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Visual Quality of Residential Streets: Both Street and Yard Trees Make a Difference

Herbert W. Schroeder and William N. Cannon, Jr.
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) October 1987, 13 (10) 236-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1987.049
Herbert W. Schroeder
North Central Forest Experiment Station, Chicago, Illinois, and Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Delaware, Ohio
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William N. Cannon Jr.
North Central Forest Experiment Station, Chicago, Illinois, and Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Delaware, Ohio
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    Trees in yards away from the street can contribute to the visual quality of the view along the street.

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    Neighborhoods with few yard trees may benefit the most from street tree plantings.

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    Summary statistics.

    VariableDescriptionMin.Max.MeanSD
    SSIZEAverage size class of street trees 1.0  4.0  2.30  1.28
    YSIZEAverage size class of yard trees 1.0  3.4  2.36  0.73
    SDENSStreet tree density (trees per mile) 0.0410.0157.01112.62
    YDENSYard tree density (trees per mile)25.0606.7222.32116.37
    VQUALVisual quality-scale76.8139.2 44.78 51.03
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    Table 2.

    Correlations among variables.

    SSIZEYSIZESDENSYDENSVQUAL
    SSIZE1.00
    YSIZE0.6661.000
    SDENS0.6840.5481.000
    YDENS0.0240.0750.2321.000
    VQUAL0.7750.7260.6480.1361.000
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    Table 3.

    Regression of visual quality (VQUAL) on size and density of street and yard trees (Multiple R = .818).

    VariableCoefficientSignificance (p)
    CONSTANT-14.6850.305
    YDENS -0.1500.105
    YDENS*YSIZE  0.1290.001
    SDENS*SSIZE  0.1380.000
    YSIZE*YDENS*SDENS -0.000380.002
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    Table 4.

    Estimated contribution to visual quality of one additional street tree per mile.

    Average tree size classYard tree density (trees per mile)Increase in visual quality
    1.5100.15036
    1.5200.09372
    1.5300.03708
    3.5100.35084
    3.5200.21868
    3.5300.08820
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Herbert W. Schroeder, William N. Cannon
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Oct 1987, 13 (10) 236-239; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1987.049
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