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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→
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→