Impact Areas
In order to create an equitable tree canopy,
Root Nashville’s planting efforts are focused on key neighborhoods with low canopy coverage.
Our Research
To identify the areas in Nashville with the greatest need for trees, the Root Nashville team created maps to visualize priority neighborhoods based on the following factors:
- Percentage of tree canopy coverage (2016) vs canopy coverage goals outlined in the Percentage of tree canopy coverage (2016) vs canopy coverage goals outlined in the 2016 Metropolitan Nashville Urban Forestry and Landscape Master Plan
- Respiratory disease hospitalizations by zip code (Metro Public Health)
- Daytime Average Temperature (NASA)
- Watersheds with highest number of polluted stream miles
- Areas with high densities of Vulnerable Populations (low-income and children under 5) (US Census Bureau)
The team then synthesized this social and environmental data into a single map to reveal which neighborhoods in Nashville are at risk for multiple factors. The result was this map:
Priority Neighborhoods
While Root Nashville plants trees all over Davidson County, extra funding and volunteer efforts are focused in these priority neighborhoods. To view these areas in detail using Google Maps, click the images below.
