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Feature, Spring 2023 David Yocca, Charles Ormsby & Gabe Musselman Feature, Spring 2023 David Yocca, Charles Ormsby & Gabe Musselman

Visioning Community-Scale Green Infrastructure in Philadelphia at CitiesAlive

This article describes the detailed methods used to conduct a Green Infrastructure Charrette at CitiesAlive in Philadelphia in order to create a vision of a healthier, more sustainable community using Green Infrastructure and conduct a cost/benefit analysis of the proposals.

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Extensive Green Roof Study on a Retrofit Building in Berlin, Germany: Report After 34 Years of Monitoring

This report describes the continued observation of the plant development on a green roof on a retrofit building in Berlin from 1986 to 2019. This project symbolizes a shift in the urban planning paradigm in post-war Berlin away from demolishing blocks of the housing that survived World War II to gradual renovation of the remaining historic rented courtyard buildings.

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