TY - JOUR T1 - Compensatory Value of Urban Trees in the United States JF - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) JO - JOA SP - 194 LP - 199 DO - 10.48044/jauf.2002.028 VL - 28 IS - 4 AU - David J. Nowak AU - Daniel E. Crane AU - John F. Dwyer Y1 - 2002/07/01 UR - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/28/4/194.abstract N2 - Understanding the value of an urban forest can give decision makers a better foundation for urban tree management. Based on tree-valuation methods of the Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers and field data from eight cities, total compensatory value of tree populations in U.S. cities ranges from $101 million in Jersey City, New Jersey, to $5.2 billion in New York, New York. Compensatory values represent compensation to owners for the loss of an individual tree and can be viewed as the value of the tree as a structural asset. Based on national urban forest tree cover data, the total compensatory value for the urban forests of the 48 adjacent United States is estimated at $2.4 trillion. ER -