Does Vegetation Reduce Crime in the Inner City?
Principle Investigators: Dr. William C. Sullivan, Associate Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL E-mail: wcsulliv@staff.uiuc.edu & Dr. H. Ken Cordell, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA E-mail: kcordell@fs.fed.us Beginning/Ending Dates: July 1, 2001 thru May 31, 2002 Objectives: • Measure and document the relationship between urban forest cover and property, violent, and total crime in a southern city’s public housing neighborhoods. • Promote new sources of funding through partnerships with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Institute of Justice.
