{"title":"Leveraging partnerships for long-term recovery and smart growth resiliency","authors":"L. Tomic, R. Kieber","doi":"10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER17","url":null,"abstract":"On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall and caused extraordinary devastation across the northeastern United States (Figure 1). It was the second costliest disaster in the United States at the time and damaged some of the most densely populated areas of the country. The impacted area spanned county, regional, and state boundaries, encompassed entities that did not normally collaborate, and brought issues to light that were typically addressed independently by a variety of government authorities. With the complexity of the disaster and extent of damage, individuals that were involved in the response and recovery efforts inherently knew that longterm recovery would extend out many years, even decades, into the future and would require an immense amount of coordination and resources. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) New York Joint Field Office (JFO), located in Queens, NY, was the headquarters for disaster coordination for New York during the initial phase of recovery.","PeriodicalId":109833,"journal":{"name":"Green readiness, response, and recovery","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127754107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Restoring and growing the Twin Cities' community forests in times of change","authors":"E. Svendsen, L. Campbell","doi":"10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":109833,"journal":{"name":"Green readiness, response, and recovery","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127495285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response and future readiness","authors":"Hillary K. Fishler, M. Mockrin, Susan I. Stewart","doi":"10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER5","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past several decades, wildfire has become an increasingly costly and destructive natural hazard as a result of a combination of ecological and social factors, including climate change, decades of wildfire suppression on the landscape, and residential expansion into fire-prone vegetation (Fischer et al. 2016, Flannigan et al. 2013, Moritz et al. 2014). From 1999 to 2016, an average 1,449 residences were destroyed annually by wildland fire and billions of dollars spent on fire suppression. In response to the challenges of wildfire management, the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy advocates the creation of fire-adapted communities (FAC), communities that can coexist with wildfire because of their investments in education, vegetation thinning (i.e., reducing fuel), planning and management of the built environment, and appropriate suppression and emergency response (Fire Adapted Communities Coalition 2014) (Figure 1). The FAC program envisions a collaborative, iterative approach where residents, communities, and governments work to identify and implement needed wildfire risk reduction actions over time, as resources, threats, and opportunities change. Unlike other natural hazards, wildland vegetation management is a key part of preparing for and responding to wildfire, as vegetation is both a vulnerable resource and a source of risk.","PeriodicalId":109833,"journal":{"name":"Green readiness, response, and recovery","volume":"107 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134433934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public life","authors":"Shin-pei Tsay","doi":"10.2737/nrs-gtr-p-185-paper11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2737/nrs-gtr-p-185-paper11","url":null,"abstract":"From Seattle to Boise and Memphis to Boston, city agencies, civic institutions, and community residents are collaborating with neighbors to reinvent their public spaces. In many cities, shrinking budgets and outdated policies make public space investments challenging. In areas where there is little funding for formal parks and squares, which require large capital budgets and costly maintenance, local residents and stakeholders are focusing on small spaces that have been overlooked or forgotten: the abandoned lot in the neighborhood, the patch of green next to the formal park, or the bus stop. These kinds of public space design interventions happen in many different ways. Activating the public realm in neighborhoods that have experienced decades of neglect requires new approaches to build trust with neighbors and focus on their potential rather than the barriers. Could public, shared, and everyday spaces help bridge that rift between neighbors?","PeriodicalId":109833,"journal":{"name":"Green readiness, response, and recovery","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127422045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond trees","authors":"Adrina C. Bardekjian, Liza Paqueo","doi":"10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER20","url":null,"abstract":"More than half of the world's population lives in urban areas. By 2050, that number is expected to increase to at least 70 percent—and the densest of these areas will be concentrated in Asia and Africa. Cities around the world are feeling the strain of increasing population density. Unplanned urban growth has placed heavy pressures on resources and infrastructure. This intensification has led to land use and tenure issues, rising poverty and unemployment, an increasing gap in wealth distribution, and further marginalization of disinvested populations. Approximately 1 billion urban (and peri-urban) dwellers live in informal settlements or slums (Ooi and Phua 2007) with no access to basic services, green spaces, food security, and safety. In addition, many of these communities have become more vulnerable to destructive natural and climate-related disasters, diseases, and other ecological and social stresses.","PeriodicalId":109833,"journal":{"name":"Green readiness, response, and recovery","volume":"231 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124206907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A green recovery in Cunningham Park","authors":"Traci Sooter, K. Hedges, Nancy Chicaraishi","doi":"10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER3","url":null,"abstract":"We are all potentially connected to an unwanted disaster situation since no region is immune from some adverse risk. Most Americans live in areas that are exposed to hazards whether naturally occurring or through involvement with humankind. Natural hazards may be in the form of wild fires, heat waves, volcanoes, tornadoes, earthquakes, or hurricanes, while human intervention awakens hazards such as oil rig accidents, the physical neglect of buildings and infrastructure, or acts of terrorism. A disaster occurs when a hazard has a high degree of harm to human life, its shelter, or to ecosystems such as human lives lost, reconstruction costs of buildings and infrastructure, or the corresponding loss of fauna and flora (Hedges 2011). However, a disaster may seem distant until it happens in your backyard. One such disaster is the 2011 Joplin (Missouri) tornado. The tornado was particularly destructive: the community was plunged into darkness with over 10,000 buildings damaged or destroyed, and the loss of 161 lives. The focus of this case study is on the Joplin community’s recovery and response at ground zero of the tornado, Cunningham Park. The Volunteer Tribute Garden and the Butterfly Garden and Overlook are two major designbuild projects that helped coalesce a community in turmoil. The narrative of the greening projects, their lessons learned, and recommendations are provided, beginning with the scale of the disaster event and some of the initial helping hands.","PeriodicalId":109833,"journal":{"name":"Green readiness, response, and recovery","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121364538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah J. Hines, Lindsay K. Campbell, N. Sonti, Erika Svendsen, David Maddox
{"title":"Background","authors":"Sarah J. Hines, Lindsay K. Campbell, N. Sonti, Erika Svendsen, David Maddox","doi":"10.2737/nrs-gtr-p-185-paper1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2737/nrs-gtr-p-185-paper1","url":null,"abstract":"“The many issues that overlap with food insecurity, including housing, social isolation, chronic or acute health problems with limited healthcare access, and low wages or unemployment, only exasperate the difficulty. And with COVID-19, many Native Americans were left in crowded homes and vulnerable to the virus. Many lives were lost – proportionately more than for any other ethnic group in the U.S. – and many tribal communities continue to face a COVID-19 burden.”","PeriodicalId":109833,"journal":{"name":"Green readiness, response, and recovery","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131675497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Codesigning a workshop garden","authors":"V. Marshall, Renae Reynolds","doi":"10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER4","url":null,"abstract":"Rather than being abandoned, a waterfront garden was upgraded and expanded after Hurricane Sandy damaged much of the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York City in 2012. While the garden transformation was undertaken by the landscape architecture practice Till Design, and coordinated by a larger team called Landscapes of Resilience, the role of the gardeners is equally important to bring forward. We are a landscape architect and educator (Marshall, principal of Till Design) and a project coordinator and urbanist (Reynolds) and we participated with gardeners during a recovery process following Hurricane Sandy. In this chapter we show that the upgrading and expansion of the garden can best be seen as emerging from the situated efforts of the gardeners. The garden is located at Beach 41st Houses, which is a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) complex built in 1973 and it is now home to approximately 1,700 people. The Houses are part of Edgemere, a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula. Notably, the Houses are located on the low lying Jamaica Bay side of the peninsula. They are not alongside the iconic boardwalk that characterizes the Atlantic Ocean, which was more urgently renovated with dunes as a recovery and resiliency measure after Hurricane Sandy.","PeriodicalId":109833,"journal":{"name":"Green readiness, response, and recovery","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115085395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Giardina, B. Goldstein, M. Grove, L. Campbell, E. Svendsen, Heather McMillen
{"title":"A proposed multi-agency program for stewardship science and practice","authors":"C. Giardina, B. Goldstein, M. Grove, L. Campbell, E. Svendsen, Heather McMillen","doi":"10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-185-PAPER22","url":null,"abstract":"Poorly planned development, resource over-exploitation to feed expanding per capita consumption, and climate change interact to diminish native biodiversity, degrade natural resources, and compromise human well-being in urban and urbanizing environments. Because urban dwellers are expected to represent 60 percent of people on Earth by 2030 (UNFP 2007), these impacts are extensive. Innovative approaches to reducing impacts of urban living are being sought across the United States, providing compelling counter-examples of how communities are creatively meeting challenges by enhancing stewardship linkages between people and place. These complex exchanges have important implications for the resilience of coupled natural and human systems, especially regarding response to disturbances and disasters. To date, however, the science available for stewarding coupled urban systems lacks a national framework and coordinated operating environment.","PeriodicalId":109833,"journal":{"name":"Green readiness, response, and recovery","volume":"9 12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128816803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}