Bibliography

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Integrating GI/LID in Hazard Mitigation Plan Workshop Presentations (12/10-11/2019)

Overview Presentation on Menu of GI/LID Options Relative to HMP Risks and Benefits: Overview Presentation, Skeo Solutions.

Opportunity to Integrate GI in Heat Mitigation Planning presentations: Planning for Heat Resilience and GI, Sarah Meerow,  We Need Heat Mitigation Funded, Melanie Gall, and Heat Impact Project, ASU and City of Tempe. 

Pima County and City of Tucson presentations on Adapting to Extreme Heat, Flooding, and Drought: Pima County Presentation, Marie Light and City of Tucson Presentation, Irene Ogata. 

Overview of US Army Corps of Engineers Silver Jackets Program: Presentation, Jon Vivanti. 

Hazard Mitigation Plans

Maricopa County. 2015 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. Prepared by JE Fuller/ Hydrology & Geomorphology, Inc. November 2015. https://www.maricopa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5118/Hazard-Mitigation-Plan-PDF.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Storm Smart Cities: Integrating Green Infrastructure into Local Hazard Mitigation Plans. March 2018. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-04/
documents/storm_smart_cities_508_final_document_3_26_18.pdf.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Fund Low Impact Development/Green Infrastructure Projects with FEMA Grants for Flood Mitigation. April 2016. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-04/documents/epa-lid-gi_and_hma_final.pdf.

 

Flood Management

Unincorporated Maricopa County. 2015 Floodplain Management Plan. Prepared by LTM Engineering, Inc. November 2015. https://gireferences.skeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2015-Floodplain-Management-Plan-Unincorporated-Maricopa-County.pdf.

City of Phoenix. Floodplain Management Plan. Prepared by HDR Engineering Inc. May 2016. https://www.phoenix.gov/streetssite/Documents/Secure%20City%20of%
20Phoenix%20FINAL%20FMP%20AUGUST%202016%20WebVersion%20%281%29.pdf.

Flood Control District of Maricopa County. Reduce Your Flood Risk: A Resource Guide. June 2019. https://www.maricopa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/50309/Reduce-Your-Flood-Risk—A-Resource-Guide.

Pima Association of Governments and the Pima County Regional Flood Control District LID Working Group. Advancements in Low Impact Development and Green Infrastructure in the Tucson Region: Proceedings of the LID Workshop & Field Experience. April 2015. http://www.pagregion.com/documents/environment/stormwater/
TucsonRegionalLIDWorkshopReport2015.pdf.

 

Drainage Studies

Flood Control District of Maricopa County. Tempe Area Drainage Master Study, LID Application Review and FLO-2D Modeling, Revised April 2016. http://apps.fcd.maricopa.gov/pub/docs/scanfcdlibrary/
A028_100_002TempeAreaDrainageMasterStudy_LID_ApplicationReviewandFLO_2DModeling_
Revised_April_2016_ADMS.pdf.

Rio Verde Area Alternative Stormwater Management, Water Conservation, Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Development Analysis Tools and Development Summary Report. 2018. http://apps.fcd.maricopa.gov/
pub/docs/scanfcdlibrary/A681_903RioVerdeAreaAlternativeStormwaterManagement_
WaterConservation_GreenInfrastructureLowImpactDevelopmentAnalysisToolsand
DevelopmentSummaryReport.pdf.

 

Arid Climate GI/LID Manuals

City of Scottsdale and Arizona State University. Greater Phoenix Metro Green Infrastructure Handbook: Low-Impact Development Details for Alternative Stormwater Management. Prepared by Dibble Engineering and Logan Simpson. January 2019. https://www.phoenix.gov/oepsite/Documents/
SCN%20GI%20Handbook_January%202019.pdf.

City of Tucson. Water Harvesting Guidance Manual. October 2005. https://cms3.tucsonaz.gov/
files/transportation/2006WaterHarvesting.pdf.

Pima Association of Governments. Green Infrastructure Prioritization Tool. Retrieved December 4, 2019, from https://gismaps.pagnet.org/PAG-GIMap/.

Pima County and City of Tucson. Low Impact Development and Green Infrastructure Guidance Manual. March 2015. https://webcms.pima.gov/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6/File/Government/Flood%
20Control/Floodplain%20Management/Low%20Impact%20Development/li-gi-manual-20150311.pdf.

Watershed Management Group. Green Infrastructure Manual for Desert Communities. January 2017. https://static.sustainability.asu.edu/giosMS-uploads/sites/22/2019/02/WMG-GI-2015.pdf.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2008. Reducing urban heat islands: Compendium of strategies. Draft. https://www.epa.gov/heat-islands/heat-island-compendium.

 

Complete Streets Policy and Design

City of Phoenix. Complete Streets Design Guidelines. October 2018. https://www.phoenix.gov/streetssite/Documents/CSDG_FINAL_CC_APPROVED.pdf.

City of Phoenix. Complete Streets Policy. June 2017. https://www.phoenix.gov/streetssite/MediaAssets/Adopted%20Complete%20Streets%20Policy%20-%20June%2028,%202017.pdf.

 

GI/LID Evaluation

City of Phoenix. Study: Effectiveness of Existing Green Infrastructure in Phoenix. Prepared by Coe & Van Loo Consultants, Inc. December 2018. https://www.phoenix.gov/waterservicessite/Documents/Green%
20Infrastructure%20Assessment.pdf.

Fassman, E. A., & Blackbourn, S. (2010). Urban runoff mitigation by a permeable pavement system over impermeable soils. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 15(6), 475-485. https://www.icpi.org/sites/default/files/resources/technical-papers/1799.pdf.

Sansalone, J., Raje, S., Kertesz, R., Maccarone, K., Seltzer, K., Siminari, M., Simms, P. and Wood, B. (2013). Retrofitting impervious urban infrastructure with green technology for rainfall-runoff restoration, indirect reuse and pollution load reduction. Environmental pollution, 183, 204-212.

Jiang, Y., Yuan, Y., and Piza, H. (2015). A review of applicability and effectiveness of low impact development/green infrastructure practices in arid/semi-arid United States. Environments, 2(2), 221-249. https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_file_download.cfm?p_download_id=524492&Lab=NERL.

Lee, J., and Fisher, C. (2016). Arid green infrastructure for water control and conservation. State of the Science and Research Need for Arid/Semi-arid Regions. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA/600/R-16/146. https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_file_download.cfm?p_download_id=529022&Lab=NERL.

Meerow S., Natarajan M., and Krantz D. “A review of green infrastructure performance in arid environments.” Unpublished manuscript. October 14, 2019.

Pima County Regional Flood Control District and Pima Association of Governments. Evaluation of GI/LID Benefits in the Pima County Environment. Prepared by Infrastructure, LLC and Stantec. July 2014. https://webcms.pima.gov/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6/File/Government/Flood%20Control/
Floodplain%20Management/Low%20Impact%20Development/autocase-testing-final-report-20140711.pdf.

Yang, J., and Wang, Z. H. (2017). Planning for a sustainable desert city: The potential water buffering capacity of urban green infrastructure. Landscape and Urban Planning, 167, 339-347.

 

Cost Benefit Studies

City of Phoenix. Triple Bottom Line Cost Benefit Analysis of Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Development (GI/LID) in Phoenix, AZ. Prepared by Autocase. June 2018. https://www.phoenix.gov/oepsite/Documents/City%20of%20Phoenix_GI
%20and%20LID_TBL-CBA%20Autocase%20Features%20and%20Projects%20Evaluation_06-21-2018.pdf.

City of Tucson and Pima County Regional Flood Control District. Solving Flooding Challenges with Green Stormwater Infrastructure in the Airport Wash Area. Prepared by Watershed Management Group. May 2015. https://watershedmg.org/sites/default/files/documents/solving-flooding-challenges-with-green-stormwater-infrastructure-in-tucsons-airport-wash-2015.pdf.

Landry S., Koeser, A., Northrop, R., McLean, D., Donovan, G., Andreu, M., and Hilbert, D. (2018). City of Tampa Tree Canopy and Urban Forest Analysis 2016. Tampa, FL: City of Tampa, Florida. https://waterinstitute.usf.edu/upload/documents/TampaUEA2016_FinalReport-lowres.pdf.

 

GI/LID and Health Benefits

Kim, G., & Coseo, P. (2018). Urban park systems to support sustainability: The role of urban park systems in hot arid urban climates. Forests, 9(7), 439. https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/7/439/htm.

Polonsky H., Cohen-Cline H., and Wolf K. Green Infrastructure and Health Guide. Willamette Partnership and Oregon Public Health Institute. Prepared by the Oregon Health and Outdoors Initiative. January 2018. https://willamettepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Green-Infrastructure_final_7_12_18_sm.pdf.

Roe, J.  (2016). Cities, Green Space, and Mental Well-Being. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science.

The Trust for Public Land. “The benefits of green infrastructure for heat mitigation and emissions reductions in cities.” June 2016. https://www.tpl.org/sites/default/files/Benefits%20of%20GI%20for%20heat
%20mitigation%20and%20emissions%20reductions%20in%20cities.pdf.

 

Additional Resources

Arizona Department of Water Resources Conservation Program. Retrieved November 21, 2019, from https://new.azwater.gov/conservation/landscaping.

Arizona Department of Water Resources. Low Water Use/Drought Tolerant Plant List: Official Regulatory List for the Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix Active Management Area. May 2007. https://repository.asu.edu/attachments/148177/content/Low%20Water%20Use%20Plant%20List.pdf.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Green Infrastructure Barriers and Opportunities in Phoenix, Arizona: An Evaluation of Local Codes and Ordinances. August 2013. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-10/documents/phoenix_gi_evaluation.pdf.