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Appendix A: Key Resources for Decision Makers
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... A Key Resources for Decision Makers CHAPTER 2: RELEVANT DATA, ANALYTICS, AND METRICS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY • Source of federal agency data: Data.gov • Resilient Houston: https://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/Resilient-Houston 20200518-single-page.pdf • Houston's Complete Communities Initiative: https://www.houstoncc. org/ • Curated Data Enterprise: https://biocomplexity.virginia.edu/institute/ divisions/social-and-decision-analytics/census • Prioritization of Public Transportation Investments: A Guide for Deci sion-Makers: https://doi.org/10.17226/26224 • A Model for Calculating Dividends from Resilience Projects: https:// www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2129.html • Santa Monica Wellbeing Project: https://santamonicawellbeing.org CHAPTER 3: FUNDING AND INVESTMENT MECHANISMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE • Dallas Innovation Alliance: http://www.dallasinnovationalliance.com/ 91
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... org/; The UrbanKind Institute: https://urbankind.org/; and Black Equity Coalition: https://www.blackequitypgh.org/ • Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center: http://www.wprdc.org/ • Technology development through community partnerships: https:// www.cmucreatelab.org/home • Cities Coalition for Digital Rights: https://citiesfordigitalrights.org/ • Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool: https://screeningtool. geoplatform.gov/en • Justice40 Open Source Community: https://github.com/usds/justice40 tool and https://groups.google.com/u/0/g/justice40-open-source CHAPTER 6: SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, AND DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society LandCare Program to transform vacant community lots: https://phsonline.org/programs/transforming vacant-land/program-model-and-impact
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... APPENDIX A 93 • Effective social outreach programs: STYL program: http://mail.nepi liberia.org/ • Institute for Nonviolence Chicago: https://www.nonviolencechicago.org/ • Cure Violence: https://cvg.org/; Heartland Alliance: https://www. heartlandalliance.org/; and Lawndale Christian Legal Center: https:// lclc.net/ CHAPTER 7: MOVING BEYOND SHORT-TERMISM • Bloomberg Cities Network: https://bloombergcities.jhu.edu/ CHAPTER 8: BUILDING THE IDEAL SUSTAINABLE CITY • Austin's Climate Equity Plan: https://www.austintexas.gov/page/austin climate-equity-plan • Equity in green workforce development through the Civilian Con servation Corps: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/austin-civilian conservation-corps • Climate Central: https://www.climatecentral.org/ • First Street Foundation mapping for flood risks: https://firststreet.org/ • Coalition-building through Hill Country Conservancy: https://hill countryconservancy.org • The Equity Center: https://virginiaequitycenter.org/albemarle-county equity-profile-1 • National Equity Atlas: https://www.policylink.org/our-work/economy/ national-equity-atlas
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