Sustainable Philadelphia Resource Guide
Highlighting some of the key urban environmental issues in Philadelphia
History
What are the forces that shaped the City of Philadelphia and how do they continue to shape our current urban environment?
Philly H20
The Buried River
Time and the City
Air Pollution
Is the air safe to breathe in Philadelphia? What are the factors that cause air pollution? How can we develop better monitoring systems to understand local air quality? Purple Air monitors are located in Philadelphia that detect PM 2.5 and PM 10.
Real-Time Air Quality Map | PurpleAir
Air Management Systems also monitors the air.
Air quality | Services
The Clean Air Council has campaigns to promote clean air and environmental justice.
Clean Air Council
Environmental Justice
EJScreen
Urban Heat
What is the Urban Heat Island Effect?
What the city is doing to combat urban heat islands to reduce high temperatures
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C40 Knowledge Community
Heat Vulnerability Index highlights City hot spots | Department of Public Health
US outdoor heat exposure
Green Infrastructure
Green City, Clean Water
Green City, Clean Waters: A Decade in the Community - Philadelphia Water Department
Big Green Map
Climate Change Adaptation
Gowanus Blue Schools Curriculum - Gowanus Canal Conservancy
Gowanus Blue Schools Design Challenge
CSOcast | water.phila.gov
What are Combined Sewer Overflows?
Combined sewer overflow in Kingston, NY
Stormwater Management: Overview
Sewershed Mapping Activity - Reflo
FINAL-TINA-CivicGreen
Urban Flooding
Flood Risk in Philadelphia
Why is New York City so prone to flooding?
Why Are There More Floods? | Neil deGrasse Tyson and Radley Horton Explain...
Tree Canopy
Climate Resilience
Cities and Climate Change: Making the Links | Sara Hughes | TEDxUofT
Home - First Street Foundation
City of Philadelphia Stress Index
Philadelphia's Refinery
Will The Bellwether District be Climate Change Ready?
Philadelphia's Mayoral Election
Learning From Other Places
C40 presents ways that cities are adapting to climate challenges
C40 Knowledge Community
New Film Series Tells the Stories of Mayors Committed to Addressing Both Climate Change and Social Inequality - C40 Cities
Beat the heat: Saving lives with heat action planning in South Asia
Future New York - $335 million to increase resiliency in Lower Manhattan The Big U by Bjarke Ingels
Washington, DC
Copenhagen is leading the way in innovative sustainable cities initiatives
Gentrification and Displacement
What Are Gentrification and Displacement
One solution is to think about we could use a Community Land Trust Model. The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative is an exciting example. See the video below for more information.
History of DNI
A Multiethnic Community Land Trust With Eminent Domain: Boston's Dudley Neighbors Incorporated - RioOnWatch
A tool that could be explored is Tax Increment Financing. See below to understand how TIFs work:
What is a TIF and how does a TIF work?