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Sister, C., J. Wolch, and J. Wilson.
2009.
Got green? addressing environmental
justice in park provision.
GeoJournal.
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Ghaemi, P., J. Swift, C. Sister, J.
P. Wilson, and J. Wolch. 2009.
Design and implementation of a
web-based platform to support
interactive environmental
planning. Computers,
Environment and Urban Systems
33: 482-491.
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Wolch, J. 2007.
Green Urban Worlds. Annals of
the Association of American
Geographers 97: 373-384
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Sheng, J., J. P. Wilson, N. Chen, J.
S. Devinny, and J. M. Sayre. 2007.
Evaluating the quality of the
National Hydrography Dataset for
watershed assessments in metropolitan
regions. GIScience &
Remote Sensing 44: 283–304.
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Hydrology and Water
Quality Modeling of the Santa Clara
River Watershed
This report is the result of the
implementation of the MIKE BASIN
watershed model with water quality
module. It provides estimates of
stormwater flows into the Santa
Clara River and geographically and
temporally explicit estimates of
several pollutants in those flows.
Sheng, J., and Wilson, J.P., 2009.
The Green Visions Plan for 21st
Century Southern California: 23,
Hydrology and Water Quality Modeling
for the Santa Clara River Watershed.
University of Southern California GIS
Research Laboratory, Los Angeles,
California.
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Hydrology and Water Quality
Modeling of the Los Angeles River
Watershed
This report is the result of the
implementation of the MIKE BASIN
watershed model with water quality
module. It provides estimates of
stormwater flows into the Los
Angeles River and geographically
and temporally explicit estimates
of several pollutants in those
flows.
Sheng, J., and Wilson, J.P., 2009.
The Green Visions Plan for 21st
Century Southern California: 22,
Hydrology and Water Quality Modeling
for the Los Angeles River Watershed.
University of Southern California GIS
Research Laboratory, Los Angeles,
California.
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Hydrology and Water Quality Modeling
of the Calleguas Creek
Watershed
This report is the result of the
implementation of the MIKE BASIN
watershed model with water quality
module. It provides estimates of
stormwater flows into Calleguas
Creek and geographically and
temporally explicit estimates of
several pollutants in those flows.
Sheng, J., and Wilson, J.P., 2009.
The Green Visions Plan for 21st
Century Southern California: 21,
Hydrology and Water Quality Modeling
for the Calleguas Creek Watershed.
University of Southern California GIS
Research Laboratory, Los Angeles,
California.
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Hydrology and Water Quality Modeling
of the San Gabriel River
Watershed
This report is the result of the
implementation of the MIKE BASIN
watershed model with water quality
module. It provides estimates of
stormwater flows into the San
Gabriel River and geographically
and temporally explicit estimates
of several pollutants in those
flows.
Sheng, J., and Wilson, J.P., 2009.
The Green Visions Plan for 21st
Century Southern California: 20,
Hydrology and Water Quality Modeling
for the San Gabriel River Watershed.
University of Southern California GIS
Research Laboratory, Los Angeles,
California.
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Hydrology and Water Quality
Modeling of the Santa Monica Bay
Watershed
This report is the result of the
implementation of the MIKE BASIN
watershed model with water quality
module. It provides estimates of
stormwater flows into the Santa
Monica Bay and geographically and
temporally explicit estimates of
several pollutants in those flows.
Sheng, J., and Wilson, J.P., 2009.
The Green Visions Plan for 21st
Century Southern California: 19,
Hydrology and Water Quality Modeling
for the Santa Monica Bay Watershed.
University of Southern California GIS
Research Laboratory, Los Angeles,
California.
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Creating Parks & Open
Space Using Green Visions Planning
Toolkit 1.0
This manual provides detailed
instructions for use of the Green
Visions Plan online toolkit.
Tutorials are provided that
instruct users how to explore data
layers, and design and print maps
using Green Visions data.
Newell, J, Sister, C., Wolch J.,
Swift, J, P. Ghaemi, J. Wilson, and
T. Longcore. 2007. The Green Visions
Plan for 21st Century Southern
California. 18. Creating Parks &
Open Space Using Green Visions
Planning Toolkit 1.0. University of
Southern California GIS Research
Laboratory and Center for Sustainable
Cities, Los Angeles, Califorrnia.
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Access to Parks and Park
Facilities in the Green Visions Plan
Region
This present technical report
examines access to and equity in
the distribution of park and open
space resources across the Green
Visions Plan (GVP) study area, with
a particular focus on access to
various types of park
infrastructure and facilities.
Findings from the present report
demonstrate that only 14.6% of the
region’s population has pedestrian
access to greenspaces (where
pedestrian access is defined as
living ¼ mile - or ½ mile round
trip - to the nearest park),
leaving 85.4% of the population
without easy access to such
resources. The report offers
analysis of equity assessment
measured both by park acres per
capita and the availability of park
facilities and amenities as well as
provides a comparison of
proportions of race/ethnic groups
inside and
outside marked study areas.
Sister, C., Wilson, J.P., and Wolch,
J. 2008. Green Visions Plan for
21st Century Southern California. 17.
Access to Parks and Park
Facilities in the Green Visions Plan
Region. University of Southern
California GIS Research Laboratory
and Center for Sustainable
Cities,
Los Angeles, California.
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Watershed Assets Assessment
Report
This report provides the hydrologic
assets assessment for the GVP study
area. The assessment describes the
current conditions of the
watershed, the human modifications
that have been made to the system,
and to what extent hydrologic
characteristics have been altered
in changing flow regimes, flow
paths, water quality and
groundwater storage etc. The
hydrologic assets inventory will
provide principal information for
watershed projects such as
prioritization of riparian land
acquisition, storm water park sites
selection, concrete flood control
channel removal, dam removal,
underground storm drains
daylightening, and riparian habitat
restoration and so on. This report
is intended to support and inform
regional wide planning efforts from
the perspective of watershed health
assessment.
Sheng, J., and J. P. Wilson. 2008.
Green Visions Plan for 21st
Century Southern California. 16.
Watershed Assets Assessment
Report. University of Southern
California GIS Research Laboratory
and Center for Sustainable Cities,
Los Angeles, California.
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Historical
Ecology and Landscape Change of the
San Gabriel River and
Floodplain
A collaborative group including the
Southen
California Coastal Water Research
Project,
California State University
Northridge, San
Francisco Estuary Institute,
Los
Angeles and San Gabriel Watershed
Council, and GVP researchers
has completed an extensive study of
the wetland and upland natural
communities associated with the San
Gabriel River across the coastal
plain. Click
here to download report and
appendices.
Stein, E. D., S. Dark, T. Longcore,
N. Hall, M. Beland, R. Grossinger, J.
Casanova, and M. Sutula. 2007.
Historical Ecology and Landscape
Change of the San Gabriel River and
Floodplain. SCCWRP Technical Report
#499.
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Park Congestion and Strategies to
Increase Park
Equity
Many neighborhoods of southern
California are park-poor, and
policy makers face the challenge of
understanding in which communities
scarce parkland acquisition dollars
should be allocated. This report
presents a pragmatic approach to
assist planners in addressing
distributional inequities in park
access. Delineating a ‘park service
area’ for each park that includes
all residents for whom that park is
the closest, the report describes
the potential park congestion – or
‘pressure’ – characterizing each
park service area across the
region. Results show that
Latinos, and to some extent
African-Americans, and low-income
groups were likely to live close to
parks with higher park pressure
levels. On the other hand,
predominantly White, high-income
areas are typically located close
to parks with lower park pressure
levels. The park service area
analysis facilitates the
identification of areas with
greater park need and provides a
pragmatic way to redress existing
disparities in park access.
Sister, C., J Wilson, and J. Wolch.
2007. Green Visions
Plan for 21st Century Southern
California. 15. Park Congestion and
Strategies to Increase park
Equity. University of Southern
California GIS Research Laboratory
and Center for Sustainable Cities,
Los Angeles, California.
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Park and Open Space Resources in the
Green Visions Plan
Area
This comprehensive report
identifies and maps all known parks
and open spaces in the study area;
characterizes park facilities,
amenities, and condition based on
both field and Internet audits;
assesses parks in terms of their
potential role in habitat
conservation and watershed
protection; and provides basic
parks data for use in GVP studies
of park equity and in the
development of innovative
decision-support tools for local
public agencies and community based
organizations.
Sister, C., J. Wolch, J. Wilson, A.
Linder, M. Seymour, J. Byrne, and J.
Swift. 2007. Green Visions Plan for
21st Century Southern California. 14.
Park and Open Space Resources in the
Green Visions Plan Area, University
of Southern California GIS Research
Laboratory and Center for Sustainable
Cities, Los Angeles, California.
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Target
Species Habitat
Mapping
Predicted habitat maps are
presented for terrestrial and
aquatic target species in the Green
Visions study area. Describes
terrestrial species habitat
suitability based on vegetation
type, other habitat requirements
such as soils, and fragment size
and isolation. Aquatic species
distributions mapped by known
occurances. Prepared by the
Conservation Biology Institute for
the Green Visions Plan .
Rubin, E. S., H. L. Rustigian, and M.
D. White. 2006. Green
Visions
Plan for 21st Century Southern
California. 13. Target Species
Habitat Mapping. University of
Southern California GIS Research
Laboratory and Center for Sustainable
Cities, Los Angeles, California.
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Neighborhood Stormwater
Quality Modeling
Assessment of applicability of
existing stormwater models to city
block or parcel scale to describe
water quality loadings and
opportunities, including summary of
previous research, overview of
candidate models, and guidelines
for stormwater quality modeling at
this scale.
Sayre, J., X. Yan, J. S. Devinny, and
J. P. Wilson. 2006. Green
Visions
Plan for 21st Century Southern
California. 12. Neighborhood
Stormwater Quality Modeling.
University of Southern California GIS
Research Laboratory and Center for
Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles,
California.
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Best Management Practices for
the Treatment of Stormwater
Runoff
Uses and effects of common
stormwater Best Management
Practices (BMPs) and their
pollutant removal efficiencies and
climate constraints, and an
analysis of applicable BMPs for
stormwater park design at a
candidate site.
Sayre, J. M., J. S. Devinny, and J.
P. Wilson. 2006. Green Visions
Plan
for 21st Century Southern California.
11. Best Management Practices (BMPs)
for the Treatment of Stormwater
Runoff. University of Southern
California GIS Research Laboratory
and Center for Sustainable Cities,
Los Angeles, California.
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Stormwater Quality Control
through Retrofit of Industrial
Surfaces
Description of opportunities to
rehabilitate industrial surfaces to
improve stormwater quality through
either partnerships with industry
or purchase and public ownership.
Bina, A., and J. S. Devinny. 2006.
Green Visions Plan for 21st
Century
Southern California.10. Stormwater
Quality Control through
Retrofit of Industrial Surfaces.
University of Southern California
GIS
Research Laboratory and Center for
Sustainable Cities, Los
Angeles,
California.
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Recreationist-Wildlife
Interactions in Urban
Parks
An examination of the potential
beneficial and detrimental
human-wildlife interactions that
would arise from habitat
restoration in the upper Los
Angeles River watershed.
Seymour, M., J. Byrne, D. Martino,
and J. Wolch. 2006. Green
Visions
Plan for 21st Century Southern
California. 9.
Recreationist-Wildlife
Interactions in Urban Parks.
University of Southern California GIS
Research Laboratory and Center for
Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles,
California.
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Conservation
of Native Biodiversity in the City:
An Assessment of MRCA Projects in the
Upper Los Angeles River
Watershed
A review of the mix of strategies
necessary for an urban conservation
program to maximize native
biodiversity and evaluation of
proposed project mix in upper Los
Angeles River watershed.
Longcore, T. 2006. Green Visions
Plan for 21st Century Southern
California. 8. Conservation
of Native Biodiversity in the City:
An Assessment of MRCA Projects in the
Upper Los Angeles River
Watershed. University of
Southern California GIS Research
Laboratory and Center for Sustainable
Cities, Los Angeles, California.
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This survey instrument provides a
consistent methodology to assess
the characteristics and qualities
of urban and suburban green-spaces
.
Byrne, J., Wolch, J., Swift, J and
Ryan, C. 2005. Green Visions Plan
for 21st Century Southern California.
7. SAGE (Systematic Audit of
Green-space Environments): Audit Form
and Instructions. University of
Southern California Center for
Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles,
California.
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"Nuisance" Urban
Wildlife
Seymour, M. 2005. Green Visions
Plan for 21st Century Southern
California. 6. “Nuisance”
Urban Wildlife. University of
Southern California GIS Research
Laboratory and Center for Sustainable
Cities, Los Angeles,
California.
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Terrestrial Target Species for
Habitat Conservation
Planning
Martino, D., C. S. Lam, and T.
Longcore. 2005. Green Visions
Plan for 21st Century Southern
California. 5. Terrestrial Target
Species for Habitat Conservation
Planning. University of Southern
California GIS Research Laboratory
and Center for Sustainable Cities,
Los Angeles, California.
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A 2004 USC workshop assembled
technical experts in each of the
subject areas to discuss and
critique the research framework.
Summaries and transcripts of the
workshop.
Wolch, J.R. (ed). 2004. Green
Visions Plan for the 21st Century
Southern California. 4. Scientific
Workshop on Strategies for Integrated
Habitat, Watershed and Recreation
Planning. University of Southern
California GIS Research Laboratory
and Center for Sustainable Cities,
Los Angeles, California.
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Identification of geospatial data
requirements for Green Visions plan
analyses. Survey of potential data
sources, and assessment of data
resolution, temporal coverage,
format, and geographic coverage.
Lam, C. S., H. Chen, C. Li, and J. P.
Wilson. 2004.Green Visions Plan
for the 21st Century Southern
California. 3. Data Availability for
Habitat, Watershed, and Recreation
Planning in Southern California.
University of Southern California GIS
Research Laboratory and Center for
Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles,
California.
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Inventory of recreational open
space, habitat conservation, and
watershed management plans. Review
of past plans, highlighting
alternatives offered in major
planning documents, alternatives
that enjoy broad consensus across
planning domains, and geographic
areas in which little or no
planning has yet to occur.
Li, C., H. Chen, C. S. Lam, T.
Longcore, J. Sayre, K. Schmoker, and
J. R. Wolch. 2004. Green Visions
Plan for the 21st Century Southern
California. 2. The On-Line
Inventory of Southern California
Plans Relating to Habitat,
Watersheds, and Recreation.
University of Southern California GIS
Research Laboratory and Center for
Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles,
California.
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Integrated research frameworks to
address biological, hydrological,
recreational open space planning
goals using policy, community
engagement, and GIS tools.
Wolch, J.R., J. Devinny, T. Longcore,
and J.P. Wilson. 2004. Green
Visions Plan for the 21st Century
Southern California. 1. Analytical
Frameworks for the Green Visions
Plan. University of Southern
California GIS Research Laboratory
and Center for Sustainable Cities,
Los Angeles, California.
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