Practices WILD Cities Principle Two
Nature in the City Map
Nature in the City MAP
Agency or Organization: Inter-organizational effort including Nature in the City, Recreation and Parks, the Presidio Trust, California Native Plant Society and Golden Gate Audubon Society
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
This map is a geographical guide to San Francisco's natural heritage.
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Our Liquid Asset
Agency or Organization: Friends of the Chicago River; Openlands
Location:Chicago, Illinois, USA
Openlands and Friends of the Chicago River commissioned a study, Our Liquid Asset: The Economic Benefits of a Clean Chicago River, released in May 2013. The study finds that a clean Chicago River has the potential to be a multi-billion dollar economic driver for Chicago and the surrounding region.
Each dollar invested provides a 70% return on investment through business revenue, tax revenue, and income. Investing in the Chicago River can create 52,400 construction jobs and 846 permanent operations and maintenance jobs:
Completed, planned, and proposed construction results in nearly $8 billion in business revenue, including $244 million in tax revenue, $4 billion in income and related construction jobs. Operations and maintenance will generate $130 million in business revenues, which also includes $6 million in taxes, $81 million in income and associated jobs, all of which will continue to accumulate annually.
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[Our Liquid Asset: The Economic Benefits of a Clean Chicago River (PDF)] (http://s3.amazonaws.com/chicagoriver/rich/rich_files/rich_files/272/original/summary-20review-20doc-20final.pdf)
Benefits of Trees and Urban Forests: A Research List
Agency or Organization: Alliance for Community Trees
Summarizes and cites findings from numerous city-based studies calculating ecosystem benefits, including: green infrastructure, public health, roads & traffic, business, property value, climate change & carbon, energy use, community, and wildlife & biodiversity
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Benefits of Trees and Urban Forests (PDF)
Reading the Landscape: A Social Assessment of Parks and their Natural Areas in Jamaica Bay Communities
Agency or Organization: Natural Areas Conservancy, a WILD Cities Champion; U.S. Forest Service; NYC Department of Parks & Recreation; Jamaica Bay Restoration Corps
Location: New York City, New York, USA
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Neighborhood Revitalization Strategic Framework Process Guide
Location:Detroit, Michigan, USA
Agency or Organization: Community Development Advocates of Detroit’s (CDAD)
The Neighborhood Revitalization Strategic Framework Process employed by CDAD allows Detroit neighborhoods to participate in the creation of visions and plans for the development and revitalization of their communities. Part of this process involves the mapping of the current state of neighborhood lands, which is also useful in determining the future of these spaces as guided by citizens and community place-based organizations. Among the categories for the mapping process, we find three "typologies" important to creating a WILD City: Naturescape Typology, Green Thoroughfare Typology and Green Venture Typology.
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Neighborhood Revitalization Strategic Framework Process Guide (PDF)
URBES Project Resources
Agency or Organization:The URBES (Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Project is a joint effort between IUCN and ICLEI
Various factsheets, case studies, and videos focusing on topics such as Valuing ecosystem services in urban areas(PDF) and Cultural Ecosystem Services (PDF).
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URBIS Project IUCN Home Page
Seattle Forest Ecosystem Values Project
Agency or Organization: Green Cities Research Alliance, initiated by the USDA Forest Service; partnered with researchers and organizations from the University of Washington, King County, Forterra, and the City of Seattle.
Location:Seattle, Washington, USA
This project and accompanying report provide an analysis of Seattle's urban forest "Structure, Function, and Economic Benefits"
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Seattle Forest Ecosystem Values Report
Report: The Value of Green Infrastructure A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits
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Agency or Organization: Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
Focus on the urban network of decentralized stormwater management practices, such as green roofs, trees, rain gardens and permeable pavement, that can capture and infiltrate rain where it falls, thus reducing stormwater runoff and improving the health of surrounding waterways. In addition to reducing polluted stormwater runoff, green infrastructure practices can also positively impact energy consumption, air quality, carbon reduction and sequestration, property prices, recreation and other elements of community health and vitality, and provide flexible options to communities faced with the need to adapt infrastructure to a changing climate.
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The Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure: A Case Study of Lancaster, PA
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