How Trees Can Make City People Happier
(and Vice Versa)
How Trees Can Make City People Happier (and Vice Versa) via @nextcityorg http://t.co/502I9DcXZM @milliontreesnyc @nycparks
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BY SARAH LASKOW
(Photo by Mark Frank and Chloe Carli)
What they found was that, even after adjusting for factors like unemployment and affluence, the areas that have the most trees along the streets also had fewer prescriptions for antidepressants. (Their results are reported in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning.)
“We can’t say that if you plant an extra 20 trees on every street, everyone will be fine and there will be no mental health issues,” says Taylor. “This is one more factor to consider. It does seem like people are happier when they have some access to this kind of thing.”
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