Table 4. Environmental characteristics of case study cities and regions.
| Mean Annual Temperature (°C) | Mean Annual Precipitation (mm) | Mean UTCC (%) | Carbon Sequestration (USD/year) | Total Air Pollution Removal (USD/year) | Avoided Runoff (USD/year) | cbgESD (USD/year) | Mean CBG Size (km) | ESD (USD/year) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | New York | 13.0 | 1268 | 16.8 | 418 | 11321 | 1559 | 13297 | 112 | 133.6 |
| Philadelphia | 13.0 | 1055 | 17.7 | 1409 | 15232 | 3499 | 20139 | 234 | 54.4 | |
| Washington | 14.5 | 1009 | 26.9 | 3816 | 20405 | 5332 | 29553 | 368 | 65.3 | |
| Region Average | 13.5 | 1111 | 20.5 | 1881 | 15653 | 3463 | 20996 | 238 | 84.4 | |
| Midwest | Chicago | 10.0 | 937 | 19.8 | 866 | 10304 | 3030 | 14200 | 282 | 52.9 |
| Cleveland | 10.5 | 994 | 21.4 | 1644 | 9439 | 2955 | 14037 | 442 | 35.0 | |
| Pittsburgh | 11.0 | 970 | 37.7 | 3351 | 19489 | 6646 | 29486 | 399 | 63.9 | |
| Region Average | 10.5 | 967 | 26.3 | 1954 | 13077 | 4210 | 19241 | 374 | 50.6 | |
| West | Los Angeles | 18.5 | 326 | 11.4 | 1426 | 9895 | 1977 | 13297 | 488 | 24.1 |
| Sacramento | 16.0 | 470 | 18.0 | 1962 | 8330 | 1131 | 11423 | 857 | 18.5 | |
| San Diego | 17.5 | 263 | 12.3 | 1068 | 11803 | 2776 | 15646 | 738 | 17.5 | |
| Region Average | 17.3 | 353 | 14 | 1485 | 10009 | 1961 | 13455 | 694 | 20.0 |
Table 4 Note: Values are based on the mean value of census block groups included for each city (with the exception of Mean Annual Temperature and Mean Annual Precipitation). Temperature and precipitation data came from https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/US/average-annual-temperatures-large-cities.php; data for all other variables came from i-Tree Landscape and are for the year 2010. Region averages are calculated as the average of the three city summary values (versus average of all census block groups across cities).