Todays focus for our #EarthDay 2014 Green City Spotlight series is Los Angeles, California: goo.gl/DSsuxt. Were working with Los Angeles County conservationists and the non-profit Amigos de los Rios to to create a 17-mile loop of connected green spaces as an “Emerald Necklace” around the area. Were providing financing and strategic conservation planning to bring this project to reality; learn more in this short video: goo.gl/j4i2xW. Heres a sneak peak into our goals for implementing our green infrastructure, including specific action-oriented strategies: 1) Implement priority projects within the Los Angeles/Rio Hondo and San Gabriel River watersheds in the ‘original’ Emerald Necklace. 2) Promote collaboration through expansion of resources to green infrastructure hubs within the expanded Emerald Necklace. 3) Protect and enhance the “jewels” that have been identified on the expanded Emerald Necklace. 4) Balance gray and green infrastructure to create more functional natural and recreational networks. 5) Adapt and mitigate for climate change and its impact on water resources, treating water as a multi-benefit amenity.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:01 +0000
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