This resource provides guidance to local governments in designing and implementing a more inclusive, equitable planning process.
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Building Resilient States: Profiles in Action
This report highlights local, regional, and statewide efforts to build more resilient communities from the ground up, with California as one of the featured examples.
Naturally Stronger: How Natural Water Infrastructure Can Save Money and Improve Lives
This report provides an overview of the numerous challenges facing our nation’s waste water, drinking water, and stormwater systems including sewage overflows, aging pipes, polluted stormwater, and… Read More »
Vision Zero Equity Strategies for Practitioners
This case study highlights context-sensitive equity strategies to achieve traffic safety, which is especially important considering low-income communities and communities of color carry a disproportionate… Read More »
Analyzing Public Opinion on Water with WaterPolls.org
This online resource is part of a collaborative effort to identify and activate promising water solutions through strategic philanthropic investments. The site covers a range… Read More »
Essential Capacities for Urban Climate Adaptation
This report presents a unique framework for urban climate adaptation that identifies seven essential capacities that cities need to develop so they can effectively implement… Read More »
Silent Barriers to Bicycling, Part 1: Exploring Black and Latino Bicycling Experiences
This blog series explores new research about the perceptions of Black and Latino Americans about biking, in order to inform biking advocacy. The assumptions and… Read More »
Shining Cities 2017: How Smart Local Policies Are Expanding Solar Power in America
This report shows how 20 cities are successfully promoting wide-scale adoption of solar energy systems by homes, businesses, and other institutions.
How Funders Can More Effectively Use Philanthropy to Achieve Social Equity
This piece by Edgar Villanueva and William Cordery asks the philanthropic community to have some very uncomfortable conversations about who we are, what we believe,… Read More »
Physical Activity: Health Benefits, the Role of the Built Environment, and Impacts of Air Pollution
This paper summarizes and updates the findings of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Committee Report, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human… Read More »