Landscape Performance Series
The Landscape Performance Series is a compilation of case studies, fact sheets, and a Benefits Toolkit, to support sustainable landscape …
Multi-Benefits
Landscape Performance Series: Benefits Toolkit
The Benefits Toolkit, housed in the Landscape Performance Series, lists calculators and tools that directly help with quantifying the benefits …
Water Funds Toolbox
The Water Fund Toolbox provides a wide variety of resources, case studies, tools, etc. for groups seeking to create or …
Green Infrastructure Co-Benefits Valuation Tool
The Green Infrastructure Co-benefits Valuation Tool is intended to provide a framework, methods, and values to support rapid screening-level analysis …
The Untapped Potential of California’s Water Supply: Efficiency, Reuse, and Stormwater – Issue Brief
Increased pressures on Californias water supply, including from population growth and intense periods of drought exacerbated by climate change, are …
EPA Tools and Resources Webinar Series
The EPA Tools and Resources Webinar Series provides a monthly update on EPA tools and resources available to help inform …
The environmental benefits of water recycling and reuse
The environmental benefits of water recycling and reuse presents on the links between water reuse and sustainable water management through …
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Performance of Two Bioswales on Urban Runoff Management
This study evaluated the effectiveness of two bioswales eight years after construction in Davis, California. An identically sized control bioswale …
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Thermal performance of extensive green roofs in cold climates
In this study, the performance of two extensive green roofs located in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada was monitored. …
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Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure: A literature review
Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure: A literature review formulates a conceptual framework of associations …
Multisolving
Multisolving is a concept developed by the Climate Interactive that provides an approach for finding systematic solutions that protect the …
San Francisco Bay Shoreline Adaptation Atlas
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
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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Water LA
The 2018 Water LA report by the River Project explores the opportunities for and challenges of building a resilient region …
Perceived species-richness in urban green spaces: Cues, accuracy and well-being impacts
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
Psychological benefits of greenspace increase with biodiversity provides evidence that suggests that psychological benefits of greenspace increase with species richness. …
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Biodiverse perennial meadows have aesthetic value and increase residents’ perceptions of site quality in urban green-space
Researches used photos and as well as actual urban green spaces converted to meadows to evaluate perceptions of visitors to …
Moving Toward a Multiple Benefits Approach for Water Management
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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NatCap Checker
The NatCap Checker is a tool by the Natural Capital Coalition, created to help organizations make more informed decisions that …
Natural Infrastructure in the Nexus
This paper discusses how natural infrastructure, the networks of land and water that provide services to people, can help decision …
Nature and Health
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
Green Cities: Good Health is an online compilation and synthesis of research related to urban green spaces and human health …
Neighborhood greenspace and health in a large urban center
This study links tree density in an urban center (Toronto, Canada) to results of a health survey using statistical methods. …
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Climate Change: Opportunities to Reduce Federal Fiscal Exposure
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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Water Resources Management: Optimizing within a Watershed Context
This resource provides an explanation of a model that was developed to evaluate a broad range of technical, economic, and …
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Restoring Natural Fire Regimes Can Yield More Water Downstream
Research from Yosemite National Park provides a new understanding of one of the potential benefits of restoring a forest’s natural …
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A Northwest Vision for 2040 Water Infrastructure
In A Northwest Vision for 2040 Water Infrastructure the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure presents a vision for the future of …
Life cycle based analysis of demands and emissions for residential water-using appliances
Life cycle based analysis of demands and emissions for residential water-using appliances focuses on the indirect consumption and environmental impacts …
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The value of public and private green spaces under water restrictions
The value of public and private green spaces under water restrictions analyzes the economic impact of outdoor watering restrictions on …
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Methods to Assess Co-Benefits of California Climate Investments: Water Supply and Availability
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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