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NOAA launches terrific new web site and report on coastal smart growth

September 14, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
coasts, development, greeninfrastructure, lowimpactdevelopment, NOAA, planning, smartgrowth, waterfront, watershed

      Kudos to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a comprehensive new report and web site on best practices for smart development in coastal and waterfront communities.  The report was issued in cooperation with the federal EPA,...continued

Green infrastructure in smart growth, beautifully illustrated

July 13, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably

Tags:
density, greeninfrastructure, lowimpactdevelopment, neighborhood, smartercities, smartgrowth, stormwater, watershed

My NRDC colleague Rachel Sohmer has produced a wonderful slide show illustrating how low-impact-development techniques for reducing stormwater runoff (sometimes called "green infrastructure") can successfully be integrated into the kinds of smart, urban environments that we need to revive cities...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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