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Land Use / Transportation / Urban Forestry Subommittee

Here are documents and links for members of the Land Use, Transportation and Urban Forestry Subcommittee of the Climate Change Committee of the Partnership for a Green City.

Land Use
Transportation
Urban Forestry

Land Use

Documents

Links

Chapter 6 of the Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan
Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change (report from Urban Land Institute)
The climatic impacts of land surface change and carbon management, and the implications for climate-change mitigation policy (article in the journal Climate Policy)
Zoning and Land Use Planning (article in Real Estate Law Journal)

Draft Policy Guide on Planning and Climate Change (American Planning Association)
Modeling Tools to Estimate Climate Change Emissions Impacts of Projects / Plans

Transportation

Documents

Links

Mobility data for Louisville from the Texas Transportation Institute
GHG Emissions for the US Transportation Sector 1990-2003 (US EPA)
2007 State of Metropolitan Housing report (Metropolitan Housing Coalition)

The Transportation Challenge - Moving the U.S. Economy: April 2008 Report from the US Chamber of Commerce
A Switch on the Tracks: Railroads Roar Ahead: Global Trade, Fuel Costs Add Up To Expansion for Once-Dying Industry. By Frank Ahrens, Washington Post Staff Writer, Monday, April 21, 2008; Page A01
"Gas May Finally Cost Too Much": Highway traffic is falling as pump prices climb. Are Americans rethinking their auto addiction? by Christopher Palmeri in Business Week

Urban Forestry

Documents	Links
Air Pollution Removal (by trees; summary of research) Aquatic Ecosystems & Global Climate Change (Pew Center on Global Climate Change) Baltimore Tree Canopy (fact sheet) Tree Baltimore draft Urban Forest Management Plan City Trees: sustainability guidelines & best practices (report by Tree Trust) Urban Ecosystem Analysis for Roanoke, Virginia (report by American Forests)	CITYgreen success stories (American Forests)