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BMP Construction, Maintenance, and Monitoring Issues
A PowerPoint presentation
by Dr. Jeff Featherstone
A Day of Stormwater Seminar, Tour and Summit at Villanova
University, 14 August 2008
Download presentation (zip file > 99.3 MB)
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Fix for a Drier Office Park
A Philadelphia Inquirer Story
Aug 17, 2008
Fort
Washington Area Flooding and Transportation Improvement Study
The CSC has recently completed a
two-year study on the revitalization of the Fort Washington Office
Park, located in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County. The draft
final report has been posted to the following links:
Main Report (10.4 MB)
Appendices (66 MB)
Maps (298 MB)
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What is Sustainability? |
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Dr.
Jeffrey Featherstone
Director, Center for Sustainable Communities
While scholars have debated the nature of sustainability and have
outlined numerous, sometimes ponderous definitions of it, we can
simply accept its basic tenets. In short, sustainability means
protecting and managing our natural resources so they are available
for future generations. It also means that in promoting
sustainability we must give careful and thoughtful consideration to
the environmental, economic, and social aspects of alternative
courses of action so advances in one area do not come at the expense
of the others.
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Featured Research Project |
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Temple –Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative
Visit T-VSSI web site >>
The Center has formed a partnership called
Temple-Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative (T-VSSI) with
Villanova University’s Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership (VUSP) to
demonstrate stormwater best management practices (BMPs), to conduct
research and to conduct outreach program focusing on regional
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