The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) is developing a Statewide Land Conservation Plan. A focus of the new plan is to increase climate change resilience by developing green space in urban areas. The goal of our project was to identify types of green space that urban residents prefer in their communities and how their preferences can promote climate change resiliency. This was accomplished by developing eight case studies on existing urban green spaces, and distributing surveys to and conducting interviews with urban residents. The top preferences were parks, community gardens, and walking paths. We recommended that the EEA consider the availability of parking when developing green space, utilize connections with NGOs, and conduct more data collection.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Alescio, Nicholas Robert
• Aridou, Isaiah O.
• Mair, Rachael E.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-100919-124822

Keyword

• Urban and Environmental Planning

Advisor

• Tuler, Seth

Year

• 2019

Center

• Boston, Massachusetts Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Envio

Date created

• 2019-10-09

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved