“…These benefits include: amelioration of the urban heat island effect (Bolund & Hunhammar, 1999;Chen & Jim, 2008;Heidt & Neef, 2008;Kielbaso, 2008;Sailor, 1995;Sampson, 1989;Simpson, 2002), energy conservation (Andreu, Friedman, Landry, & Northrop, 2008;Chen & Jim, 2008;Donovan & Butry, 2010;Dwyer, Mcpherson, Schroeder, & Rowntree, 1992;Ebenreck, 1989;Kielbaso, 2008;Sailor, 1995), reduction of atmospheric pollution (Bolund & Hunhammar, 1999;Dwyer et al, 1992;Nowak, Hoehn, Crane, Stevens, & Walton, 2007), carbon storage and sequestration (Andreu et al, 2008;Chen & Jim, 2008;Dwyer et al, 1992;Kielbaso, 2008;Sampson, 1989), reduction of stormwater runoff (Bolund & Hunhammar, 1999;Chen & Jim, 2008;Dwyer et al, 1992;Ebenreck, 1989;Kielbaso, 2008;Xiao & McPherson, 2003), increased property values (Anderson & Cordell, 1985;Sander, Polasky, & Haight, 2010;Wachter & Wong, 2008), reduction of urban noise (Bolund & Hunhammar, 1999;Chen & Jim, 2008;Dwyer et al, 1992;Ebenreck, 1989), physical and psychological health benefits (Chen & Jim, 2008;Ebenreck, 198...…”