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Metro Boston Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Report

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Tellus Institute

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Health

This report outlines a series of strategies that can be used to reduce the impacts of climate change through risk management in the Metro-Boston region. It provides recommendations in five major sectors (built environment and key infrastructure, coastal zone, natural resources and...

Community Land Trusts: A Guide for Local Governments

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Housing

This report offers an introduction to the community land trust (CLT) model for housing. It also sheds light on the benefits CLTs bring to both residents and cities (including their role in closing the homeownership gap, improving access to affordable housing, and advancing racial...

Implementing Equitable Transit-Oriented Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source SPARCC

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy, Housing, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Viewing transit-oriented development (TOD) through an equity lens through every step along the process is essential. eTOD elevates and prioritizes community voice whether in efforts to avoid or stop displacement of community residents, local businesses, and culture or to ensure that...

Measuring Accessibility: A Guide for Transportation and Land Use Practitioners

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Developing and tracking accessibility metrics has many practical advantages, such as measuring how readily commuters can meet their needs and providing a common measure for assessing various transportation modes and modal investments. This guide addresses the need for accessibility...

Governmental and Private Liability for Flooding

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source New York Law Journal

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources

In recent years the frequency and severity of heavy precipitation and floods in parts of the United States have been increasing to a statistically significant degree, and this trend is expected to worsen. This article summarizes some of the liability issues that result from floods,...

Integrated Water Management

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Finance & Procurement

Cities can create a more resilient water system by transitioning to an integrated water management framework (IWM). By creating an IWM and developing a set of principles and the approaches that recognizes water as a resource, cities can manage all water as an asset, whatever form...

Local Tools to Address Housing Affordability: A State-by-State Analysis

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Housing

Although local efforts to address housing affordability are often obstructed by state preemption laws, local authority over land use and zoning provides an opportunity for cities, towns and villages to improve access to housing. This report takes a look at the interplay of state policies...

Global Scenarios for the Century Ahead: Searching for Sustainability

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level State, National

State(s) All States

Source Tellus Institute

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Health, Food

This report explores the challenge of sustainability by considering four different scenarios that may emerge in the future: Market Forces (in which policy prioritizes economic growth and free trade), Policy Reform (which assumes a large-scale implementation of reform policies aimed...

PACE Guide: Working with Community Leaders

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source PACENation

Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Community leaders care most about an issue when their own constituents are involved. Having local property owners voice an interest in PACE is a great way to get the attention of a government board. Form partnerships with stakeholders in the community through chambers of commerce...

Regulatory Barriers to Home Construction and Rehab

Type -

Year 2021

Level -

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance, Community Development, Housing

Regulatory barriers make housing less affordable to millions of households in the US and abroad. If regulatory barriers were reduced, small developers could provide housing at more affordable prices. This article assesses the current state of knowledge about the effects of federal,...

Housing Market Conditions Across America’s Cities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Housing

There are six types of local housing markets: high opportunity cities, growing cities, rent-burdened cities, multi-family deficit cities, wealth pocket cities, and transit-desiring cities. This report defines the demographic and economic characteristics that define each local housing...

Equitable Development Principles & Scorecard

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Minnesota

Source Community Engagement Steering Committee Equitable Development

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy, Housing, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

This scorecard was created by Twin Cities, MN community leaders to ensure that the principles and practices of equitable development, environmental justice, and affordability are applied in all communities as they plan for economic development and wealth creation that benefits everyone....

Establishing Land Use Protections for Farmers’ Market

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Policy Areas Food

Local governments can promote healthy eating and active living in their communities by supporting local farmers' markets. This brief suggests goals, policies, and actions to protect existing and promote new farmers' markets. It also features a model zoning ordinance that establishes...

Driving Down Emissions: Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Change

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source Smart Growth America

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Housing, Health, Transportation & Mobility

Transportation accounts for the largest share of carbon emissions in the U.S. Car-oriented land use and community design play a significant role in the nation’s transportation emissions; communities are built in a way that makes it difficult and unsafe to access daily needs outside...

Recreation Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Community Development, Environment & Natural Resources, Health, Public Spaces

Recreational spaces improve community and individual health, increase home values, and preserve green spaces. However, access to recreational spaces is limited, particularly for low-income communities and communities of color. ProGov21's Recreation Roadmap outlines funding, access,...

Land Use Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Housing, Transportation & Mobility

Land use policy impacts every aspect of a citizen's life, from their economic opportunity to their health. ProGov21's Land Use Roadmap describes how zoning policies can be used to expand affordable housing, create safer streets, and mitigate the impacts of climate change. It also...

Mobility: The Socioeconomic Implications of Autonomous Vehicles

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, National

State(s) All States

Source University of Michigan: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Data & Technology

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are vehicles that have some degree of automation in their capabilities. This report highlights some of the positive and negative economic, infrastructural, environmental, and socioeconomic implications of the widespread adoption of AVs. For example, although...

Community Control of Land & Housing: Exploring Strategies for Combating Displacement, Expanding Ownership, and Building Community Wealth

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source The Democracy Collaborative

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Housing

A historical legacy of displacement and exclusion, rooted in racism and discriminatory public policy, has restricted access and shaped ownership dynamics to land and housing, particularly for people of color and low-income communities. Today, communities across the country are facing...

Accessibility in Practice: A Guide for Transportation and Land Use Decision Making

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

This report guides planning agencies and transportation decision makers in measuring accessibility and incorporating those metrics into decision making by outlining general concepts, data needs and availability, analysis tools, and other considerations in measuring accessibility....

The Built Environment, Climate Change, and Health: Opportunities for Co-Benefits

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source SPARCC

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Health, Transportation & Mobility

The built environment, climate change, and public health are closely connected; human-generated greenhouse gases derive from aspects of the built environment such as transportation systems and infrastructure, building construction and operation, and land-use planning. Transportation...

A New Deal That Works for Us

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development

For more than two centuries, corporations have extracted enormous wealth from the Appalachian region for the profit of owners and shareholders, leaving the area with high rates of poverty, unemployment and low wages. To navigate around these issues, along with the severely changing...

2020 Middleton Stormwater Runoff Control

Type Ordinance

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source City of Middleton

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

This chapter establishes the minimum requirements for stormwater management in the City of Middleton. In particular, all persons who engage in land development activities shall establish on-site management practices to control the quality and quantity of stormwater discharged from...

The Benefits of PACE Financing for Commercial Real Estate Companies

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source PACENation

Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Property managers often struggle to get technically sound energy efficiency and renewable energy projects approved for financial reasons. Sometimes the split incentive embedded in leases makes projects uneconomic for the building owner. Other times, property managers simply cannot...

2007 Maine Informed Growth Act for Big Box Stores

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2007

Level State

State(s) Maine

Source Maine State Legislature

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

This state law requires developers to submit an impact report for superstores, or retail stores that are 75,000 square feet or larger. The comprehensive impact study must identify the effects of the large-scale retail development on the community as a whole, including economic effects...

Marketing Matters: White Paper on Strategies to Reduce Unhealthy Food and Beverage Marketing to Young Children

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ChangeLab Solutions

Policy Areas Health, Children & Families, Food

The vast majority of food marketing to young kids promotes unhealthy foods and beverages. This report describes the many channels through which young children are exposed to unhealthy food marketing (i.e. outdoor advertising, broadcast media, digital media, etc) and provides policy...

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