Participatory Development and the Sustainable City: Community Forestry in Detroit is a chapter in a book discussing sustainable city management. …
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Planning for inclusive urban ecological restoration highlights some of the myths conservation managers might have about minority participation. It highlights …
An Equitable Water Future highlights the main challenges and main solutions in water equity in the United States. There are …
Drinking Water and Wastewater Utility Customer Assistance Programs (CAPs) is a synopsis of utilities across the nation performing customer assistance …
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The authors of Perceived species-richness in urban green spaces…explore the impact of creating biodiverse landscapes within an urban space on …
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Psychological benefits of greenspace increase with biodiversity provides evidence that suggests that psychological benefits of greenspace increase with species richness. …
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Researches used photos and as well as actual urban green spaces converted to meadows to evaluate perceptions of visitors to …
The Pacific Institute’s report, Moving Toward a Multiple Benefits Approach for Water Management, proposes a framework for systematically identifying and …
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The NatCap Checker is a tool by the Natural Capital Coalition, created to help organizations make more informed decisions that …
This paper discusses how natural infrastructure, the networks of land and water that provide services to people, can help decision …
This article presents the state of knowledge with regards to human health and well-being from contact with nature. The article …
Green Cities: Good Health is an online compilation and synthesis of research related to urban green spaces and human health …
This study links tree density in an urban center (Toronto, Canada) to results of a health survey using statistical methods. …
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released an analysis of the economic costs and benefits of climate change to …
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This study evaluated the effectiveness of two bioswales eight years after construction in Davis, California. An identically sized control bioswale …
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In A Northwest Vision for 2040 Water Infrastructure the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure presents a vision for the future of …
In this study, the performance of two extensive green roofs located in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada was monitored. …
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Multisolving is a concept developed by the Climate Interactive that provides an approach for finding systematic solutions that protect the …
The San Francisco Bay Shoreline Adaptation Atlas offers practitioners and decision makers in the region a comprehensive, science-based framework for …
Measuring Benefits of Distributed, Nature-Based Stormwater Projects explores a variety of factors relevant to the assessment of distributed, nature-based stormwater …
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The 2018 Water LA report by the River Project explores the opportunities for and challenges of building a resilient region …
The white paper, On Spatially Distributed Hydrologic Ecosystem Services, provides an explanation of and use case examples for a hydrologic …
This website, Top 22 Benefits of Trees, provides an overview of the top benefits provided by trees, which include, but …
In The estimated impact of California’s urban water conservation mandate on electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, Spang et al. …
CPUCs Embedded Energy in Water Studies provide a California statewide assessment of energy use by the water sector and energy …
The Sustainable Landscapes in the Santa Ana River Watershed map is an interactive tool that allows users to explore potential …
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Opportunities for natural infrastructure to improve urban water security in Latin America offers a continent-scale analysis of ecosystem services provided …
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In Informing watershed planning… Podolak et al. evaluate the water quality and water quantity impacts of stream andl and restoration …
The journal article, Review of decision support tools to operationalize the ecosystem services concept, provides a synthesis of a broad …
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Urban Nature for Human Health and Well-Being summarizes the most recent research on connections between human health and natural urban …
Methods to Assess Co-benefits of California Climate Investments: Water Supply and Availability is a literature review of the different methodologies …
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This report explores the range of economic benefits that accrue to commercial property owners (including owners of multifamily residential buildings) …
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Co-benefits Assessment Methodology for Water Savings presents three different water co-benefit assessment methods for three types of projects from the …
Modelling Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Large Wood Recruitment, Transport, and Deposition at the River Reach Scale during Extreme Floods presents a …
The report From Projects to Portfolios by Earth Economics is a helpful guide and resource for municipal, NGO, and charitable …
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Sonoma County Ag + Open Space presents the results of a thorough economic assessment of the county’s agricultural and natural …
This is the landing page for Sonoma County Ag + Open Space Health Lands & Healthy Economies program. This website …
The Blueprint for Increased Investment in Green Infrastructure is a comprehensive resource for water managers and other decision makers seeking …
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Water-quality trends in the nation’s rivers and streams, 1972-2012 Data preparation, statistical methods, and trend results analyzes surface water quality …
Methods for Evaluating Temporal Groundwater Quality Data and Results of Decadal-Scale Changes in Chloride, Dissolved Solids, and Nitrate Concentrations in …
Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) Water Pollution Search is an online tool that allows users to search discharge monitoring …
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FLOWER: Framework for Long-Term, Whole-System, Equity-Based Reflection is a decision-making framework for “multisolving,” or systematically examining climate solutions that provide …
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Stream Reach Assessment Tool is an online tool used to assess surface water quality within the Delaware River watershed. Through …
Sustainability Assessment and Management: Process, Tools, and Indicators provides an overview on how to approach sustainability assessment and management. The …
SCORE: Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) for Sustainability Appraisal of Remedial Alternatives is a tool used to evaluate the sustainability of a …
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Combining multi-attribute utility and geographic information for boundary decisions: An application to park planning provides a framework for inclusion of …
Impacts of Urban Water Conservation Strategies on Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Health: Southern California as a Case Study expands …
Climate information? Embedding climate futures within temporalities of California water management analyzes the use of climate change information in water …
Accounting for U.S. ecosystem services at national and subnational scales is an ongoing project of the John Wesley Powell Center …
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SEEA-Water System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water is a qualitative and comprehensive framework that aids in the organization of hydrologic …
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