By City News Service
Apr 28, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A new blueprint by USC researchers identifies four places best suited to plant shade trees across Los Angeles' Eastside to bring cooling relief to thousands of people at risk for heat waves and air pollution in a warming global climate, the university announced today.
In some scenarios, the tree canopy could be doubled across much of El Sereno, Ramona Gardens and parts of Lincoln Heights near USC's Health Sciences Campus, the researchers report. The area is one of the most tree-poor urban landscapes in the city.
Better still, the scientific tools that the USC researchers used have wider application to guide tree-planting efforts in other communities across L.A., according to the university.