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1. Co-Design and Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation Mainstreaming Strategies and Projects in Coastal Dar es Salaam

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   Liana Ricci and Brendan WIlliams

   The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs estimates that the ten fastestgrowing cities from 2018 to 2035 will all be in Africa, with major development challenges emerging (UNDESA,...

2. Greenventory 2.0

   Sustainability Lessons from Small and Midsize Legacy Cities
   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2020
   Joseph Schilling and Gabriella Velasco

   This working paper builds the policy case for why sustainability presents small-to-midsize legacy cities with a promising pathway for their regeneration. Its conceptual foundation rests at the...

3. Current Issues and Perspectives in Urban Water Demand Management

   A Report on the 5th Urban Water Demand Roundtable April 8–9, 2019, Tempe, Arizona
   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2020
   Ray Quay, Zachary Sugg, and Faith Sternlieb

   The Urban Water Demand Roundtable (UWDR) is a convening of practitioners, consultants, and academics engaged in water demand research. The UWDR was initially organized in 2012 by a group of water...

4. Políticas de Suelo, Derecho Urbanístico y Cambio Climático

   Instrumentos Urbanísticos-Tributarios como Medidas para enfrentar al Cambio Climático. Etapa 2: Análisis de casos.
   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2020
   Melinda Lis Maldonado, Safira de la Sala, Rachelle Alterman, Giovanni Andrés Pérez Macías, y Roberto Arazo Silva

   Este documento constituye la presentación de una segunda etapa de investigación sobre Políticas de Suelo, Derecho Urbanístico y Cambio Climático. En una primera...

5. Toward Holistic Landscape Conservation in the 21st Century

   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2019
   Michael B. Whitfield

   In America we enjoy an amazing conservation legacy. However, all of Planet Earth is in the midst of an environmental and social crisis. Here in the United States, observers often see conflict between...

6. Exploring the Use of Land Value Capture Instruments for Green Resilient Infrastructure Benefits

   A Framework Applied in Cali, Colombia
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2019
   Stelios Grafakos, Alexandra Tsatsou, Luca D'Acci, James Kostaras, Adriana Patricia López Valencia, Nohemi Ramirez Aranda, and Barbara Summers

   Building resilient infrastructure is one of the major challenges cities face due to urbanization rates and climate change. Financing these investments is an additional challenge particularly for...

7. Políticas de Suelo, Derecho Urbanístico y Cambio Climático

   Instrumentos Urbanísticos-Tributarios como Medidas para Enfrentar al Cambio Climático
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2019
   Safira De La Sala, Melinda Maldonado, and Rachelle Alterman

   El objetivo de esta investigación es identificar ejemplos de instrumentos de financiamiento basados en el uso del suelo (LBFT, por sus siglas en inglés) que estén siendo...

8. Boston’s Open Space and Sea Level Rise

   An Assessment of the Role of Open Spaces in Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change-Related Sea Level Rise and Flooding
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2018
   Ellen M. Douglas, Emily Moothart, and Gerard Cogliano

   Boston, Massachusetts is vulnerable to a number of climate change impacts, the most certain of which are sea level rise (SLR) and the resultant coastal flooding. The feasibility of building a storm...

9. Integrating Green Infrastructure Practices into Ongoing Expansion and Management of the Chilean Electrical Transmission Network

   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2018
   Daniela Martínez Gutiérrez

   The energy revolution that Chile is experiencing due to the massive incorporation of variable renewable energy to its energy matrix creates an environmental paradox. The greener our energy is getting...

10. Harnessing Technology for Land Conservation

    Reflections on the Evolving Role of Geographic Information Services and Technology in Advancing the Land for People Mission of The Trust for Public Land
    Documentos de trabajo
    Noviembre 2018
    Will Rogers

    By developing and using sophisticated mapping and spatial analysis tools, The Trust for Public Land (TPL) has been able to dramatically increase its effectiveness in delivering its land-for-people...