Assessing Green Infrastructure Implementation in Washington, D.C. to Promote Equity and Climate Change Resilience

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  • April 17, 2019
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  • Vogel, Audrey
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
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  • The use of green infrastructure has been widely recognized as an effective adaptation practice that can be used to help build resilience in urban areas by reducing the severity of certain climate impacts, such as flooding and heat stress. In the absence of strategic and participatory planning, green infrastructure can potentially exacerbate social-spatial inequalities in urban areas. Environmental justice literature has demonstrated that the communities that have the highest potential benefit from green infrastructure often have the least access to it. A case study of Washington, DC examines this complicated and potentially problematic relationship between green infrastructure and social equity. In this project, I provide an overview of green infrastructure planning in the context of social equity and climate change resilience, examine green infrastructure implementation in Washington DC, analyze the relationships between socioeconomic and environmental variables that could potentially influence the spatial distribution of green infrastructure, and provide recommendations based upon my analysis. The results of this research provides insight into important factors to consider when implementing green infrastructure programs, not only for the District of Columbia, but for other communities undertaking similar efforts.
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  • BenDor, Todd
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  • Master of City and Regional Planning
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  • Land Use and Environmental Planning
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 2019
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  • April 11, 2019

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