How Can the Integration of Green Infrastructure in a Community Create a Long-term Economic Benefit?

This blog post was written by Victoria Thwaitees as part of the Spring 2018 UGA Urban Ecology class. Green infrastructure is a growing phenomenon in urban development across the nation. It is a sustainable integration of landscape architecture and ecology to create a better flow of materials and elements through a system. Green infrastructure initiatives enhance community safety and way of life. It can cultivate a vibrant community with economic benefits for a resident, business…

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What Historic Progress Has Occurred With Respect to Atlanta Urban Watersheds?

This blog post was written by Tyler Corby as part of the Spring 2018 UGA Urban Ecology class. Atlanta’s watersheds occupy unique niches that demand special consideration.  Downtown developments sit atop a watershed division that directs westerly runoff into the Chattahoochee River and ultimately into the Gulf of Mexico and easterly runoff into the Atlantic Ocean.  Cumulatively, these watersheds impact hundreds of miles of aquatic waterways and two major marine bodies of water. Atlanta—and many…

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