Planning & Growth

"Hurricane Harvey The Latest Threat To Flood-Prone Houston" [1]

"Regularly inundated by floodwaters ever since its settlement in the mid-1800s, Houston looked on warily even before Harvey roared ashore. In Houston, the chronic deluges that have repeatedly swamped its neighborhoods are getting worse and more costly — not just for locals, but for federal taxpayers."

Disasters [2]

Environmental Politics [3]

Planning & Growth [4]

Water & Oceans [5]

Public [6]

National (U.S.) [7]

Source: AP [8], 08/28/2017

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October 13, 2017

Tree Canopy Conference: Green Infrastructure in the Urbanized Environment [9]

With an alarming spread of blights, infestations, and extreme weather affecting trees, Morris Arboretum at University of Pennsylvania is holding a one-day event in Haverford (a suburb of Philadelphia) to discuss the challenges facing and successful strategies available to communities responsible for maintaining a healthy tree canopy.

Other Events [10]

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Public [6]

Topics on the Beat:

Forests [11]

Natural Resources [12]

Planning & Growth [4]

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]

“Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” [14]

Writer David Owen's “Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” tells the story of the Colorado, while exploring water issues ranging from drought and climate degradation to cross-state and cross-border legal complexities.

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [15]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [16]

Consumer [17]

Economy & Business [18]

Environmental Politics [3]

Laws & Regulations [19]

Natural Resources [12]

Planning & Growth [4]

Water & Oceans [5]

Region:

National (U.S.) [7]

California [20]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]

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Public [6]

Read more about “Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” [14]

U.S. Flood Insurance Program Is Sinking. Rescuing It Won’t Be Easy. [23]

"PEQUANNOCK, N.J. — Time after time, as the river has risen and the water has crept up Roosevelt Street, Leni-anne Shuchter has fled the white clapboard home she bought more than four decades ago."

Disasters [2]

Economy & Business [18]

Government [24]

Laws & Regulations [19]

Planning & Growth [4]

Public [6]

National (U.S.) [7]

Source: Washington Post [25], 07/17/2017

Read more about U.S. Flood Insurance Program Is Sinking. Rescuing It Won’t Be Easy. [23]

Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [26]

The global rise of large-scale, intense and devastating wildfires is the subject of a new book by award-winning photojournalist Michael Kodas, who spoke with SEJournal's book editor about what makes these new fires so different, what role climate change plays and how he joined firefighters amid the flames.

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [15]

Topics on the Beat:

Climate Change [27]

Disasters [2]

Forests [11]

Journalism & Media [28]

Planning & Growth [4]

Region:

National (U.S.) [7]

Visibility:

Public [6]

Read more about Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [26]

In Booming Philly Neighborhoods, Lead-Poisoned Soil Is Resurfacing [29]

"Breakneck construction has unearthed a toxic legacy, coating playgrounds and backyards with dangerous levels of lead dust".

Environmental Health [30]

Planning & Growth [4]

Pollution [31]

Public [6]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [32], 06/19/2017

Read more about In Booming Philly Neighborhoods, Lead-Poisoned Soil Is Resurfacing [29]

"The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas. The World Is Watching." [33]

"In the waterlogged Netherlands, climate change is considered neither a hypothetical nor a drag on the economy. Instead, it’s an opportunity."

Climate Change [27]

Planning & Growth [4]

Technology [34]

Water & Oceans [5]

Public [6]

Europe [35]

Source: NY Times [36], 06/16/2017

Read more about "The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas. The World Is Watching." [33]

November 14, 2017 to November 15, 2017

IAIA Special Biodiversity Symposium [37]

This International Association for Impact Assessment symposium in Washington, DC will provide a forum for sharing and advancing leading practice in mitigation hierarchy implementation for biodiversity and ecosystem services to improve outcomes for society, conservation, business, and finance.

Professional Meetings [38]

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Public [6]

Topics on the Beat:

Planning & Growth [4]

Region:

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]

Sea-Level Rise: Gentrification As High Ground Becomes Hot Property [39]

"MIAMI — One of the first sea-level rise maps Broadway Harewood saw was a few years back, when climate activists gathered in his neighborhood to talk about how global warming would affect people in less-affluent South Florida communities."

Climate Change [27]

People & Population [40]

Planning & Growth [4]

Public [6]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]

Source: ClimateWire [42], 05/02/2017