Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Trees: The Natural Crime Stopper?
According to a recent article by TreeHugger, a Baltimore study found that
neighborhoods with larger amounts of tree canopy had lower crime rates. The
reason, you ask? Researcher, Geoffrey Donovan, speculated:
We believe that large street trees can reduce crime by signaling to a potential criminal that a neighborhood is better cared for and, therefore, a criminal is more likely to be caught.
Regardless of whether or not trees really do protect us from
crime, one thing’s for sure: they definitely make our neighborhoods healthier
and more beautiful!
http://treebaltimore.org/wordpress/wp-content/themes/treebaltimore/images/home_hero.jpg
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment