From ash pond to Riverside Wetlands: Making the business case for engineered natural technologies
From ash pond to Riverside Wetlands: Making the business case for engineered natural technologies applies a nature valuation framework to …
From ash pond to Riverside Wetlands: Making the business case for engineered natural technologies applies a nature valuation framework to …
The Triple Bottom Line Guidelines from Melbourne Water outlines a process of including triple bottom line analysis into new water …
Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems examines how restoration can impact carbon sequestration and …
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The Green Infrastructure Evaluation Framework allows for people planning green infrastructure projects to identify and systematically calculate project benefits. Step …
The Green Infrastructure Co-Benefits Valuation Tool is an Excel based economic valuation model. It calculates the net present value (NPV) …
This article, “Renaturing cities using a regionally-focused biodiversity-led multifunctional benefits approach to urban green infrastructure,” considers the biodiversity outcomes of …
The contribution of constructed green infrastructure to urban biodiversity: A synthesis and meta-analysis examines efficacy of green infrastructure in improving …
A Meta-Analysis of Hedonic Studies to Assess the Property Value Effects of Low Impact Development analyzed 35 different low impact …
The Effect of Low-Impact-Development on Property Values examines the added value to houses in a zip code in Seattle, WA …
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Portland’s Green Infrastructure: Quantifying the Health, Energy, and Community Livability Benefits quantifies the benefits of green infrastructure (GI) initiatives. Using …
Downstream Economic Benefits of Conservation Development uses a case study in Chicago, Illinois to value the benefits of on-site stormwater …
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Identifying linkages between urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services using an expert opinion methodology compares benefits in urban distributed stormwater …
Bringing Water and Land Use Together discusses Integrated Regional Water Management. This strategy is similar to the multi-benefit framework and …
The Water Fund Toolbox provides a wide variety of resources, case studies, tools, etc. for groups seeking to create or …
The Green Infrastructure Co-benefits Valuation Tool is intended to provide a framework, methods, and values to support rapid screening-level analysis …
Increased pressures on CaliforniaÂ’s water supply, including from population growth and intense periods of drought exacerbated by climate change, are …
The EPA Tools and Resources Webinar Series provides a monthly update on EPA tools and resources available to help inform …
Urban green space, public health, and environmental justice: The challenge of making cities ‘just green enough’ is a review paper …
Wiped Out by the ‘Greenwave’: Environmental Gentrification and the Paradoxical Politics of Urban Sustainability examines how profit driven environmental improvements …
Inclusive Urban Ecological Restoration in Toronto, Canada explores the ways improving diversity in park management could benefit Toronto communities. Involving …
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Dialogue on Diversity: Broadening the Voices in Urban and Community Forestry reports the results of a national attempt to increase …
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Participatory Development and the Sustainable City: Community Forestry in Detroit is a chapter in a book discussing sustainable city management. …
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From brown to green? Assessing social vulnerability to environmental gentrification in New York City uses multiple linear regression to examine …
Just green enough: contesting environmental gentrification in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is a case study showing the benefits of partnerships between developers, …
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An Equitable Water Future highlights the main challenges and main solutions in water equity in the United States. There are …
The Economic Benefits: Metrics and Methods for Landscape Performance Assessment presents a method and standard metrics for assessing the economic …
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The Landscape Performance Series is a compilation of case studies, fact sheets, and a Benefits Toolkit, to support sustainable landscape …
The Benefits Toolkit, housed in the Landscape Performance Series, lists calculators and tools that directly help with quantifying the benefits …
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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In A Northwest Vision for 2040 Water Infrastructure the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure presents a vision for the future of …
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 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 formulates a conceptual framework of associations …
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 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 …
The Blueprint for Increased Investment in Green Infrastructure is a comprehensive resource for water managers and other decision makers seeking …
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This website, Top 22 Benefits of Trees, provides an overview of the top benefits provided by trees, which include, but …
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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This report explores the range of economic benefits that accrue to commercial property owners (including owners of multifamily residential buildings) …
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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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