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June 20, 2022
Community Schoolyards: The Park Solution Hiding in Plain Sight
City agencies and school districts across the country are finding new solutions for park access by transforming schoolyards into high-quality community play sp…
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June 20, 2022
Cooling Off in the Age of Climate Change
Climate change is bringing extreme heat to more of our communities. This is a public health threat, especially for low-income and vulnerable populations. This …
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June 20, 2022
Managing Urban Land for Climate Resiliency
The path toward building healthy and resilient cities requires big shifts in urban land management practices and conservation. As park agencies and organizatio…
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June 20, 2022
A Resilient Vision for Historic FDR Park
Take a hard-hat tour of FDR Park in South Philadelphia with Fairmount Park Conservancy, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, and local design firm WRT to get a…
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June 21, 2022
Balancing Human and Ecological Needs in Parks
This panel will address different challenges and opportunities to balance human and ecological needs in parks. A process called “creative fitting” identifies …
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June 21, 2022
Greening Philadelphia: How Horticulture is Impacting the City
Join the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) on a tour of how this lauded non-profit has shaped the cityscape of Philadelphia through its programs that us…
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June 21, 2022
Blueways and Greenways
Greenways and water trails have the potential to create new, climate-friendly ways for cities to provide viable transportation, recreational options, and impro…
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June 21, 2022
Local Strategies for Climate Resiliency
In southwest Yonkers, NY, a historically marginalized and racially-segregated community along the Hudson River, the need for climate-resilient and green-space …
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June 20, 2022
Funding Advocacy for Resilient Parks
This panel explores advocacy approaches for attaining funding equity for resilient parks. Most funding for parks and resiliency is generated through voter-appr…
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June 20, 2022
Back to Our Roots: Organic Developments in Municipal Operations
This tour will take you through three examples of emerging operations that Philadelphia Parks & Recreation is leading in the world of organic recycling. Fi…
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June 21, 2022
The Global Context: Parks’ Roles in Health, Climate, and Biodiversity
This panel will explore the status of park systems in Mexico, the UK, and Canada and how they are addressing health equity, climate change, and the biodiversit…
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June 21, 2022
Using Data to Create Equitable Park Investment Strategies
Parks and open spaces support public health, local economies, the environment, and community cohesion. And yet historic disinvestment has left many communities…
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June 21, 2022
Exploring Philadelphia’s Urban Forest
Philadelphia is home to more than 10,000 acres of parkland and 115,000 street trees, which make up only a portion of its amazing and diverse urban forest. Tree…
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June 20, 2022
Learn to Float: Building Resilience with Human-Made Wetlands
The COVID 19 pandemic has reinforced that urban parks, particularly waterfront parks, are essential spaces for health and resilience. Rivers, lakes and harbors…
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June 21, 2022
Pioneering Plants, Participation and Partnerships: Stormwater Management for a Greener Future
Implemented in 2011 to meet state and federal Clean Water Act regulations, Philadelphia’s Green City, Clean Waters stormwater management plan improves water qu…
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June 21, 2022
Inspiring and Transformative Approaches to Climate Adaptation
Climate change is forcing cities to take drastic measures to address increasing challenges for their citizens and businesses, and look globally for ideas and s…
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Resilient Cities Archive

Community Schoolyards: The Park Solution Hiding in Plain Sight

Cooling Off in the Age of Climate Change

Managing Urban Land for Climate Resiliency

A Resilient Vision for Historic FDR Park

Balancing Human and Ecological Needs in Parks

Greening Philadelphia: How Horticulture is Impacting the City

Blueways and Greenways

Local Strategies for Climate Resiliency

Funding Advocacy for Resilient Parks

Back to Our Roots: Organic Developments in Municipal Operations

The Global Context: Parks’ Roles in Health, Climate, and Biodiversity

Using Data to Create Equitable Park Investment Strategies

Exploring Philadelphia’s Urban Forest

Learn to Float: Building Resilience with Human-Made Wetlands

Pioneering Plants, Participation and Partnerships: Stormwater Management for a Greener Future

Inspiring and Transformative Approaches to Climate Adaptation