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Greening America’s Smaller Legacy Cities
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasJulho 2023By Joseph Schilling, Catherine Tumber, and Gabi VelascoPreparing the country for a low-carbon future that is economically and racially just is an enormous undertaking. Greening America’s Smaller Legacy Cities investigates how local governments in...
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Buy-In for Buyouts
The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood ZonesInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasSetembro 2016Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare BrawleyThis report offers policy recommendations to increase participation in buyout programs and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastal communities. Based on a study of...
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Conserving State Trust Lands
Strategies for the Intermountain WestInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasMarço 2015Susan Culp and Joe MarlowThis report presents and critiques tools and strategies for conserving western state trust lands with ecological and environmental value. A valuable resource for state trust managers and policy...
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Lessons from Sandy
Federal Policies to Build Climate-Resilient Coastal RegionsInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasAbril 2014Robert Pirani and Laura TolkoffThis report, spurred by aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, identifies a set of policies, regulations, and administrative practices that federal agencies can adopt to help coastal metropolitan regions...
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Making Room for a Planet of Cities
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasJaneiro 2011Shlomo Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. BleiThis report—the precursor to Planet of Cities—provides policy makers and planners with a conceptual framework for understanding urban expansion and provides research-based suggestions for...
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Large Landscape Conservation
A Strategic Framework for Policy and ActionInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasMaio 2010Matthew McKinney, Lynn Scarlett, and Daniel KemmisThe most important land and water conservation issues facing North America—including land use patterns, sustainable water management, biodiversity protection, and adaptation to climate change...
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Planning for Climate Change in the West
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasJaneiro 2010Rebecca Carter and Susan CulpPlanning for Climate Change in the West offers regional planners techniques for addressing climate change concerns while they focus on issues affecting regional growth. A warmer and dryer climate in...
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Urban Planning Tools for Climate Change Mitigation
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasAgosto 2009Patrick M. Condon, Duncan Cavens, and Nicole MillerLand use patterns and urban form can strongly impact an urban community’s contribution to global climate change through the production of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Key contributors to a...
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Open Space Conservation
Investing In Your Community's Economic HealthInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasFevereiro 1998John TibbettsThis report describes several techniques of delineating the economic value of open space, explaining their strengths and limitations. The report also analyzes the effectiveness, practicality, and...
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On Borrowed Land
Public Policies for FloodplainsInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasJunho 1996Scott FaberFlooding is a natural hydrologic occurrence, but flood-related damage to property and the risks to human life are exacerbated by urban growth and other intensive development in floodplains. The...
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