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Sustainable Portland: Implementation Series 2, New England Environmental Finance Center
Sustainable Portland: Implementation Series 2, New England Environmental Finance Center
Climate Change
The Portland Municipal Climate Change Working Group prepared a report in March 2008 that outlined several recommendations as a commitment by the City to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) produced during daily municipal operations. The Municipal Climate Action Plan was written in partnership with Clean Air – Cool Planet and Portland officials, and acknowledges under Recommendation #2 that an employee energy efficiency program would provide significant positive impact on the City’s reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Best practices from three cities show that focus on the greening of City Hall is critical in developing a program that promotes partnerships, community …
Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Local Land Use Planning, Zhenghong Tang, Christopher Hussey
Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Local Land Use Planning, Zhenghong Tang, Christopher Hussey
Community and Regional Planning Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity
Land use and land use planning have profound implications for greenhouse gas emission (GHG). Local land use planning is well suited to play a critical leadership role in addressing the effects of climate change by encouraging change in development patterns to reduce GHG emissions and their impacts. Although some studies have begun to discuss the role of local land use planning in climate change, little research has been conducted to determine how to convert the concepts of climate change into local land use planning tools and empirically integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies into local land use planning. The …