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1. Greening America’s Smaller Legacy Cities

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Julho 2023
   By Joseph Schilling, Catherine Tumber, and Gabi Velasco

   Preparing 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...

2. 草根的力量

   ⼟地保护组织应对⽓候变化的解决⽅案
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Novembro 2022
   James N. Levitt and Chandni Navalkha

   As communities worldwide make protecting the climate a priority, land trusts and conservancies of all sizes and capac­ities are seeking greater clarity in how to address climate change through...

3. Integrating Land Use and Water Management

   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Agosto 2022
   By Erin Rugland

   Land without water cannot support urban form of any scale, yet many land use decisions are made without regard to water, and vice versa. This Policy Brief introduces readers to best management...

4. From the Ground Up

   How Land Trusts and Conservancies Are Providing Solutions to Climate Change
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Fevereiro 2022
   James N. Levitt and Chandni Navalkha

   As communities worldwide make protecting the climate a priority, land trusts and conservancies of all sizes and capac­ities are seeking greater clarity in how to address climate change through...

5. Planificación de escenarios

   Aceptar la incertidumbre para tomar mejores decisiones
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Junho 2019
   Robert Goodspeed

   Mediante el proyecto Lugares Sustentables de Austin, los funcionarios electos, dueños de propiedades, residents locales y otros interesados de Dripping Springs, Texas, usan adhesivos de...

6. Scenario Planning

   Embracing Uncertainty to Make Better Decisions
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Março 2019
   Robert Goodspeed

   Faced with an unprecedented array of uncertainties, American cities and regions increasingly turn to scenario planning, a procedural tool that enables planners to analyze multiple versions of the...

7. Buy-In for Buyouts

   The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Setembro 2016
   Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare Brawley

   This 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...

8. 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...

9. 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...

10. Large Landscape Conservation

    A Strategic Framework for Policy and Action
    Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
    Maio 2010
    Matthew McKinney, Lynn Scarlett, and Daniel Kemmis

    The most important land and water conservation issues facing North America—including land use patterns, sustainable water management, biodiversity protection, and adaptation to climate change...