- Cooler streets and buildings
- More attractive cities
- Increase of biodiversity
- Improved habitat
- Reduced storm water runoff
- Better air quality
- Carbon sequestration reducing global warming
- Cooler streets and buildings
- The shade provided by the trees reduces the temperature of pavement and buildings. It keeps the heat above and also converts some of the sunlight into trees and leaves.
- More attractive cities
- The trees make the city more attractive. Landscaping improves appearance.
- Increase of biodiversity
- Improved habitat
- The forest floor and branches increase habitat. It provides sustenance and shelter for animals.
- Reduced storm water runoff
- The leaves of the trees capture rainfall. The water slowly drips to the ground, capturing more rainfall and reducing storm water runoff. Vegetation and plant debris slow surface runoff en- couraging sediment and sediment-bound contami- nants to settle before entering surface water. Root growth and plant residue improve soil structure which enhance infiltration of dissolved contam- inants.
- Better air quality
- Carbon sequestration reducing global warming
- Sunlight is converted to plant biomass, taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Some of the carbon is fixed in the ground and wood.
