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Green Infrastructure: A Landscape Approach
PAS Report 571by: David Rouse, FAICP, Ignacio Bunster-OssaGreen infrastructure cleans the air and water, replenishes aquifers, reduces flooding, and moderates the climate. This PAS Report presents six principles for successful green infrastructure projects.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Water Conservation Strategies
PAS QuickNotes 63by: Anna Read, AICPThis edition of PAS QuickNotes highlights a number of strategies communities can use to curb wasteful water consumption.List price$10.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Nonpoint Source (NPS) Outreach Toolbox
This Outreach Toolbox aims to help state and local agencies and other organizations develop outreach campaign to educate the public on nonpoint source pollution. -
Introducing Integrated Water Management
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Integrated Planning
This fact sheet explains the challenge of water management and the importance of an integrated water management framework. -
Water-Smart Development Regulations
Zoning Practice — September 2015by: Elizabeth Garvin, AICPThis issue of Zoning Practice explores how communities can better address the use of water through local regulations. It briefly explores how water use can be influenced by pricing and then looks at the range of regulations, particularly in the areas of lot design and landscaping, available at the local level to encourage and require water conservation.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Integrated Urban Water Management for Planners
PAS Memo — September-October 2014by: John Whitler, Jennifer WarnerThe September/October 2014 issue of PAS Memo explores the challenges and opportunities of Integrated Urban Water Management.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Planning the Urban Forest: Ecology, Economy, and Community Development
PAS Report 555by: James Schwab, FAICPUrban forests conserve natural ecosystems and sustain clean air and water. This PAS Report explains how communities can develop urban forestry programs to capture the benefits of trees.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Planning Issues for On-site and Decentralized Wastewater Treatment
PAS Report 542by: Wayne Feiden, FAICP, Eric WinklerWastewater treatment systems need to be sited, designed, and managed to protect the environment and support growth goals. This PAS Report explains how.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
The Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure for Urban Stormwater Management
PAS Memo — May-June 2012by: Martin JaffeThe May/June issue of PAS Memo explores the effectiveness and some of the economic implications of many common green infrastructure practices that are used to manage the water quality and flood risks associated with urban stormwater runoff.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Deep Trouble
What role is there for planners in solving this crisis?October 01, 2016What is planners' role in solving the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis? -
Regulating Green: Is Your Municipality Promoting Green Infrastructure?
Zoning Practice — September 2010by: Mami Hara, AICP, David Rouse, FAICPThis issue of Zoning Practice provides and overview of the regulatory context for green infrastructure and uses case studies of Atlanta and Philadelphia to illustrate how planning, policy, and regulation can be used to promote green infrastructure at the local level.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Puget Sound Partnership Low Impact Development Local Regulation Assistance Project
Zoning Practice — August 2010by: Wayne Carlson, FAICPThis issue of Zoning Practice explores the land-use and engineering requirements that often serve to inhibit or preclude the use of LID techniques and how the Puget Sound Partnership has been helping communities in Washington State integrate LID techniques and requirements into local codes and requirements.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Green Infrastructure
PAS QuickNotes 27by: Donald OutenThis edition of PAS QuickNotes provides a primer on tools communities can use to assess and protect green infrastructure networks.List price$10.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Low-Impact Development
PAS QuickNotes 23by: Larry CoffmanThis edition of PAS QuickNotes provides a primer on how low-impact development (LID) offers ecological and economic advantages over conventional site planning approaches for managing the volume and quality of stormwater.List price$10.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Local Zoning and Water Rights
Zoning Practice — August 2009by: Scott ReichleThis issue of Zoning Practice discusses the factors local governments must consider when drafting zoning ordinances regulating docks, piers, or other water-based structures.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Water: Cities' Biggest Risk?
by: Jason JordanAggressive advocacy will be needed to build public support and transform the politics of water. -
NOAA Unveils New Water Resources Dashboard
by: James Schwab, FAICPThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration worked with APA and several water-related organizations to develop and combine resources into its new Water Resources Dashboard. -
Integrating Stormwater Regulation and Urban Design
Zoning Practice — November 2006by: Lisa NisensonThis issue of Zoning Practice explains new federal requirements for stormwater management and offers some words of caution about the potential unintended results of merging land-use and water regulations.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Nonpoint Source Pollution: A Handbook for Local Governments
PAS Report 476by: Sanjay Jeer, Megan Lewis, AICP, Stuart Meck, FAICP, Jon Witten, Michelle ZimetFresh water is threatened by pollutants that are picked up from the ground and carried to lakes, rivers, and aquifers. This PAS Report presents four case studies of cities that confronted their nonpoint source pollution problems.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
How Thirsty Is Your Community?
Zoning Practice — May 2005by: Paula Van LareThis issue of Zoning Practice shows how urban form affects the demand for and cost of drinking water. It draws on a variety of studies that illustrate the relationship between lot size and water consumption.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
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