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Sustainable Urban Planning: Turning The Concrete Jungle Into Green Buildings, Danielle Richardson
Sustainable Urban Planning: Turning The Concrete Jungle Into Green Buildings, Danielle Richardson
Student Theses 2015-Present
This paper addresses the issue of greenhouse gas emissions – particularly those from buildings – within New York City and discusses ways to construct new sustainable buildings and retrofit existing buildings to both minimize greenhouse gas emissions as well as act as carbon sinks to absorb some of the emissions. Reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions is critical to NYC meeting its climate target goals, as detailed in the mayoral administrations’ PlaNYC and OneNYCenvironmental plans. This paper analyzes sustainable architecture and construction and presents various options and policies as to how to turn the city into a green city through …
Growing Greener In The City: Open Space Advocacy For Environmental Justice In Jackson Heights, Donovan Finn
Growing Greener In The City: Open Space Advocacy For Environmental Justice In Jackson Heights, Donovan Finn
School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
Local residents in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York City, develop a do it yourself solution to the community's lack of park space. The case study shows how civic advocacy can address issues of environmental justice and open space access in urban communities. by harnessing local social capital and building coalitions with city agencies and non-governmental partners.