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HANDOUTS/ LINKS/ ARTICLES -- Training 2023

• REFERENCES from 3/28 Biophilia presentation (Elizabeth Gearin)

• Brabec, E. 1992. On the Value of Open Spaces. Scenic American. Technical Information Series. Washington, DC: 1 

• Bratman, Gregory N., J. Paul Hamilton, Kevin S. Hahn, Gretchen C. Daily, and James J. Gross

• PNAS July 14, 2015.  Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (28) 8567-8572; first published June 29, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510459112

• Economist. 2014. Why so many Chinese children wear glasses. Nov 8 -14: 48.

• Everheart, W. 1983. The National Park Service. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

• Garvin, A. and G. Berens. 1997. Urban Parks and Open Space. Washington, DC: The Trust for Public Land, 22.

• Ideno, Yuki, and Kunihiko Hayashi, Kayo Ueda, Hiroyasu Iso, Mitsuhiko Noda, Jung-Su Lee, Shosuke Suzuki. 2017. Blood pressure-lowerin effect of Shinrin-yoky (forest bathing): a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine: NCBI. Vol 17: 409. 

• Kaplan, R. and S. Kaplan. 1989. The Experience of Nature: A Psychological Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Michael Kirschman, Mecklenburg County NC found that properties adjacent to areas like preserves experience a 20% increase in property value

• Kardan, O. et al. (2015). Neighborhood greenspace and health in a large urban center. Scientific Reports 5:11610. | DOI: 10.1038/srep11610.

• Kim BJ, Jeong H, Park S, Lee S. 2015. Forest adjuvant anti-cancer therapy to enhance natural cytotoxicity in urban women with breast cancer: A preliminary prospective interventional study. Eur J Integr Med. Vol 7(5):474-478.

• Kuo, Ming, Michael Barnes, and Catherine Jordan. 2019. “Do Experiences With Nature Promote Learning? Converging Evidence of a Cause-and-Effect Relationship.” Frontiers in Psychology 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00305.

• Kuo, F.E. 2001. Coping with Poverty: Impacts of Environment on Attention in the Inner City. Environment and Behavior. 33(1) 5-34.

• Kuo, F.E. and W.C. Sullivan. 2001. Aggression and Violence in the Inner City: Effects of Environment via Mental Fatigue. Environment and Behavior. 33(4): 543-571.

• Longcore, T., C. Li and J.P Wilson. 2004. Applicability of CITYgreen urban ecosystem analysis software to a densely built urban neighborhood. Urban Geography. 25: 173-186.

• McPherson, E. G. 2010. Tools for valuing tree and park services. Western Arborist Winter 2010: 58-63.

• Miller, L. 1995. GIS Branches into Urban Forestry. American City and County. 110:35.

• Morris, N. 2003. Health, Well-being and Open Space: Literature Review. OPENspace: The Research Centre for Inclusive Access to Outdoor Environments, Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt University. Accessed www.openspace.edu.ac.uk 19 December 2005.

• Myers, P. 1997. Greensense. Washington, DC: Phyllis Myers and Trust for Public Land, 3(1):1. 12

• Pincetl, S., J. Wolch, J.P. Wilson and T. Longcore. 2003. Towards as Sustainable Los Angeles: A ‘Nature’s Services’ Approach – A Second Year Report to the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. Los Angeles: University of Southern California Center for Sustainable Cities.

• Sturm, R. and D. A. Cohen. 2014. Proximity to Urban Parks and Mental Health. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. Vol 17(1):19-24. 

• Tarrant, M. 1996. Attending to past outdoor recreation experiences: symptom reporting and changes in affect. Journal of Leisure Research. 28(1) 1-17.

• Taylor, A.F., F.E. Kuo and W.C. Sullivan. 2001. Coping with ADD: The Surprising Connection to Green Play Settings. Environment and Behavior. 33(1): 54-77.

• Taylor, A.F., A. Wiley, F.E. Kuo and W.C. Sullivan. 1998. Growing up in the Inner City: Green Spaces as Places to Grow. Environment and Behavior. 33(1): 3-27.

• Troy, A., J.M Grove and J. O’Neil-Dunne. 2012. The relationship between tree canopy and crime rates across an urban-rural gradient in the greater Baltimore region. Landscape and Urban Planning. 106: 262-270.

• Trust for Public Land (TPL). 2014. City Park Facts. San Francisco, CA: The Trust for Public Lands National Office. Accessed online https://www.tpl.org/2014-city-park-facts various 2014/2105.

• Trust for Public Land (TPL). 2006. The Health Benefits of Parks. San Francisco, CA:: The Trust for Public Lands National Office. p6.

• Trust for Public Land (TPL). 1994. Healing America’s Cities: Why we must invest in urban parks. San Francisco, CA: The Trust for Public Lands National Office.

• Tyrvainen, L, S. Pauleit, K. Seeland, S. deVries. 2005. “Benefits and Uses of Urban Forests and Trees” in Urban Forests and Trees: A Reference Book, edited by C. Konijnendijk et al. : Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg: 81-114.

• Ulrich, R.S. 1984. View Through a Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery. Science. 224: 420-421.

• Verderber, S. 1986. Dimensions of Person-Window Transactions in the Hospital Environment. Environment and Behavior. 18: 450-466.

• Walden, Michael L. The Economic Impact of Arlington Public Schools, August, 2013. 13

• Wolch, J., J.P Wilson and and J. Fehrenbach. 2002. Parks and Park Funding in Los Angeles: An Equity Mapping Analysis. Los Angeles, University of Southern California Sustainable Cities Program.

• Woolley, H. 2003. Urban Open Spaces. London: Spoon Press. World Health Organization. 1997. Obesity: Preventing the Global Epidemic. Geneva: World Health Organization.

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2006. Assessing Urban Forest Effects and Values: Washington D.C.’s Urban Forest. 2006 Forest Service: Northern Research Station, Resource Bulletin NRS-1, p.8-10.

• NOTE – acute-respiratory tract infections linked to vitamin D deficiency (incl those dying from Covid19 deficient in vitamin D) – which is hard to get in sufficient amounts just from diet; best way is from regular exposure to sunlight – British Medical Journal 2017 showed that regular exposure/ supplementation offered protection against respiratory tract infections

Damien Ossi's Recommended Reading for Tuesday's Class (4/4)

State Wildlife Action Plan -- especially chapters 2 & 3

Tony Fleming -- 

Resources and Suggested Webpages

REVIEW LINKS:

Geologic Map: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_277.htm

Topographic Map: https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/PDF/DC/DC_Washington_West_20191122_TM_geo.pdf

Read at least the first two (preferably all four) of these brief descriptions of topographic and geologic maps and their applications:

What Is a Topographic Map? https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-a-topographic-map

What Is A Geologic Map? https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/maps/geologic/whatis.html

Introduction to Geologic Maps: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-cooperative-geologic-mapping-program/introduction-geologic-mapping

Geologic Maps and Their Uses: https://dec.vermont.gov/geological-survey/maps-uses

ADDITIONAL Geology Resources  

Intro: Minerals, Rocks, Strategic Elements

The Periodic Table of the Elements in Pictures: https://elements.wlonk.com/

The Periodic Table of Endangered Elements (EU Chem Society): https://www.euchems.eu/euchems-periodic-table/

Policy: Twenty tips for interpreting scientific claims (Nature, v. 503, 21 November 2013): https://www.nature.com/articles/503335a

The Worst Place on Earth: The Dystopian Lake Filled by the World’s Tech Lust: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth

Rare Earth Metals Leave Toxic Trail to Toyota, Vestas: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-01-05/china-rare-earths-leave-toxic-trail- to-toyota-prius-vestas-wind-turbines

Critical mineral resources of the United States—Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply (USGS): https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1802

Assessment of the extra capacity required of alternative energy electrical power systems to completely replace fossil fuels (Geological Survey of Finland): https://www.gtk.fi/en/current/a-bottom-up-insight-reveals-replacing-fossil-fuels-is-even- more-enormous-task-than-thought/

Rare earth mining may be key to our renewable energy future. But at what cost? (Science News): https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rare-earth-mining-renewable-energy-future

Best Local Place to Learn About Rocks and Minerals: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals, National Mall, 10th St. and Constitution Avenue: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/exhibits/janet-annenberg-hooker-hall-geology-gems-and- minerals

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors: www.energyfromthorium.com and Super Fuel – Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future (Richard Martin): https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/richard-martin/superfuel/

Geothermal Heat Flow Map of the Conterminous U.S.: https://www.smu.edu/-

/media/Site/Dedman/Academics/Programs/Geothermal- Lab/Graphics/SMUHeatFlowMap2011_CopyrightVA0001377160_jpg

Geologic Time Scale https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Education_Careers/Geologic_Time_Scale/GSA/timescale/h ome.aspx

For a deeper explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale

Geologic and Topographic Maps

Geologic Map of the Washington West Quadrangle, District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Arlington County, Virginia, scale 1:24,000: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_277.htm

Geology and ground-water resources of Washington, D.C. and vicinity, scale 1:62,500: http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1776/report.pdf

Tectonic Map of the Appalachians, scale 1:1,000,000: https://caboxgeopark.org/tectonic- lithofacies-map-of-appalachian-orogen/

Sedimentary formations of Washington, D.C. and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey map, scale 1:31,680. https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_68259.htm

What Is a Geologic Map? https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/maps/geologic/whatis.html

Introduction to Geologic Maps: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-cooperative- geologic-mapping-program/introduction-geologic-mapping

Geologic Maps and Their Uses: https://dec.vermont.gov/geological-survey/maps-uses

Topographic Map of the Washington West Quadrangle, District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Arlington County, Virginia, scale 1:24,000: https://prd- tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/PDF/DC/DC_Washington_West_201 91122_TM_geo.pdf

What Is a Topographic Map? https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-a-topographic-map

Where to find geologic maps for anywhere in the country: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/

The Piedmont and Plate Tectonics

The Piedmont and Plate Tectonics: https://www.dgs.udel.edu/delaware-geology/piedmont- and-plate-tectonics (the story transfers directly by substituting “DC” for “Delaware”)

Piedmont Geology: https://www.dgs.udel.edu/book/export/html/633

What Is Plate Tectonics? https://www.livescience.com/37706-what-is-plate-tectonics.html

The USGS has web pages and publications on plate tectonics aimed at the general public: search “USGS Plate Tectonics”

Excavations in an Ancient Soapstone Quarry in the District of Columbia (W.H. Holmes, 1890, American Journal of Anthropology, v. III (1): https://scholar.google.com/scholar?btnG=Search%2BScholar&as_q=%22Excavations%2Bin

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Gold Veins Near Great Falls, Maryland: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/b1286/

Coastal Plain

Atlantic Coastal Plain, Maryland to Florida: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/atlantic- coastal-plain-maryland-florida

The Coastal Plain Province: https://www.nps.gov/articles/coastalplain.htm

Configuration of the bedrock surface of the District of Columbia and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 217, 42 p. plus 4 plates. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp217

The Potomac Formation: https://www.dgs.udel.edu/delaware-geology/unit/potomac- formation

The Lower Potomac Aquifer – A Diminishing Resource: https://www.hrsd.com/swift/potomac-aquifer-diminishing-resource

Dinosaur Park (The Potomac Formation): https://www.pgparks.com/3259/Dinosaur-Park

The Calvert Formation: http://www.mgs.md.gov/geology/fossils/calvert_cliffs_fs.html

Calvert Cliffs State Park: https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/southern/calvertcliffs.aspx

The Chesapeake Bay Bolide Impact: A New View of Coastal Plain Evolution https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs49-98/

Streams

The Potomac River Watershed (map): https://www.potomacdwspp.org/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Sub-watersheds-of-the-Potomac-River.jpg

Little Falls Stream Gauging Station (real time): https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring- location/01646500/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D

Rock Creek Stream Gauging Station (real time): https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring- location/01648000/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D

The Fall Zone: http://www.virginiaplaces.org/regions/fallshape.html

How the Fall Line Shaped Colonial Settlement in Virginia: http://www.virginiaplaces.org/regions/fallcolonial.html

The Battle of Klingle Road: http://dcjack.org/Battle%20of%20Klingle%20Road.html

Four Mile Run: Reviving an Urban Stream (very informative film by David Eckert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0we036VriQk

“No Ignoble Stream”: The Burial of Rock Creek’s Piney Branch, by Steve Dryden: Washington History, v 33, no. 1, Spring 2021: https://dchistory.org/research/washington- history-magazine/

Maps of the Original DC Streams: https://imaginaryterrain.com/archive/streams/

Flooding in Washington, DC: https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood-states-dc

Maps of DC As Sea Level Rises: https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/03/31/these-maps- show-what-washington-will-look-like-when-antarctica-melts/

Soils

Soil Survey of the District of Columbia, 1976, Al Smith, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: Copies at your local public library or download from https://nrcs.app.box.com/s/7jh7mkcm9k63pocoiwz53twrcbdhtvz9

Soil Survey Staff. 1999, Soil taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys, 2nd edition: Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 436, 754 p. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/class/taxonomy/

NRCS Web Soil Survey: https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx

NRCS Soil Science Home Page:

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/natural-resource-concerns/soil/soil-science

Seismic Hazards

US Shaking Intensity Map https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/earthquake-seismic-hazard-mapgif

The Central Virginia Seismic Zone and the 2011 Mineral, VA Earthquake: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/science/m58-august-23-2011- mineral-virginia and https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70141609

Fleming, A.H., and Drake, A.A., Jr., 1998, Structure, age, and tectonic setting of a multiply- reactivated shear zone in the Piedmont in Washington, D.C., and vicinity: Southeastern Geology, v. 37 (3), p. 115-140. http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/asu/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=23590

Index of faults of Cretaceous and Cenozoic age in the eastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1269, scale 1:2,500,000. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf1269