![]() ![]() Jill Jonnes's Urban Forests tells the captivating stories of the founding mothers and fathers of urban forestry, in addition to those arboreal advocates presently using the latest technologies to illuminate the value of trees to public health and to our urban infrastructure. Despite their ubiquity and familiarity, most of us take trees for granted and know little of their fascinating natural history or remarkable civic virtues. Today, four-fifths of Americans live in or near urban areas, surrounded by millions of trees of hundreds of different species. As nature's largest and longest-lived creations, trees play an extraordinarily important role in our cities they are living landmarks that define space, cool the air, soothe our psyches, and connect us to nature and our past. ![]()
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