Delivering Urban Resilience - A Financial Case for Green Urban Infrastructure
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Co-authored by Greg Kats and Keith Glassbrook, Delivering Urban Resilience looked at the ecological and financial advantages that would come from promoting co-called “smart surfaces,” such as as green roofs, solar panels, and permeable and porous pavement, in urban areas.
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Using three different cities as case studies—El Paso, Texas, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.—the researchers examined how adding these features can lower excess heat and improve water quality and stormwater management, all costly environmental issues exacerbated by climate change.
For the first time, researchers assembled an integrated cost-benefit analysis for these strategies using insight from city partners, epidemiologists, and tech and energy experts.
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Taxonomy
- Integrated Urban Water Management
- Smart City
- Urban Water
- Urban Resource Management
- Urban Water Supply
- Infrastructure
- Integrated Infrastructure
- Urban Water Infrastructure
- Green Buildings
- Eco-City Development
- Green Economics
- green infrastructure