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Urban Ecosystem & Human Health: Metro Nature as Provider of Cultural Services
Kathleen Wolf, Ph.D.
Research Social Scientist
University of Washington (Seattle USA) &
USDA Forest Service, Pacific NW Research
December 2012
ACES & Ecosystem Markets 2012
Landscape Gradient :: Ecosystem Services
© 2012 Sustainable Sites Initiative™
Ecosystem Services Typology Ecosystem Services
Millennium
Ecosystem
Assessment
2005
Landscape Gradient &
Services Sourcing
Urban Ecosystems?
ecological units vs. ecological function
resilience and reconciliation ecology
spanning public & private lands
urban forests
STRUCTURE
FUNCTION
VALUE
MANAGEMENT
photo credits: Seattle i-Tree Training by Al Zelaya
Eco (UFORE)
Streets (STRATUM)
Hydro
Vue
FUNCTION
TreeBaltimore
Million Tree
campaigns
e.g. New York
Los Angeles
Miami
Pierce County WA, Chambers Creek Properties
Stormwater Management
Pierce County WA, Chambers Creek Properties - 4 year growth
stormwater management
Parks & People Foundation, Baltimore
People & Community
Health, Welfare, & Function
expanded cultural
ecosystem services
Attention Restoration Theory Rachel & Stephen Kaplan U of MI
directed attention
fatigue . . . .
Workplace Nature Views
Well-being – desk workers without view of nature
reported 23% more ailments in prior
6 months
Job Satisfaction – less frustrated and more patient
– higher overall job satisfaction and enthusiasm
Kaplan, R. 1993. Landscape
and Urban Planning.
hospital healing gardens: patients; family and friends; professional staff
health
care $$
savings
healing gardens
soothing
distracting
calm focus
Nature Response
Neuroscience
What is the Evidence?
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
Human Health, Welfare & Function
Cultural Services
Beyond the City
40 years of study . . .
importance of ‘nearby nature’
www.greenhealth.washington.edu
summaries
complete:
Dec 2012
additional
products
study of
economic
valuation
Research Reviews
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Urban Green :: Public Health & Well Being
> 2,200 articles
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Research Review
and Summaries
Sponsors:
University of Washington
USDA Forest Service, U&CF Program
NGO partners
thanks to U of WA
students:
Katrina Flora
Mary Ann Rozance
Closing Comments
Health & Well Being
Cultural Ecosystem Services
www.greenhealth.washington.edu
Ecosystem Services Typology Ecosystem Services
Millennium
Ecosystem
Assessment
2005
Abraham Maslow
Hierarchy of Needs
Nature :: From Aesthetics
to Necessity in Cities
Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
1962
A Remarkable Career
aquatic biologist, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
1950s full time nature writer
1951 Sea Around Us, National Book Award
The Edge of the Sea, Under the Sea Wind
1962 Silent Spring, national pesticide policy
launched grassroots environmental
movement
creation of the Environmental Protection
Agency
Pervasive Pesticides
Rachel Carson’s cottage
by the sea in Maine
Urban Ecosystem & Human Health: Metro Nature as Provider of
Cultural Services
Questions or Comments?
Kathleen Wolf, Ph.D.
University of Washington (Seattle, USA)
USDA Forest Service, Green Cities Research Alliance
