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A study on the effects of walkability and investment returns showed that, on a 100-point scale, a 10-point increase in walkability increased values by 1 to 9%, depending on property type. The value of more than 4...

Pivo, Gary, and Jeffrey D. Fisher. (2011). The walkability premium in commercial real estate investments. Real Estate Economics, 39(2), 185-219.

Green roofs can provide significant noise reduction. A Belgian study tested the effects of green roofs in mitigating undesired noise. Singly diffracted sound waves were reduced by more than 10 dB, and doubly...

Van Renterghem, Timothy, and Dick Botteldooren. (2011), In-situ measurements of sound propagating over extensive green roofs. Building and Environment 46(3), 729-738.

In this North Carolina study, stream flow from three small, nonurban watersheds was compared with bioretention outflow from four cells in the same region. Results indicate that bioretention cells behave comparably...

DeBusk, Kathy M., William F. Hunt, and Daniel E. Line. (2010). Bioretention outflow: Does it mimic nonurban watershed shallow interflow?. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 16(3), 274-279.

Floating treatment wetlands improved removal of copper, fine suspended particles, and dissolved reactive P as compared to a control. Mats with artificial roots did not provide the same benefits as mats with living...

Tanner, Chris C., and Tom R. Headley. (2011). Components of floating emergent macrophyte treatment wetlands influencing removal of stormwater pollutants. Ecological Engineering, 37(3), 474-486.

In a study conducted in a Chicago public housing development, women who lived in apartment buildings with trees and grass immediately outside reported greater effectiveness and less procrastination in dealing with...

Kuo, Frances E. (2001). Coping with poverty: Impacts of environment and attention in the inner city. Environment & Behavior, 33(1), 5-34.

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.

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