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Green Law - Pace University
2y ago
The Climate Resilient Development Project
Land Use Law CenterElisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
“Sustainable Development for All”
The IPCC Calls for Climate Resilient Development to Adapt to and Mitigate Climate Change
John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus
March 17, 2022
Climate Resilient Development is a new frontier in the global response to climate change. Consider the IPCC’s 3675 page report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, released on February 27. Working Group II, which produced the study, also released a 37 page Summary for Policymakers. It defines ..read more
Green Law - Pace University
2y ago
Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law
Pace University
Land Use Law Center
Blog No. 40 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project
Editor: Brooke Mercaldi
Contributing Author: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus [*] Lessons Learned
In this 40th and final blog in our series of reports from our Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project, we focus on lessons we learned over the past two years. During that time, over 30 students working at the Land Use Law Center labored to find and report on innovative land use strategies by local governments to mitigate the adverse effect ..read more
Green Law - Pace University
2y ago
Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law
Pace University
Land Use Law Center
Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor
Blog No. 39 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project
Editor: Brooke Mercaldi
Contributing Author: Bailey Andree [*]
Gaining Ground on Four Catastrophes: How to Find and Use Strategies to Protect Human Health
The Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project has spanned two years and produced 39 blogs. Our team of over fifty students at the Land Use Law Center has created a substantial body of work in response to the threats of COVID-19, racial in ..read more
Green Law - Pace University
2y ago
Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law
Pace University
Land Use Law Center
Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor
Blog No. 38 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project
Editor: Brooke Mercaldi
Contributing Author: Meg Byerly Williams [*]
Low Carbon and Resilient Land Use: Part 3
Local governments are well-equipped to respond to climate change. Using legal authority derived from state planning and zoning enabling acts, municipalities may adopt local land use laws that help lessen the effects of climate change by reducing carbon emissions associated with the built ..read more
Green Law - Pace University
2y ago
Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law
Pace University
Land Use Law Center
Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor
Blog No. 37 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project
Editor: Brooke Mercaldi
Contributing Author: Meg Byerly Williams [*]
Low Carbon and Resilient Land Use: Part 2
The effects of climate change occur at the local level: storm surges, flooding, wildfires, extreme heat and drought. These all threaten homes, lives and livelihoods, and local governments respond to these threats by adopting policies, plans and regulations to help make safer places for t ..read more
Green Law - Pace University
2y ago
Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law
Pace University
Land Use Law Center
Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor
Blog No. 36 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project
Editor: Brooke Mercaldi
Contributing Author: Meg Byerly Williams [*]
Low Carbon and Resilient Land Use: Part 1
Natural disasters are expensive and indiscriminate. Every state in the U.S. has communities that are experiencing declining property values due to more frequent drought, wildfires, flooding, extreme heat, mudslides, and/or storm surges and sea level rise (SLR). The new book Choosing to Succeed ..read more
Green Law - Pace University
2y ago
Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law
Pace University
Land Use Law Center
Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor
Blog No. 35 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project
Editor: Brooke Mercaldi
Contributing Authors: Michael Ohora and Jaclyn McBain Cohen [*] Using Supportive Housing to Address Homelessness
Supportive housing is a form of permanent affordable housing that provides supportive services, such as “mental health, physical health, language, and cultural needs, education, employment, addiction and recovery, tenant rights and others” to individuals who are homeless, vul ..read more
Green Law - Pace University
2y ago
Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law
Pace University
Land Use Law Center
Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor
Blog No. 34 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project
Editor: Brooke Mercaldi
Contributing Author: Gabriella Mickel [*]
What is Climate Gentrification and Why is it Different?
Climate Gentrification can occur when a neighborhood lacking climate resiliency is made uninhabitable or less attractive to current and potential residents and developers. For example, in Miami, Florida, as the sea level rises and the risk of floods increases, developers are p ..read more
Green Law - Pace University
2y ago
Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law
Pace University
Land Use Law Center
Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor
Blog No. 33 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project
Editor: Brooke Mercaldi
Contributing Author: Gabriella Mickel [*] Gentrification: Remedies and Consequences
Gentrification is defined as “the process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, typically displacing current inhabitants in the process.” The inequities caused by gentrification in many communities are ..read more
Green Law - Pace University
2y ago
Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law
Pace University
Land Use Law Center
Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor
Blog No. 32 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project
Editor: Brooke Mercaldi
Contributing Author: William West [*]
The Four Pandemics Explained and Addressed by Land Use Law and Policy
The Land Use Law Center’s Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project addresses four pandemics plaguing public health: COVID-19 and its variants, housing insecurity, racial inequity, and climate change. Viewed through an epidemiological lens, our usage of the word “pandemic ..read more