Organizations Working on Land Use and the Built Environment
Organizations that work on adaptation in the land use and built environment sector are listed below.
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The Land Use Law Center, of the Pace University School of Law, is dedicated to fostering the development of sustainable communities and regions in New York state, through the promotion of innovative land use strategies and dispute resolution techniques. Through the work of its programs, centers, and institutes, the Land Use Law Center offers conferences, seminars, clinics, academic law school courses, continuing legal education programs, audio podcasts, and frequent publications and resources on contemporary land use, real estate, and environmental issues.
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PUSH Buffalo is a local membership-based community organization fighting to make affordable housing a reality on Buffalo’s West Side. The mission of PUSH Buffalo is to mobilize residents to create strong neighborhoods with quality affordable housing, expand local hiring opportunities, and advance economic justice. PUSH Buffalo's strategies include decreasing the rate of housing abandonment through redevelopment; leading direct action campaigns; creating a replicable model of grassroots neighborhood organizing; and managing social enterprises.
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Puget Sound Sage is an organization led by majority women of color that seeks to improve the lives of all families, with a focus on serving the interests of low-income people, communities of color, immigrants, and refugees in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. In particular, Puget Sound Sage advocates for policy change at the local and regional level in Seattle, South King County, and North Pierce County. Puget Sound Sage combines strategic research, policy analysis, community organizing, and coalition-building to advance racial equity, stronger democracy, good jobs, a.
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Rebuild by Design was created to administer the Rebuild by Design Competition after Hurricane Sandy. The competition was designed to challenge Sandy-affected communities to rebuild in ways that would build their physical, social, economic, and environmental resilience. Rebuild By Design helps communities reimagine solutions for today’s large-scale, complex problems.
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The San Francisco Bay and Outer Coast Sentinel Site Cooperative, one of five NOAA Cooperatives in the nation, is focused on enhancing the capacity of communities in the San Francisco Bay Area of California to adapt to sea level rise and coastal flooding issues. The collaboration is a partnership of federal, state, and local representatives from NOAA's Office for Coastal Management, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, NOAA's Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, and California Sea Grant.
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The Climate Change Adaptation Team organizes members and activists interested in adaptation issues locally, regionally, and nationally. The Adaptation Team is working to enable conversation among Sierra Club volunteers and staff activists. The Team is part of the Sierra Club Grassroots Network, which is an incubator for volunteer-driven teams, campaigns, and initiatives that engage new people, diversify the movement, and make progress on conservation goals. .
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Smart Growth America is dedicated to researching, advocating for and leading coalitions to bring smart growth practices to more communities nationwide. They work with local policy makers, real estate developers and investors, economic development agencies, federal agencies, and more to support sustainability and smart growth development. The organization describes smart growth as “a way to build cities, towns, and neighborhoods that are economically prosperous, socially equitable, and environmentally sustainable.
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Established by the Northeast Regional Ocean Council, EPA, NOAA, and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance, the StormSmart Coasts Network is a web resource dedicated to helping decision makers in coastal communities address the challenges of storms, flooding, sea level rise, and climate change.
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The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), representing more than 15,000 landscape architects across the United States, advocates and educates on a range of climate-related topics, such as sustainable urban design and community-building, stormwater management and green infrastructure, and walkable transportation. .
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Founded in 1966, the United Puerto Rican Organization of Sunset Park (UPROSE) is Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based organization. An intergenerational, multi-racial, nationally recognized community organization, UPROSE promotes sustainability and resiliency in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood through community organizing, education, indigenous and youth leadership development, and cultural/artistic expression. UPROSE advocates to ensure meaningful community engagement, participatory community planning practices, and sustainable development with justice and governmental accountability.
