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1. Lessons from Sandy

   Federal Policies to Build Climate-Resilient Coastal Regions
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Abril 2014
   Robert Pirani and Laura Tolkoff

   This 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...

2. Making Room for a Planet of Cities

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Janeiro 2011
   Shlomo Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei

   This 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...

3. Planning for Climate Change in the West

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Janeiro 2010
   Rebecca Carter and Susan Culp

   Planning 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...

4. Urban Planning Tools for Climate Change Mitigation

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Agosto 2009
   Patrick M. Condon, Duncan Cavens, and Nicole Miller

   Land 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...

5. On Borrowed Land

   Public Policies for Floodplains
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Junho 1996
   Scott Faber

   Flooding 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...