Green Infrastructure & Equity – Discover Two New Tools + Virtual Events
Green infrastructure can help manage urban hazards, such as flooding,…
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Great to see so many in attendance for the "Building Equity in GI Planning" webinar. Stay tuned for further developments & updates to the http://GIequity.org tool, now live, featuring findings from an examination of 122 GI city plans in US cities. 👉 https://giequity.org/
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So excited to see this article out in the world! A Herculean task by @zjgrabowski coding & analyzing these plans with fabulous visualizations of the results! This article pairs nicely with our GI lit review, reinforcing findings across theory & practice: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204621001080 https://twitter.com/USL_NYC/status/1478740586970632192
📰 Green infrastructure has become an important resilience strategy for US cities, but new paper finds approaches vary widely revealing limits but also opportunities. Led by @zjgrabowski, @timonmcphearson, @oh_the_urbanity, @PeterGroffman, @UrbanSteward👇
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fee.2445
Today is the day! I am thrilled to share Governing Green, a choose-your-own-green infrastructure adventure.
https://www.caryinstitute.org/governing-green-experiential-toolkit
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