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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 »
Reports –  Mar. 20, 2013


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 »
Technical Guidance Manual –  Mar. 20, 2013


Independent for Life: Homes and Neighborhoods for an Aging America

With the fastest population growth in the United States among people over 65, finding solutions for successful aging in neighborhoods is important not only for individual families, but for our whole society. In this new book, former HUD Secretary Henry… more »
Books –  Mar. 20, 2013


Neighborhood Infrastructure, Community Dynamics, Physical Activity, and Health Outcomes

A neighborhood's quality of life is correlated with improved physical and mental health, states this new report from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. The study found that residents in revitalized low-income neighborhoods of Kansas City had mor… more »
Reports –  Mar. 20, 2013


Triple Harvest: Farmland Conservation for Climate Protection, Smart Growth and Food Security in California

This new report by the California Climate and Agriculture Network describes the many essential services provided by California farmland and current development threats. As California aims to reach its mandate of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020… more »
Reports –  Mar. 6, 2013


High-Rise and the Sustainable City

Can high-rises make a fruitful contribution to making cities more sustainable? Is it possible to develop high-rise projects that energize city life? This new book addresses the meaning of high-rise for a sustainable city and asks when urban form can be… more »
Books –  Mar. 6, 2013


Principles of Urban Retail Planning & Development

This new book reveals the retail industry's current principles and practices for implementing sustainable commerce—the knowledge needed to increase retail sales and market share in historic urban centers and ensure their viability in new ones. The book… more »
Books –  Mar. 6, 2013


Reshaping Metropolitan America

Nearly half the buildings that will be standing in 2030 do not exist today. That means we have a tremendous opportunity to reinvent our urban areas, making them more sustainable and livable for future generations. This book shows how redevelopment can m… more »
Books –  Mar. 6, 2013


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