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Reports & Plans
- Trees in Urban Design - by Paul Crabtree and Lyssa Hall, 2014
- Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure - Case Study of Landcaster PA, EPA, February 2014
- Urban Flooding is Chronic and Costly, but Not Correlated with Floodplains - Center for Neighborhood Technology, May 2013
- Urban Stormwater Management in the United States - by National Research Council, October 2008
- Is Denser Greener? An Evaluation of Higher Density Development as an Urban Stormwater-Quality Best Management Practice - by John S. Jacob and Ricardo Lopez, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 45, No. 3
- Tree and Shade Master Plan - City of Phoenix, January 2010
- Plan BTV - City of Burlington and Town Planning and Urban Design Collaborative
- Stormwater + Economic Development - Lisa Nisenson, April 2014
Articles
- High Cost of Curb and Gutter - by Lisa Nisenson
- Aligning Stormwater Goals and Community Goals - by Lynn Richards in Stormwater Magazine, September 2011
- Choosing a Green Infrastructure Framework? Consider Light Imprint - by Thomas Low, Guy Pearlman, Monica Carney Holmes, Nora Black, and Paul Crabtree in Stormwater Magazine, March/April 2011
- Watersheds, Walkability, and Stormwater: The Role of Density - by John S. Jacob in Stormwater Magazine, January/February 2011
- Taking a Stance on Sprawl - by Martin Dreiling, Stormwater Magazine, Nov/Dec 2010
- Ahead of the Learning Curve: Building Skill Sets for Sustainable Economic and Environmental Practice - by Lisa Nisenson in Stormwater Magazine, September 2011
- Principles of Smart Growth and their Corresponding Rainwater Dos and Dont's - by Paul Crabtree in Stormwater Magazine, March-April 2010
- EPA Stormwater Rules Should Acknowledge Benefits of Urbanism - by John Norquist in Stormwater Magazine, January/February 2011
Books
- Light Imprint Handbook - website for book by Thomas E Low, AIA LEED CNU, principal author. Charlotte, February 2008
- The Original Green - Stephen A. Mouzon
- The Regional City - Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton, 2001
- Trees in Urban Design - Henry F. Arnold
- Up By the Roots - James Urban
- Great Streets - Allen Jacobs
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Webinars
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