Study Finds Correlation Between Income Level and Neighborhood Tree Cover

The Troublesome Connection Between City Trees and Income Inequality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to the US ‘EPA Heat Island Reduction Program News’, “An international team of 14 researchers led by Kirsten Schwarz of Northern Kentucky University released a study that analyzes the distribution of trees in relationship to race and income in Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Raleigh, Sacramento, and Washington, DC. The study finds that income level was most strongly correlated to tree cover.    For more information, visit the CityLab website.”

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