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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. New Publication

   Design with Nature Now Amplifies Ian McHarg's Manifesto on Ecological Planning and Land Use
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2019
   By Katharine Wroth, October 15, 2019

   With climate change posing imminent risks that range from rising seas to more extreme weather events, cities must work with ecology rather than against it to develop sustainably, according to the new...

4. 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...

5. Climate Adaptation

   As the Sea Rises, Communities Learn to Have Difficult Conversations About Retreat
   Revista Land Lines
   Febrero 2019
   By Will Jason, February 24, 2019

   Across the United States, as tidal flooding and extreme weather increase, coastal communities are learning to confront the inevitable—that at least some residents will need to retreat to safer ground.

6. Buy-In for Buyouts

   The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 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...

7. Lessons from Sandy

   Federal Policies to Build Climate-Resilient Coastal Regions
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   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...

8. Making Room for a Planet of Cities

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Enero 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...

9. Large Landscape Conservation

   A Strategic Framework for Policy and Action
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 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...

10. Planning for Climate Change in the West

    Enfoques en políticas de suelo
    Enero 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...