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General information
ASLA Additional Sustainable Design Guides
• Additional guides for professionals or the public on different aspects of sustainable Urban design,
mainly what it is and how it can be best implemented.
EEA Technical Report on Urban Sustainability issues
· Resource for identifying and addressing current urban sustainability issues
Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements @ UN Habitat
New York City Department of Design + Construction
· Guide from New York with guidelines for sustainable site design
Urbanization & Environment @ Prio
Urban Systems, Infrastructure, and Vulnerability
ULI Building Healthy Places Toolkit
· an important resource for approaching sustainable development
· Provides precedents for any future development projects that have revitalized areas
· Guide for approaching sustainable development projects
US and Canada Green City Index
· A report ranking the sustainability of different cities located across the US and Canada
Periodicals
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Events
Resilient Cities: The Annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation
Institutions ~ International Organizations
Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments
"...a coordination and consultation mechanism that brings together the major international networks
of local governments to undertake joint advocacy work relating to global policy processes. It was
set up in 2013 to bring the perspectives of local and regional governments to the SDGs, climate
change agenda and New Urban Agenda in particular."
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
IUCN
Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements
UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape
World Bank Ecological Cities and Economic Cities
Institutions ~ Professional associations
· Also see Climate change ~ Institutions below
American Society of Landscape Architects
International Federation of Landscape Architects
Landscape Architecture Foundation
Institutions ~ Networks & initiatives
Clean Cities Coalition Network [USA]
Grow Green [EU]
ICLIE: Local Governments for Sustainability
· Global
· USA
· Urban Natural Assets for Africa (UNA) programme
Institutions ~ Research
Center for Sustainable Cities @ USC
Center for Sustainable Urban Development @ Columbia University
Future of Small Cities Institute
Senseable City Laboratory @ MIT
Seto Lab on Urbanization & Global Change @ Yale
Sustainable Urban Environments Initiative @ University at Buffalo
Institutions ~ NGOs
Urban Land Institute
Exurban development
Exurbs @ American Communities Project (ACP)
Impacts of Low Density, Exurban Development @ WCS
Amenity communities
Gateway & Natural Amenity Region (GNAR) Initiative
Interviews with prominent urbanists
Interview with David Owen (Author of Green Metropolis)
• Interview with good insight into the current and future state of Urban Design and sustainability
• poses the idea that cities can be a solution in working to reduce emissions
• Author of Walkable Cities and The Smart Growth Manual. Poses interesting ideas about urban design and how it can relate to
sustainable growth and development.
William Irvine of Brandeis University developed this page in 2018.
Contents of this page:
· General information
· Periodicals
· Events
· Institutions:
~ International Organizations
~ Professional associations
~ Networks & initiatives
~ Research
~ NGOs
· Exurban development
· Amenity communities
· Interviews with prominent urbanists
Subpages:
· Urban biodiversity & land use
· Urban climate change page
· Buildings & the built environment page
Also see: Nations, A>Z for city-specific information