Table 2.

Ranking importance of urban forestry and management (N = 470).

	Frequency (%)							Mean (std.dev)
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	very important						not important
Urban tree benefits and negative impact
Benefits
Appearance of the community	48.73	28.18	14.19	7.42	0.42	0.42	0.42	1.86 (1.08)
Improvement in air quality	47.97	22.81	17.70	8.53	1.49	0.85	0.64	1.98 (1.20)
Control runoff, soil erosion	44.68	22.77	21.06	8.09	2.13	0.64	0.64	2.05 (1.20)
Creation of buffer zones	43.10	24.84	19.32	8.49	2.76	1.06	0.42	2.08 (1.22)
Increase in property values	37.00	28.75	20.51	10.15	1.48	0.21	1.90	2.19 (1.26)
Reduction of noise levels	40.89	24.58	18.86	7.63	4.87	2.12	1.06	2.22 (1.38)
Decrease in energy costs	36.40	28.69	18.63	11.35	2.36	0.86	1.71	2.24 (1.31)
Increase in community pride	33.90	27.51	22.39	11.09	2.99	1.28	0.85	2.29 (1.27)
Creation of wildlife habitat	41.19	18.05	18.90	13.38	5.73	1.06	1.70	2.34 (1.46)
Improvement in health	34.70	25.86	20.47	13.36	2.16	2.16	1.29	2.34 (1.36)
Recreational opportunities	24.52	22.17	24.95	19.40	5.33	1.71	1.92	2.72 (1.41)
Negative impacts
Property damage	21.15	13.68	18.38	20.94	11.54	8.97	5.34	3.36 (1.79)
Safety problem	19.57	12.34	17.66	21.49	13.62	9.57	5.74	3.49 (1.79)
Costs planting & maintenance	12.31	10.83	20.17	25.05	14.23	9.13	8.28	3.79 (1.72)
Importance of applying tree ordinances
New construction site	50.00	21.70	9.57	10.64	2.34	1.91	3.83	2.15 (1.57)
Public property	55.25	21.84	10.49	7.49	2.14	0.43	2.36	1.90 (1.34)
Individually-owned yard	17.45	13.19	17.23	18.72	8.30	8.09	17.02	3.80 (2.04)
Having tree on property	47.61	23.08	14.55	8.52	3.53	1.04	1.66	2.07 (1.36)
Having tree on community	54.47	25.16	10.60	6.44	2.08	0.42	0.83	1.81 (1.16)