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Regional Framework for the Next Generation of Urban Greening
Author(s): Lauren Stoneburner | Melissa Foley | Cate Jaffe | Kendall Harris
2025
The Regional Framework for the Next Generation of Urban Greening (“the Framework”) provides a roadmap for this alignment, offering nine essential steps to help practitioners navigate the complex, cross-cutting challenges of urban greening. Each step is supported by practical…
Ecology for Health: Design Guidance for Fostering Human Health and Biodiversity in Cities
Author(s): Joe Burg | Jennifer Symonds | Vanessa Lee | Bronwen Stanford | Brandon Herman | Stephanie Panlasigui | Karen Verpeet
2023
Greenspaces provide crucial nature contact for urban residents. When we have greater access and exposure to nature in the places where we live, work, learn, and play, we tend to experience better human health outcomes. Urban parks, trees, and vegetation encourage physical…
Author(s): Sean Baumgarten | Vanessa Lee | Micaela Bazo | Erica Spotswood
2022
The Presidio of San Francisco—the nation’s largest urban national park—is located in an area of exceptional ecological diversity. Historically, many different habitat types thrived in the mix of windswept dunes, riparian forests, and curious dwarf…
Author(s): Erica Spotswood | Robin Grossinger | Steve Hagerty | Micaela Bazo | Matthew Benjamin | Erin Beller | Letitia Grenier | Ruth Askevold
2019
Cities will face many challenges over the coming decades, from adapting to a changing climate to accommodating rapid population growth. A related suite of challenges threatens global biodiversity, resulting in many species facing extinction. While urban planners and…