Urban tree coverage and residents’ social conditions: Case studies in Baltimore and Beijing

Ganlin Huang is an Associate Professor in the School of Natural Resources, Beijing Normal University. She teaches “Environment and health” and “Ecosystem services and human well-being” to undergraduates. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Vermont in 2008 and worked as a Postdoc researcher in Plant Science and as a Mapping Lab Coordinator at the Center for Regional Change, UC Davis (2008-2011). She studies urban ecosystem services and human well-being focusing on urban heat islands, urban parks, green spaces and air quality. She looks at how urban parks and green spaces serve residents, including their spatial distribution and potential impact factors. Her research emphasizes an environmental justice dimension, examining how people from different socioeconomic groups may benefit differently from their surrounding environments.