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Toward the Next Mode of Practice for Climate Urbanism
Understanding and Preventing Greening-Induced DisplacementDocumentos de trabajoOctubre 2023James J.T. Connolly, Isabelle Anguelovski, and Emilia OscilowiczThe contemporary practice of green climate urbanism faces an acute challenge. Even as the capacity grows in cities to implement increased green climate mitigation and adaptation measures, so does the...
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Urban Growth Boundaries for Watershed Health
Managing the Impacts of Peripheral Land Uses on Water Quantity and QualityDocumentos de trabajoNoviembre 2022Lance GlossThis working paper considers how the common land use planning tool of establishing Urban Growth Boundaries (UGBs) can better integrate water management. Three case studies and mixed methods research...
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Exploratory Scenario Planning for Climate In-Migration
A Guide for Cities in the Great Lakes RegionDocumentos de trabajoAgosto 2022Nicholas B. Rajkovich, Terry Schwarz, Gwyneth A. Harris, and Adara ZulloExploratory Scenario Planning for Climate In-Migration: A Guide for Cities in the Great Lakes Region describes exploratory scenario planning techniques that communities can use to develop...
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Regulating Urban Sustainability
Land Regulations, Urban Spatial Structure, Transportation Infrastructure, and Greenhouse Gas EmissionsDocumentos de trabajoFebrero 2022Paavo Monkkonen , Erick Guerra, Jorge Montejano Escamilla, and Camilo Caudillo CosCities feature prominently in debates over how to deal with the existential threat of climate change, alternating between the role of potential savior (e.g. Copenhagen or Amsterdam) and prime culprit...
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Valuing Density
An Evaluation of the Extent to which American, Australian, and Canadian Cities Account for the Climate Benefits of Density through Environmental ReviewDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Katrina Wyman, Danielle Spiegel-Feld, Adalene Minelli, and Sara SavaraniThis study looks at the extent to which major cities in the United States, Australia, and Canada assess the climate impacts of densification through the environmental review process. Research...
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Eight Ingredients for a State-Level Zoning Reform
Lessons from Oregon’s House Bill 2001Documentos de trabajoJulio 2021Michael AndersenIn 2019, Oregon passed a first-of-its-kind state law that ordered larger cities and the Portland metro area to rapidly legalize duplexes on all residential lots and fourplexes, triplexes, townhomes,...
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The Eight Deaths of Portland’s Residential Infill Project
Documentos de trabajoJulio 2021Michael AndersenIn 2020, Portland became the largest modern U.S. city to end so-called “single-family zoning,” legalizing up to four market-rate homes on almost any residential lot, or up to six homes on...
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Examining State Planning Enabling Laws Regarding Water Planning Requirements
Documentos de trabajoJulio 2021Cassie Pettit and Sagar ShahThis report summarizes the methodology, findings, and implications of examining and evaluating the legal requirements for water provisions within comprehensive plans in each of the 50 states. Focus...
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Medellín’s Integrated Urban Projects
A Planning Tool to Reduce Socio-Spatial InequalityDocumentos de trabajoMayo 2021Luisa SotomayorThe second-largest city in Colombia, Medellín, has 2.5 million inhabitants, and the population of its metropolitan region totaled 3.9 million as of 2016. Medellín has an advanced level...
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The Statute of the Metropolis and Planning Reform in Brazil
Analyzing Land Use Planning Practices and Metropolitan Land ConflictsDocumentos de trabajoJulio 2021Abigail Friendly and Felipe Francisco De SouzaIn 2015, Brazil enacted the Statute of the Metropolis (Federal Law No. 13,089) to regulate the establishment of metropolitan areas and regional public policies throughout the country. This research...
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