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Raven et al. 2020

Raven, J., C. Braneon, and M. Esposito, 2020: Urban Design Climate Workshop, from Climate Science to Climate Action: Gowanus, Brooklyn, 2019. Urban Land Institute.

In 2019, the Urban Land Institute's New York District Council and Urban Resilience Program collaborated with the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) and the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) to conduct an Urban Design Climate Workshop (UDCW) in Gowanus — a rapidly changing area of New York City that is currently targeted for upzoning as part of Mayor de Blasio's 2015 pledge to create and preserve 300,000 units of affordable housing by 2026. While the goal of creating and preserving affordable housing is laudable, the impacts of rezoning in communities, most often low-income communities of color, warrants significant evaluation to avoid unintended negative consequences to community members. Gowanus is one such community. Gowanus sits at a critical nexus between the superfund-designated Gowanus Canal, the more affluent communities of Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, and the industrial, last mile freight and residential community of Red Hook. As a densely developed area with few parks or green spaces for residents, Gowanus is amenity-constrained. This lack of green space makes the urban heat island effect intense for neighborhood residents, many of whom do not have air conditioning. These conditions will only worsen given the escalating impacts of climate change.

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@misc{ra01010x,
  author={Raven, J. and Braneon, C. and Esposito, M.},
  title={Urban Design Climate Workshop, from Climate Science to Climate Action: Gowanus, Brooklyn, 2019},
  year={2020},
  publisher={Urban Land Institute},
  address={Washington, D.C.},
}

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TY  - RPRT
ID  - ra01010x
AU  - Raven, J.
AU  - Braneon, C.
AU  - Esposito, M.
PY  - 2020
BT  - Urban Design Climate Workshop, from Climate Science to Climate Action: Gowanus, Brooklyn, 2019
PB  - Urban Land Institute
CY  - Washington, D.C.
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