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Trees good for society!

Here's something of interest from right here in Champaign-Urbana.
Unfortunately, I've lost the headers from this message, but the
original publication is listed below.

So everybody plant more trees!

Chris

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Scientists at the Human-Environment Research Laboratory at the Universtiy
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, interviewed female residents of several
buildings in a Chicago housing project.  The buildings and their
populations were similar in every respect, except that some of the
buildings were surrounded by many trees, while other buildings were
surrounded only by paved areas.  Interviewees living in buildings with
trees reported significantly better relations with neighbors, stronger
feelings of unity with neighbors, greater satisfaction with their
surroundings, and safer feelings than did those living in buildings without
trees.  And there was less domestic violence in buildings with trees than
in buildings without trees, based on the reports of interviewees who were
asked about conflicts with both their children and their partners.

The UI scientists suggest that urban trees - at least those in public
housing projects - should be considered more than just "amenities" if they
can help to reduce social service needs and police requirements.  These
trees should be considered necessary parts of the urban infrastructure,
just like streets, electric lines, and water and sewer facilities.

*Reference: W.C. Sullivan and F.E. Kuo, "Do Trees Strengthen Urban
Communities, Reduce Domestic Violence?"  Arborist News 5(2), April 1996,
33-34. (International Society of Arboriculture, P.O. Box GG, Savoy, IL
61874)  Hortideas, June 1996, 13(6)

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