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Green Stormwater Infrastructure: Impact on Property Values
The report from the Center for Neighborhood Technology outlines the impacts of green infrastructure investments on property values. The report also addresses the issue of green gentrification and includes anti-displacement […]
Connecting Passaic to the River: Dundee Island Waterfront Park and Community Engagement Profile
The white paper–created by the Passaic River Urban Waters Federal Partnership, NY/NJ Harbor and Estuary Program, and the USDA Forest Service–reports on findings from a public outreach project targeted at […]
Resilience Hubs: Shifting Power to Communities and Increasing Community Capacity
The report from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network defines Resilience Hubs as a way to include equity-centered strategies that intersectionally reduce vulnerability and greenhouse gas emissions while engaging community members. […]
Understanding Rural Attitudes Toward the Environment and Conservation in America
This study by Duke University Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions seeks to answer the questions: “Why do rural voters and their representatives often oppose environmental regulations? What accounts for […]
Sharing in the Benefits of a Greening City
The guidelines in this toolkit created by The CREATE Initiative partners comes out of the question: “What does it look like to envision green spaces as sites through which to […]
The Sustainable Square Mile Handbook
The handbook was created from a collaboration between Blacks in Green (BIG) and the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), making connections between BIG’s programs—the Sustainable Square Mile, Grannynomics, and Green […]
UWLN Annual Snapshot 2019
The Urban Waters Learning Network tracks the growth of the network on a semi-annual and annual basis. Discover 2019's numbers on membership, publication of Impact Stories and blog posts, number of webinars produced, and more.
Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States: A National Action Plan
More than two million people in the United States live without running water, basic indoor plumbing and sanitation. To close this water gap, it is first important to understand it. […]
Greening without Gentrification
The UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability and the University of Utah created the report, Greening without Gentrification, as an analysis of equitable development strategies being employed when large parks and […]
What About Housing: A Policy Toolkit for Inclusive Growth
Housing is one of the most important solutions to preventing displacement and creating equitable development. As quoted within the document, “Grounded Solutions Network created this toolkit to help communities understand […]