Submitted To:

Dr. Waseem Akhtar Qureshi

Submitted by:

Fiza Batool

Assignment on:

Tangible and Intangible Benefits of Trees

Roll #

FA18C1La363

Date: 22-3-2019
We all know that our environment is very necessary for our healthy existence on the earth. A healthy
environment depends on the good habits of human beings and the circumstances we create. Human,
animal, plants, earth and environment are indirectly connected to each other and necessary for the
existence of healthy life here.

However, by any means if our environment gets affected negatively, creates lots of problems and many
challenges in living a simple and healthy life. Our environment acts as a natural world for us and
provides a protection to us from the natural calamities. However, it becomes helpless in protecting us
if we disturbs its natural cycle and force it to harm us.

Tangible property:
In law is, literally, anything which can be touched, and includes both real property and (or
moveable property), and stands in distinction to intangible property.
In English law and some Commonwealth legal systems, items of tangible property are referred to
as choses in possession (or a chose in possession in the singular). However, some property, despite
being physical in nature, is classified in many legal systems as intangible property rather than tangible
property because the rights associated with the physical item are of far greater significance than the
physical properties. Principally, these are documentary intangibles. For example, a promissory note is
a piece of paper that can be touched, but the real significance is not the physical paper, but the legal
rights which the paper confers, and hence the promissory note is defined by the legal debt rather than
the physical attributes.
A unique category of property is money, which in some legal systems is treated as tangible property
and in others as intangible property. Whilst most countries legal tender is expressed in the form of
intangible property ("The Treasury of Country X hereby promises to pay to the bearer on demand...."),
in practice banknotes are now rarely ever redeemed in any country, which has led to banknotes and
coins being classified as tangible property in most modern legal systems Fixed assets, also known
as tangible assets or property, plant and equipment (PP&E), is a term used in accounting for assets
and property that cannot easily be converted into cash. This can be compared with current assets such
as cash or bank accounts, described as liquid assets. In most cases, only tangible assets are referred to
as fixed.
Intangibles:

 Intangible asset, an asset class used in accounting

 Intellectual capital, the difference in value between tangible assets (physical and financial) and
market value
 Intellectual property, a legal concept
 Social capital, the expected collective or economic benefits derived from the preferential treatment
and cooperation between individuals and groups
 An intangible asset is an asset that is not physical in nature. Goodwill, brand recognition and
intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks and copyrights, are all intangible assets.
Intangible assets exist in opposition to tangible assets, which include land, vehicles,
equipment and inventory tangible benefits’

Economic decisions should consider tangible financial costs as well as intangible costs. Intangible costs
are the costs that tend to be difficult to quantify and can be financial or societal. For example, the
environmental impact of an energy source can be measured with both tangible and intangible costs.
Tangible costs would include the cost of installing environmental protection measures such as scrubbers
in coal plants, radiation barriers in nuclear power plants, or sound dampening walls around drilling rigs
in urban areas. Tangible environmental costs also include the projected costs of cleaning up a site,
whether that clean-up is the result of a chemical spill, or the cost of reclaiming a drill site or power plant
site after it is decommissioned. Energy sources have tangible and intangible benefits that must be
considered as well.
Tangible benefits include something as simple as price if one energy source is cheaper than another.
Tangible benefits also include effectiveness, Gasoline, for example is effective as a transportation fuel.
This is tangible benefit for oil relative to other sources of energy sources have tangible and intangible
energy source is cheaper than other.

Tangible benefits of tree trimming: Trees makes a home look more appealing and give the home
a conducive climate. In order to enjoy all the benefits of having trees in your home, it is important to
maintain them well. One of the ways of maintaining them is through tree trimming Austin, TX to ensure
they are in the right size and more appealing. Tree trimming is an activity that should be carried out
regularly with proper tools and expertise. Below are the benefits tree trimming:

Promote the health of the tree: Just like human beings, trees are living and require to be maintained
in order to live longer. Tree trimming Austin, TX can make your tree last for a longer time because the
dead, weak, diseased and pest infested parts are removed in the process. It is worth noting that failure
to remove those parts makes them rot and affect the overall health of the tree. Frequent tree trimming
also improves the overall look or appearance of the trees, thus making your home look more appealing.
By removing the unwanted branches that draw energy from the trunk, the other three parts can flourish.
The removal of the excess limbs can also enhance the production of more flowers, leaves and fruits.

Protection for property: Hanging tree branches at home can be a cause of great cause of destruction
if they break off or fall onto a house during a strong wind or rain. In the long run, additional destruction
can occur because tree branches burrow their way under shingles leading to roof leaks. Another problem
that might arise out of failure to do tree trimming Austin, TX is distraction of power. This is because
the trees can grow into power lines, thus increasing the risk of loss of power and more damages to the
line that can be very costly to repair. Most utility companies trim trees in public places, but require
homeowners to do their own tree trimming to prevent damage to the power lines failure to which a fine
is imposed if the trees lead to destruction of the power lines.

Protect your family: Tree trimming Austin, TX on a regular basis help keep people on the property
from being injured. The fact is that low hanging limbs and branches that are cracked can cause severe
injury or even turn into a fatal accident if they happen to come down on someone. Hence, having the
trees trimmed is a good safety measure, because it reduces the tree's weight, and reduces the chance of
stray branches falling on any of your loved ones.

Improve the appearance of your property: Tree trimming Austin, TX helps improve the
appearance of trees in your home. In addition, to making your home look more elegant, it also increases
the value of your property if you decide to sell it. Buyers always look for a well maintained property
when they give the value at which they can buy it making the regular trimming of the trees crucial;
always hire a tree service Austin, TX expert s you cannot do it effectively.

Intangible benefits:
Intangible costs include factors such as carbon emissions and their impact on the
atmosphere. Energy producers can estimate the financial cost to decrease emissions, but the damage to
the environment can be difficult, if not impossible, to quantify. Society as a whole must consider the
societal cost of using an energy source that produces these emissions. Another intangible cost can be
the aesthetics related to an energy source.
Oil refineries, coal power plants, and even wind farms are considered unattractive by some people.
Aesthetics is an intangible cost associated with those energy sources. An intangible cost that
governments and energy companies must pay close attention to is the public’s or consumer’s feelings
about an energy source. For example, fossil fuels have received significant negative publicity because
of the growing concern about greenhouse gas emissions. An unquantifiable cost to countries continuing
to use fossil fuels is the negative publicity that is associated with these fuels domestically and
internationally

Intangible benefits include the environmental impact of the energy source. Unlike fossil fuels, which
produce undesirable carbon emissions, many alternative energy sources have a good public image
because they do not produce carbon emissions. The lack of carbon emissions is a tangible benefit for
wind farms, solar power plants, and hydroelectric plants because it eliminates the cost of mitigating
greenhouse gas emissions, and the associated image of being a "clean” energy source is an intangible
benefit.

Tree, alive or dead, are an essential habitat for insects, birds, mammals, fungi and other plants.
They visually soften an otherwise harsh urban environment.
Tree can copies slow up rainfall and the root systems absorb moisture which helps to reduce flash
flooding.
They mark the changing of the seasons with spring flowers, summer foliage, autumn fruit and winter
branches.
Public Health and Social sciences
Clean air: Trees produce oxygen, intercept airborne particulates, and reduce smog, enhancing a
community’s respiratory health. The urban canopy directly contributes to meeting a city’s regulatory
clean air requirements.

Access to trees, green spaces, and parks promotes greater physical activity, and reduces stress, while
improving the quality of life in our cities and towns.
Urban landscaping, including trees, helps lower crime rates.
Environmental Benefits
Climate change: Trees sequester carbon (CO2), reducing the overall concentration of greenhouse gases
in the atmosphere.
Energy conservation:
 A tree is a natural air conditioner. The evaporation from a single tree can produce the cooling effect
of ten room-size, residential air conditioners operating 20 hours a day.
 Acting as a natural air-conditioner, Palo Alto’s lush canopy ensures that summer temperatures are
at least 6 to 8 degrees lower than in comparable neighborhoods without trees.
 Tree windbreaks can reduce residential heating costs 10-15%; while shading and evaporative
cooling from trees can cut residential air-conditioning costs 20-50%.
Water filtration and retention: Urban forests promote beneficial water quality and reduce storm water
management costs.
 Palo Alto Street and park trees can intercept 135 million gallons of rainwater. Trees capture and
slow rainfall and their roots filter water and recharge the aquifer. Trees reduce storm water runoff,
which reduces flooding, saves city storm water management costs, decreases the flow of polluted
water into the Bay, and protects the banks of the San Francis Quito Creek.
Wildlife habitat: Trees provide important habitats for numerous bird, insect and animal species
Economic Benefits
Communities and business districts with healthy tree-cover attract new residents, industry, and
commercial activity.
 Homes landscaped with trees sell more quickly and are worth 5% to 15% more than homes without
trees.
 Where the entire street is tree-lined, homes may be worth 25% more.
 Trees enhance economic stability by attracting businesses; people linger and shop longer when trees
are present.
 Where a canopy of trees exists, apartments and offices rent more quickly and have a higher
occupancy rate; workers report more productivity and less absenteeism.

Trees Provide Wildlife Habitat

 Trees provide nesting sites for birds and habitat for insects, which are an important food source
for birds and other wildlife. Tree berries and nuts are also food for wildlife.

 In urban Honolulu, large trees provide essential nesting habitat for the threatened fairy tern
(manu o kŪ), the official bird of Honolulu.

Trees Improve Air Quality by:

 Absorbing gaseous pollutants (via leaves)

 Intercepting particulates (dust, smoke, dirt)
 Releasing Oxygen (photosynthesis)
 Reducing ozone levels (through transpiration)
 Benefits of Trees:

1. Trees combat the greenhouse effect: Global warming is the result of excess greenhouse gases,
created by burning fossil fuels and destroying tropical rainforests. Heat from the sun, reflected
back from the earth, is trapped in this thickening layer of gases, causing global temperatures to
rise. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major greenhouse gas. Trees absorb CO2, removing and storing
the carbon while releasing the oxygen back into the air. In one year, an acre of mature trees absorbs
the amount of CO2 produced when you drive your car 26,000 miles.
2. Trees clean the air: Trees absorb odors and pollutant gases (nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulfur
dioxide and ozone) and filter particulates out of the air by trapping them on their leaves and bark.
3. Trees provide oxygen: In one year an acre of mature trees can provide enough oxygen for 18
people.
4. Trees cool the streets and the city: Average temperatures in Los Angeles have risen 6°F in the
last 50 years as tree coverage has declined and the number of heat-absorbing roads and buildings
has increased. Trees cool the city by up to 10°F, by shading our homes and streets, breaking up
urban "heat islands" and releasing water vapor into the air through their leaves.
5. Trees conserve energy: Three trees placed strategically around a single-family home can cut
summer air conditioning needs by up to 50 percent. By reducing the energy demand for cooling
our houses, we reduce carbon dioxide and other pollution emissions from power plants.
6. Trees save water: Shade from trees slows water evaporation from thirsty lawns. Most newly
planted trees need only fifteen gallons of water a week. As trees transpire, they increase
atmospheric moisture.
7. Trees help prevent water pollution: Trees reduce runoff by breaking rainfall thus allowing the
water to flow down the trunk and into the earth below the tree. This prevents storm water from
carrying pollutants to the ocean. When mulched, trees act like a sponge that filters this water
naturally.
8. Trees help prevent soil erosion: On hillsides or stream slopes, trees slow runoff and hold soil in
place.
9. Trees shield children from ultra-violet rays: Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in
the United States. Trees reduce UV-B exposure by about 50 percent, thus providing protection to
children on school campuses and playgrounds - where children spend hours outdoors.
10. Trees provide food: An apple tree can yield up to 15-20 bushels of fruit per year and can be
planted on the tiniest urban lot. Aside from fruit for humans, trees provide food for birds and
wildlife.
11. Trees bring diverse groups of people together: Tree plantings provide an opportunity for
community involvement and empowerment that improves the quality of life in our neighborhoods.
All cultures, ages, and genders have an important role to play at a tree planting or tree care event .
12. Trees add unity: Trees as landmarks can give a neighborhood a new identity and encourage civic
pride.
13. Trees provide a canopy and habitat for wildlife: Sycamore and oak are among the many urban
species that provide excellent urban homes for birds, bees, possums and squirrels.
14. Trees block things: Trees can mask concrete walls or parking lots, and unsightly views. They
muffle sound from nearby streets and freeways, and create an eye-soothing canopy of green. Trees
absorb dust and wind and reduce glare.
15. Trees provide wood: In suburban and rural areas, trees can be selectively harvested for fuel and
craft wood.
16. Trees increase property values: The beauty of a well-planted property and its surrounding street
and neighborhood can raise property values by as much as 15 percent.
17. Trees increase business traffic: Studies show that the more trees and landscaping a business
district has, the more business will flow in. A tree-lined street will also slow traffic - enough to
allow the drivers to look at the store fronts instead of whizzing by.