Listed below are all documents and RMI.org site pages related to this topic.
Built Environment - Cities & Urbanism 23 Items
Report or White Paper, 2009
http://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/2009-02_ProjectGetReadyMenu
This document outlines the actions communities should take to be ready for plug-in vehicles, and approximate costs of each action.
Interview, 2008
http://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/E08-07_PolicyEnergyChange
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and RMI Chief Scientist Amory Lovins discuss energy policy including how to design walkable cities, how to drill for efficiency and what governments can do to accelerate the clean energy revolution.
Guide, 2007
http://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/ER03-18_TenIngredientsLongTermSuccess
The Framework for Community Sustainability was derived from the experiences of North American communities that understand that community, economy, and environment are not competing interests, but complementary parts of a whole. It outlines the components of smart and sustainable community governance, suggesting how to weave sustainability into the public, private, and nonprofit fabric of a community. [Originally published in 2003; updated in 2007]
Guide, 2007
http://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/ER01-23_CommunityProsperityThroughNatCap
This document provides guidance for communities that are attempting to grow economically regardless of physical size. The guide lists dozens of ways communities are tapping their potential today through natural capitalism. [Originally published in 2001; updated in 2007]
Presentation, 2006
http://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/ER06-05_AdvancingRegenerationCuyahogaValley
This report describes the Cuyahoga Regeneration Project, a community effort focused on several projects that simultaneously restore natural systems and strengthen economic development along the Cuyahoga River ship channel.
Guide, 2005
http://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/D02-14_WhyBuildGreen
This guide describes the benefits of green building and provides case studies of a variety of successful buildings and developments.
Report or White Paper, 2005
http://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/2005-11_HealthyCommunities
This paper offers a brief summary of the principles of community collaboration, describes how collaboration can proceed, and explains smart governance and active listening.
Report or White Paper, 2004
http://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/ER04-03_CuyahogaValleyInitiativeModelRegeneration
This report summarizes RMI’s recommendations to the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission for regenerating the environment, economy, and community of the Cuyahoga River Valley.
Report or White Paper, 2004
http://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/W04-21_ValuingDecentralizedWastewater
This report catalogs the economic advantages and disadvantages of decentralized wastewater systems relative to larger scale solutions in order to inform wastewater facility planning and assist communities in making choices regarding wastewater.
Report or White Paper, 2004
http://www.rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/W04-20_EconomicAnalysisCommunityDecisionMaking
This report examines how communities consider and value the benefits and costs of different scale wastewater facility options in monetary or other terms, and examines the driving issues, motivations, thought processes, and decision-making methods of stakeholders relative to choices of wastewater system scale.