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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform … social injustices and inequality? A new analysis in Landscape and Urban Planning concludes that this will … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… as well. And they have found that the presence in the landscape of a diverse community of midsize predators, … and suppression, there is a concept called the wildland-urban interface, or WUI. It is the transition zone where … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Getting parks out of green infrastructure purgatory
… Parks play an important role in cooling cities, mediating urban heat islands. On an individual level, the … is fairly flexible and can include any feature of the landscape that supports natural systems or uses nature as a … but it includes so much more. Projects like restoring wetlands, preserving forests and other habitats, building …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… While the virus’s effects were readily apparent in urban areas, where birds were found dead along streets, … to mosquito composition, abundance, and distribution in urban areas. Since then, her work with Baltimore … numbers and the diseases they carry across the urban landscape, paving the way for more effective mosquito …
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Victoria Kelly
… radiation, phenology, and the behavior of water in the landscape. Data from the program have been used to … cycle events (phenology), and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, …
ltumblety - 08/01/2023 - 09:43
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Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning
… for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning Research team puts forth … to reveal how urban planning has contributed to current landscapes of inequality, and what avenues exist to … press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , …
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Toward a more inclusive definition of green infrastructure
… and resilience goals while improving the lives of urban residents. How green infrastructure is defined guides … cities implement, with enduring impacts to people and the urban environment. A new nationwide analysis of 122 … Green infrastructure has its roots in 19th century landscape design. Its original conceptualization was broad, …
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Only the profits will flow upstream
… reversed? Further, protection would be eliminated for wetlands and water bodies with no permanent connections to … only when they flood. Also known as vernal pools, seasonal wetlands are also important areas of wildlife habitat, groundwater recharge, and denitrification—habitats where soil bacteria can remove …
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Team Cary: Elsa Anderson
… nature. I knew from that point that I wanted to focus on urban systems, blending social and ecological perspectives. … Soviet side of the wall. Those forests are still on the landscape, providing ecosystem services for people and … have this idea that gaining canopy – putting green on the landscape – is inherently a good thing, but we don’t …
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West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD
… In Baltimore, Maryland, people living in low-income urban neighborhoods are more at risk of contracting West … how mosquito-borne disease risk varies across the urban landscape and socioeconomic divides. As this work …
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