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1. Developing a Quantitative Spatial Economic Model to Evaluate Urban Water Conservation Policies in Denver

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2023
   Juan Carlos G. Lopez

   This paper develops a quantitative spatial model for the city of Denver to consider policy proposals to reduce urban water demand using data on land use and water demand by households and business...

2. Green Infrastructure, Home Values, Land Value Capture, and Equitable Property Assessment

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2023
   Jeffrey P. Cohen, Michael Dietz, and Yuchen Huang

   Climate change has necessitated innovative approaches to financing storm water mitigation in coastal communities throughout the world. We study how adding bioswales near residential properties in New...

3. Effects of Flood Hazard on Property Prices in Cape Town, South Africa

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2023
   Claus Rabe and David Karpul

   In many cities in the Developing South, a growing number of households live in areas prone to flooding. Past research indicates that flood risk has a discount effect on property prices, an important...

4. The Case for Climate-Informed Zoning

   A Study of Fiscal Impact in Norfolk, VA
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2023
   Katherine Burgess, Michael Rodriguez, Jordan Howard, Jared Klukas, and Megan Wright

   As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify, zoning presents a key tool to direct development to protect communities from climate events. Norfolk, Virginia, a city at severe risk from sea...

5. Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation?

   The Coastal Barrier Resources System as a Natural Experiment
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2023
   Hannah Druckenmiller, Yanjun (Penny) Liao, Sophie Pesek, Margaret Walls, and Shan Zhang

   As natural disasters grow in frequency and intensity under climate change, limiting populations and properties in harm's way will be one important facet of adaptation. This study focuses on one...

6. Urban Growth Boundaries for Watershed Health

   Managing the Impacts of Peripheral Land Uses on Water Quantity and Quality
   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 2022
   Lance Gloss

   This working paper considers how the common land use planning tool of establishing Urban Growth Boundaries (UGBs) can better integrate water management. Three case studies and mixed methods research...

7. What Do We Do with the Land Left Behind?

   XSP for Floodplain Buyout Parcels
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2022
   Kelly Leilani Main, Risa Hiser, Victoria Woods, Osamu Kumasaka, Maggie Tsang, and Isaac Stein

   Flood risk is increasing across the country due to extreme precipitation, outdated infrastructure, poor development practices, and climate change. As climate impacts like storm surge and sea level...

8. Using Green and Blue Infrastructure for Urban Flood Mitigation

   Simulating Scenarios for Climate Change, GBI Technologies, and Land Policy
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2022
   Nilo Nascimento, Renan Pereira Almeida, Priscilla Moura, Talita Silva, Michelle Reboita, Wilson Fernandes, Deyvid Rosa, Pedro A. Patrício, Rafael A. S. Drumond, Kauê Melo, André Silva, and Christie Souza

   Technical approaches inspired by concepts such as green and blue infrastructure (GBI) may offer alternatives for urban adaptation to climate change with significant environmental and socioeconomic...

9. An Urban Planner’s Guide to Climate Information

   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2022
   Donovan Finn , Ellie Evans , and Kevin A. Reed

   As the risks to communities from climate change becomes more pronounced, urban planners need access to better and more user-friendly forms of climate data for a variety of planning tasks ranging from...

10. Scenario Planning Using Climate Data

    New Tools Merging Science and Practice
    Documentos de trabajo
    Agosto 2022
    Donovan Finn and Naomi Miller

    The integration of climate data into scenario planning is an important next step in helping local planning practitioners more usefully engage with the public around questions of how to address local...