waves. While wetland vegetation cannot protect...

Gedan, Keryn B., Matthew L. Kirwan, Eric Wolanski, Edward B. Barbier, and Brian R. Silliman. (2011). The present and future role of coastal wetland vegetation in protecting shorelines: answering recent challenges to the paradigm. Climatic Change, 106(1), 7-29.

A study in Nagoya, Japan suggests the possibility that significant "park cool island" (PCI) impacts (i.e. parks that are at least 1-2°C cooler than their urban surroundings) only exist when parks are larger than a...

Cao, Xin, Akio Onishi, Jin Chen, and Hidefumi Imura. (2010). Quantifying the cool island intensity of urban parks using ASTER and IKONOS data. Landscape and Urban Planning, 96(4), 224-231.

Results from a multiyear study demonstrate that a constructed stormwater wetland is effective in removing phosphorus, nitrogen, total suspended solids, copper, and E. coli in stormwater runoff. The 0.4-ha wetland...

Wadzuk, Bridget M., Matthew Rea, Gregg Woodruff, Kelly Flynn, and Robert G. Traver. (2010). Water-quality performance of a constructed stormwater wetland for all flow conditions. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 46(2), 385-394.

A study of houses in Portland, Oregon found that on average, street trees add 3% to sales price and reduce time-on-market (TOM) by 1.7 days. In addition, the study found that the benefits of street trees spill over...

Donovan, Geoffrey H., and David T. Butry. (2010). Trees in the city: Valuing street trees in Portland, Oregon. Landscape and Urban Planning, 94(2), 77-83.

The average market effect of street trees on all house values in Portland, Oregon yielded a total value of $1.35 billion, potentially increasing annual property tax revenues by $15.3 million.

Donovan, Geoffrey H., and David T. Butry. (2010). Trees in the city: Valuing street trees in Portland, Oregon. Landscape and Urban Planning, 94(2), 77-83.

Event-based sampling on a street-side bioretention facility in Seattle found that over a 2.5-year period, 48-74% of the incoming runoff was infiltrated or evaporated. Outlet pollutant concentrations were...

Chapman, Cameron, and Richard R. Horner. (2010). Performance assessment of a street-drainage bioretention system. Water Environment Research, 82(2),109-119.

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