Green Infrastructure Co-Benefits Valuation Tool
The Green Infrastructure Co-Benefits Valuation Tool is an Excel based economic valuation model. It calculates the net present value (NPV) …
Infiltration or filtration
Identifying linkages between urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services using an expert opinion methodology
Identifying linkages between urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services using an expert opinion methodology compares benefits in urban distributed stormwater …
Nature-Based Solutions Evidence Tool
The Nature-Based Solutions Evidence Tool is primarily an online catalog of peer-reviewed research that provides evidence of the impacts of …
Economic Benefits: Metics and Methods for Landscape Performance Assessment
The Economic Benefits: Metrics and Methods for Landscape Performance Assessment presents a method and standard metrics for assessing the economic …
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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 …
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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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 …
Water LA
The 2018 Water LA report by the River Project explores the opportunities for and challenges of building a resilient region …
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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The Blueprint for Increased Investment in Green Infrastructure
The Blueprint for Increased Investment in Green Infrastructure is a comprehensive resource for water managers and other decision makers seeking …
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Sustainable Landscapes in the Santa Ana River Watershed
The Sustainable Landscapes in the Santa Ana River Watershed map is an interactive tool that allows users to explore potential …
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The Green Edge: How Commercial Property Investment in Green Infrastructure Creates Value
This report explores the range of economic benefits that accrue to commercial property owners (including owners of multifamily residential buildings) …
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Green Infrastructure & Health Guide
Green Infrastructure & Health Guide provides the tools, resources, and evidence for the connections between green infrastructure (GI) and human …
The Economic Impact of Green City, Clean Waters: The First Five Years
The Economic Impact of Green City, Clean Waters: The First Five Years evaluates the economic impact of the Green City, …
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Milwaukee Green Infrastructure Scenarios Tool
The Milwaukee Green Infrastructure Scenarios Tool (GIST) helps decision makers to analyze various scenarios and determine the best stormwater management …
Green Infrastructure Opportunities and Barriers in the Greater Los Angeles Region
Green Infrastructure Opportunities and Barriers in the Greater Los Angeles Region analyzes the regulatory barriers to installing green infrastructure in …
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Preliminary Data Summary of Urban Storm Water Best Management Practices
Preliminary Data Summary of Urban Storm Water Best Management Practices synthesizes existing information on costs and environmental benefits of stormwater …
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Rainwater as a Resource: A Report on Three Sites Demonstrating Sustainable Stormwater Management
Rainwater as a Resource: A Report on Three Sites Demonstrating Sustainable Stormwater Management (2007) presents three case studies for stormwater …
Public Private Partnerships and Finance of Large-Scale Green Infrastructure in the Great Lakes Basin
Public Private Partnerships and Finance of Large-Scale Green Infrastructure in the Great Lakes Basin is a report presenting the outcome …
Green Infrastructure in Parks: A Guide to Collaboration, Funding, and Community Engagement
Green Infrastructure in Parks: A Guide to Collaboration, Funding, and Community Engagement analyzes green infrastructure projects in parks and the …
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Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies and Practices
Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies and Practices analyzes 17 case studies of low impact development (LID) …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management
Green Infrastructure: Guide for Water Management examines case studies of green infrastructure projects throughout the United States. The report argues …
The Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure A Case Study of Lancaster, PA
The Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure: A Case Study of Lancaster, PA provides an economic valuation of green infrastructure in …
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Green Infrastructure and Water Supply: A Case Study of the City of Los Angeles
Green Infrastructure and Water Supply: A Case Study of the City of Los Angeles presents a two-page report on a …
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Stormwater Capture Master Plan
Los Angeles’ Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Stormwater Capture Master Plan develops a strategy for long-term stormwater capture potential, …
LA Sustainable Water Project: Los Angeles River Watershed
LA Sustainable Water Project: Los Angeles River Watershed provides an in-depth analysis of the potential future opportunities for water recycling, …
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Systemic solutions for multi-benefit water and environmental management
Systemic solutions for multi-benefit water and environmental management provides an academic, theoretical critique on the evaluation of multi-benefit systems. The …
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The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits
The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits is an in-depth framework for …
The Economics of Low-Impact Development: A Literature Review
The Economics of Low-Impact Development: A Literature Review provides a review of economic valuations of low-impact development projects. The multiple …
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The Value of Green Infrastructure for Urban Climate Adaptation
The Value of Green Infrastructure for Urban Climate Adaptation provides a methodology for calculating the costs and benefits of green …
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Barriers and Gateways to Green Infrastructure
Barriers and Gateways to Green Infrastructure identifies and explores the major barriers to implementation of green infrastructure for stormwater management. …
Green Infrastructure: Lessons from Science and Practice
Green Infrastructure: Lessons from Science and Practice provides a literature review of peer-reviewed journal articles that measure and analyze flood …
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Green Stormwater Infrastructure Economics in the Boise Urban Area
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Economics in the Boise Urban Area (2015) examines the economics of green versus grey infrastructure in Boise, …
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Proposition 1 Stormwater Grant Program Guidelines
Proposition 1 Stormwater Grant Program Guidelines, related to the Stormwater Grant Program (SWGP), establishes the process and criteria by which …
Putting Green to Work: Economic Recovery Investments for Clean and Reliable Water
Putting Green to Work: Economic Recovery Investments for Clean and Reliable Water categorizes “green” and “bright green” projects that provide …
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Banking on Green: A Look at How Green Infrastructure Can Save Municipalities Money and Provide Economic Benefits Community-wide
Banking on Green provides a business case for green infrastructure practices in the United States. Benefits cited within the report …
Living Streets Economic Feasibility Project: Final Report
Living Streets Economic Feasibility Report presents an alternate, new paradigm to guide the future of street and sidewalk infrastructure design …
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