Role of street trees
Updated: January 10, 2014
Street trees have the following roles:
- Adds color and a sense of the season to the townscape, and improves roadside scenery.
- It protects pedestrians from the strong summer sun and helps to mitigate the heat island effect by suppressing the temperature rise in the surrounding area through the transpiration of the leaves.
- The leaves reduce carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and purify the air by adsorbing air pollutants.
- It separates vehicles from pedestrians and protects the safety of pedestrians.
- Reduces traffic noise.
- It stops the spread of roadside fires and prevents houses from collapsing during an earthquake.
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