Grand Rapids Report Card
Many communities have developed urban forestry plans. But few have assessed and published regular reports on progress in implementing them.…
Organization and Support of Long-Term Collaborative Relationships Between Private Citizens, Government Institutions and Universities
Successful conservation of forested natural areas within a matrix of urban land uses requires an ongoing collaborative relationship between private…
Storm Smart Cities: Integrating Green Infrastructure into Local Hazard Mitigation Plans
This guide provides an overview of local hazard mitigation planning; a guide to establishing a multi-disciplinary planning team; and demonstrates…
Impact of Abandoned Housing on Cities
This thoughtful and data-rich paper explores the issue of endemic long-term vacancies on urban neighborhoods and describes some of the…
FIRST STEP: Developing an Urban Forest Management Plan for the City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles is dividing the creation of its new Urban Forest Management Plan into two distinct phases. The FIRST STEP…
Multi-Hazard Planning in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Lays out a comprehensive framework that addresses risk from wildfire and other hazards at multiple scales, and identifies how better planning…
Canton Uses i-Tree Tools to Plan Landscape Restoration
In 2016, Canton was awarded a landscape restoration grant from the US Forest Service. Among specific criteria for the grant…
NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
While more and more organizations – domestic and international, public and private – are promoting community resilience to lower disaster tolls, transforming…
CalFire’s Comprehensive Approach to Mitigating the Effects of Wildfire
As one of the nation’s most wildfire-prone states, it’s not surprising that California also manages one of the most sophisticated…
Gold Level Ordinance Template — Chicago Region
The Gold ordinance includes the same criteria of the Silver ordinance but also provides for regulation of the urban forest on private…
Sample Urban Forest Management Ordinances and Plans for the Chicago Region
Ordinances are the framework for community cooperation and expectation. Tree ordinances are necessary to preserve and protect municipal resources and…
GreenPrint Resource Hub
The Greenprint Resource Hub is intended to help planners, policymakers, and the public learn about greenprints and how they can…
DC’s Green Design Manual for Public Spaces
This comprehensive manual summarizes regulations and specifications for design elements of public spaces. Places high emphasis on multi-benefit planning and…