Making the Move to Multi-Benefit Urban Greening

Jad DaleyVice President for Program DevelopmentMartha Wyckoff Fellow

40+ Years of Experience in Cities

Trails & Greenways

Natural Areas

Innovations

Urban Parks

Climate-Smart = Low-Carbon + Resilient

Climate Justice

http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/maps

Cities Are Carbon-Efficient with Room for Improvement

Carbon Savings Not Limited to Transportation

Extreme Heat = Health Stress for Most Vulnerable

“Potential 10X Increase in Heat-Related Deaths by 2057”Wu, et al., 2013

Our Climate-Smart Cities Framework

Connect

Absorb

Protect

Cool

Moving to Multiple-Benefit Approach: Cool + Absorb in Chicago

Mulitple Benefit Greenin

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Boston Water and

Sewer

Boston Parks

Boston DOT

Boston Public Health

Commission

Boston Planning and Developmen

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Integrating across Silos for Climate-Smart Boston

Mulitple Benefit Greening

Federal & State

City of BostonMetro Mayors

CitiesCommunity

GroupsNon-ProfitsAcademiaArchitecture, Technology, and Other

For-Proft ServicesProperty and Development

Integrating across Sectors for Climate-Smart Boston

Climate-Smart Cities Partnership—Our Integrated ApproachLos Angeles Example

Partnership Development

Research

PlanningFunding

Implementation

Our First Step: “Disco” Process Assesses Municipal Systems

Decision Support Tool Stacks Benefits

Data Library

Priority Modeling

Connect Modeling Finds “Missing Links”

Cool Data Shows Urban Heat Island

Absorb Guides Integrated Water Management

Protect Data Shows Flood Risk

“People Data” Find Climate Justice

Query Tool Lets Users Find High Impact Parcels

Tool Provides Detailed Parcel Information

One-Click Parcel Reports

Why Use Alleys?

Alleys in LA CityImages: Cal Poly Pomona

164 Acres 252 Acres

Green Alleys Strategy at Neighborhood Scale

Green Alleys Connect, Cool and Absorb

Climate-Smart Design Details—High Albedo Paving to Cool, Dry Wells to Fully Absorb

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