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Technical Appendix to Reevaluating Stormwater
This technical appendix was written in conjunction with the report “Reevaluating Stormwater” from the Pittsburgh Charrette. The appendix includes information about the charrette process as well as supporting information, documentation, and data that was used in the Pittsburgh Charrette. The purpose of the charrette was to address the problems associated…
Reevaluating Stormwater: The Nine Mile Run Model for Restorative Development
This report presents a model for resolving a history of chronic sewer overflows into the public streets, parks, and waters of the Pittsburgh region, while simultaneously restoring and revitalizing the region’s urban communities and watersheds. The model uses physical measures that remove stormwater from sewers and produce additional benefits such…
Water 2010: Four Scenarios for 21st Century Water Systems
This report examines the challenges and uncertainties facing municipal water systems in 1996. The authors developed several hypothetical scenarios to envision what water systems will look like in 2010. The scenarios can be used as learning tools for people considering the future of water systems. The scenarios include a mandate…
Nonproliferation: Now a Workable Idea
This editorial in the Christian Science Monitor discusses the contradictions inherent in the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, especially in the world 25 years later. The authors argue that nuclear nonproliferation is viable in large part because of the commercial collapse of the nuclear market and the rise of superior alternative…
Security Without War: A Post Cold War Foreign Policy
This book lays out security principles and policies for the United States to adopt in a post-Cold War world. The authors encourage Americans to take account of all threats, to emphasize preventing conflicts over winning wars, to enhance every nation’s security, to favor multilateral approaches over bilateral ones, and to…
