Strategic Lessons in Sustainable Community Building
This report by Groundwork USA highlights ten case studies from communities that are working to become more equitable and sustainable through community engagement in reclaiming brownfields, urban rivers, and vacant spaces.
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Detroit Future City: Strategic Framework Plan
Detroit Future City, a strategic plan to guide the metropolis for the next 50 years, envisions a reinvented, green, and economically vibrant Detroit. The document proposes environmentally sustainable uses for large expanses of the city's thousands of va… more »
Reset: Assessing Future Housing Markets in the Northern Rockies
This new report from the Sonoran Institute looks at the future housing market of the American West, focusing on market trends in six communities in Montana, Idaho and Colorado. The report concludes that compact, walkable communities are in demand and ca… more »
Cycling in the City: An Update on New York City's "Cycling Counts" Program
Over the last six years, New York City has worked to implement a major expansion of its bicycle network. More than 300 miles of new and enhanced bicycle routes have been developed, 8,000 new bike racks installed, and 75,000 free bicycle helmets and 1.8… more »
Unsprawl: Remixing Spaces as Places
Utilizing a dozen case studies from throughout North America, this new book examines successful strategies employed to introduce new patterns of development into a regulatory, cultural and financial landscape structured to encourage sprawl. Highlighted… more »
A New Alignment - Strengthening America's Commitment to Passenger Rail
This report by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program provides Amtrak ridership levels for each of the largest 100 metropolitan areas. The authors find that American passenger rail is in the midst of a renaissance—reinventing itself through short hau… more »
Creating Clean Water Cash Flows
This report provides guidance on key strategies that cities can deploy to attract private capital to green infrastructure development. Local municipalities and state government can potentially drive billions of dollars of private investment to modernize… more »
The Best Practices Manual for Development in Coastal Louisiana
This new manual guides leaders in Louisiana's coastal communities through the process of creating community development and emergency management plans, designating evacuation routes, elevating critical infrastructure, protecting electrical networks and… more »
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