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Vacant to Vibrant

Creating Successful Green Infrastructure Networks

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Sandra L. Albro

    1. Holden Forests & Gardens, Cleveland, USA

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  • Addresses strategies for working in low-income areas which frequently do not have access to green space

  • An unusual approach that combines infrastructure improvements with community empowerment

  • Complements abundant news reports about the power of vacant lots transformation to improve mental health and neighborhood vitality

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sandra L. Albro
    Pages 1-4

  3. Green Stormwater Infrastructure on Vacant Lots

    • Sandra L. Albro
    Pages 5-16

  4. City Dynamics That Shape Vacant Land Use

    • Sandra L. Albro
    Pages 17-36

  5. Vacant to Vibrant Planning

    • Sandra L. Albro
    Pages 37-70

  6. Vacant to Vibrant Implementation

    • Sandra L. Albro
    Pages 71-103

  7. Sustaining Urban Greening Projects

    • Sandra L. Albro
    Pages 105-123

  8. Scaling Up Networks of Small Green Infrastructure

    • Sandra L. Albro
    Pages 125-145

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 147-190
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About this book

Vacant lots, so often seen as neighborhood blight, have the potential to be a key element of community revitalization.

Sandra Albro offers practical insights through her experience leading the five‑year Vacant to Vibrant project, which piloted the creation of green infrastructure networks in Gary, Indiana; Cleveland, Ohio; and Buffalo, New York. Vacant to Vibrant provides a point of comparison among the three cities as they adapt old systems to new, green technology. Albro offers insights from every step of the Vacant to Vibrant project, including planning, design, community engagement, implementation, and maintenance successes and challenges of creating a green infrastructure network from vacant lots in neighborhoods. Landscape architects and other professionals whose work involves urban greening will learn new approaches for creating infrastructure networks and facilitating more equitable access to green space.

  

Authors and Affiliations

  • Holden Forests & Gardens, Cleveland, USA

    Sandra L. Albro

About the author

Sandra Albro, research associate at Holden Forests & Gardens, investigates how improving soil and plants can boost the ecological and social value of vacant lots in Great Lakes cities. She is project manager for two projects that test low-cost, low-maintenance urban greening projects that manage stormwater and revitalize communities in Gary, IN; Cleveland, OH; and Buffalo, NY. Ms. Albro also serves as co-chair for the Cleveland Tree Coalition, a group of more than 40 businesses, organizations, and branches of local government that are working together to implement the Cleveland Tree Plan; and is a board member on the Doan Brook Watershed Partnership.

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