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1. Building Resilient and Sustainable Water Infrastructure with District Financing in Texas

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2024
   Minjee Kim

   Climate change-induced extreme weather conditions and environmental disasters have elevated the importance of building resilient and sustainable infrastructure globally. This case study analyzes the...

2. Equity in Green Infrastructure

   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2024
   Nathaniel R. Mattison and Kyle McKenney

   Many municipalities introduced their first stand-alone green infrastructure (“GI”) plans in the late 2000s and early 2010s, specifically as a means of achieving compliance with water...

3. The Effects of Flood Buyouts and Green Infrastructure on Nearby Property Values

   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2023
   Ryun Jung Lee, Wayne Day, Alexander Abuabara, Galen Newman, and Walter Peacock

   Property buyouts have been widely implemented as a hazard mitigation strategy to relocate residents to a safer location and reduce potential flood damages. Green infrastructure is an established...

4. Willingness to Pay for Climate Adaptation

   International Case Studies on Private Developers’ Preparedness to Contribute to Urban Climate Adaptation
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2023
   Erwin van der Krabben, Alexander Lord, James H. Spencer, and Stephen Buckman

   There is increasing global awareness that, despite efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation to climate change is necessary. Additional stresses related to climate change, including...

5. Anticipated but Unpredictable

   Exploratory Scenario Planning for Climate Migration in Cleveland/Cuyahoga County, Ohio
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2023
   Terry Schwarz, Joseph Schilling, Violet Sulka/Hewes, Catherine Tumber, and Nicholas B. Rajkovich

   Anticipated but Unpredictable: Exploratory Scenario Planning for Climate Migration in Cleveland/Cuyahoga County, Ohio is a case study that explores the process and outcomes of a climate migration...

6. Green Infrastructure, Home Values, Land Value Capture, and Equitable Property Assessment

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2023
   Jeffrey P. Cohen, Michael Dietz, and Yuchen Huang

   Climate change has necessitated innovative approaches to financing storm water mitigation in coastal communities throughout the world. We study how adding bioswales near residential properties in New...

7. The Case for Climate-Informed Zoning

   A Study of Fiscal Impact in Norfolk, VA
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2023
   Katherine Burgess, Michael Rodriguez, Jordan Howard, Jared Klukas, and Megan Wright

   As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify, zoning presents a key tool to direct development to protect communities from climate events. Norfolk, Virginia, a city at severe risk from sea...

8. Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation?

   The Coastal Barrier Resources System as a Natural Experiment
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2023
   Hannah Druckenmiller, Yanjun (Penny) Liao, Sophie Pesek, Margaret Walls, and Shan Zhang

   As natural disasters grow in frequency and intensity under climate change, limiting populations and properties in harm's way will be one important facet of adaptation. This study focuses on one...

9. Developing a Quantitative Spatial Economic Model to Evaluate Urban Water Conservation Policies in Denver

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2023
   Juan Carlos G. Lopez

   This paper develops a quantitative spatial model for the city of Denver to consider policy proposals to reduce urban water demand using data on land use and water demand by households and business...

10. How Landscape Conservation Partnerships Are Working to Address Climate Change

    Documentos de trabajo
    Abril 2023
    Ernest Cook, Katherine Lyons, Rashail Deminck, Lucia Portman, and Molly McDevitt 

    Land conservation – defined as land protection, restoration and stewardship – can be used to address climate change both by mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and by helping human and...