Vacant to Vibrant Creating Successful Green Infrastructure Networks
"Liberally illustrated with schematics and photographs of stormwater parks, Vacant to Vibrant is the perfect tool for educating planners and policymakers who are in positions to effect change and foster the replication of the appr
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Sandra L. Albro
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Vacant to Vibrant
Vacant to Vibrant Creating Successful Green Infrastructure Networks
Sandra L. Albro
Washington | Covelo | London
Copyright © 2019 Sandra L. Albro All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, 2000 M Street, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20036 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018966625 All Island Press books are printed on environmentally responsible materials.
Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Keywords: Buffalo (New York), Cleveland (Ohio), combined sewer output, community engagement, curb cut, demographics, downspout disconnect, equity, Hardest Hit Funds, health, Gary (Indiana), GIS, Great Lakes, green infrastructure, legacy cities, maintenance, native plants, neighborhood stabilization, People United for Sustainable Housing, post-industrial city, rain garden, recreation, safety, shrinking cities, social justice, stewardship, stormwater management, stormwater runoff, urban planning, vacant lot, Vacant to Vibrant, water quality, workforce development
Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................ 1 Chapter 1: Green Stormwater Infrastructure on Vacant Lots............................................ 5 Chapter 2: City Dynamics That Shape Vacant Land Use................................................. 17 Chapter 3: Vacant to Vibrant Planning............................................................................ 37 Chapter 4: Vacant to Vibrant Implementation................................................................ 71 Chapter 5: Sustaining Urban Greening Projects............................................................ 105 Chapter 6: Scaling Up Networks of Small Green Infrastructure.................................... 125 Appendix.......................................................................................................................... 147 Notes................................................................................................................................ 171 Acknowledgments.............................................................................................................. 179 Index................................................................................................................................ 181
Introduction In 2012, three staff members of the Cleveland Botanical Garden took a tour of Great Lakes cities to better understand how those cities were repurposing vacant lots. After being involved with urban farming for tw
