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Desert Green Infrastructure Design Guide

December 18, 2018

This digest is intended to provide the most relevant information pertaining to a selection of GSI/LID interventions frequently used in development in an easily understood format.

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EVALUATION OF WATER HARVESTING REBATE PROGRAMS IN TUCSON, AZ

August 29, 2018

“An evaluation of Tucson’s water harvesting rebate programs was performed by Ethan Vimont, who published his results in his 2017 Thesis for a Master of Science degree from the University of Arizona. Vimont found that water harvesting system maintenance is necessary to keep the system operating. If preventative measures are neglected, the system is likely to be troubled by water overflows, odor and mosquito problems. The most common maintenance need is cleaning gutters.

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City of Phoenix Produces GI/LID Cost-Benefit Study

July 24, 2018

In June 2018, the City of Phoenix released a report on a triple bottom line cost benefit analysis of various Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Development (GI/LID) features. The study provides information for decision-makers involved with City projects and private development who may want to incorporate GI/LID. 

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Turning cities into sponges: how Chinese ancient wisdom is taking on climate change

March 21, 2018

How does a city cope with extreme weather? These days, urban planning that doesn’t factor in some sort of catastrophic weather event is like trying to build something in a fictional utopia. For Kongjian Yu, one of the world’s leading landscape architects, the answer to coping with extreme weather events actually lies in the past.

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New Ways To Capture The Power Of Urban Trees To Reduce Pollution

January 25, 2018

The Center for Watershed Protection announced recently it has developed a groundbreaking new method to account for the capacity of trees planted in urban areas to reduce runoff pollution. The Center has used that model to develop two tree planting credits

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Development of guidelines for understanding stormwater flows under way

January 19, 2018

Scottsdale has accepted a $44,000 grant from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to develop the first steps of a regional alternative stormwater handbook.

The funds were accepted on consent at a Monday, Jan. 8, Scottsdale City Council meeting.

Read the article here

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