Metro Watersheds and Urban Design
Ecological design preferences - Green stormwater infrastructure - Neighborhoods and yards - Brownfields
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Feng, Y. and J. I. Nassauer. 2023. Aesthetics and the performance of stormwater infrastructure. In The Routledge Handbook of Urban Landscape Research. K. Bishop and L. Corkery, eds. Routledge Press, London. Pp.163-180.
Feng, Y., Nassauer, J. I. 2022. Community experiences of landscape-based stormwater management practices: A review. Ambio, 51, 1837-1854.
Li, J., Nassauer, J. I. & Webster, N. J. 2022. Landscape elements affect public perception of nature-based solutions managed by smart systems. Landscape and Urban Planning, 221, 104355.
Li, J., and J. I. Nassauer. 2021. Technology in support of nature-based solutions requires understanding everyday experiences. Ecology and Society 26(4):35.
Nassauer, J. I., Webster, N. J., Sampson, N. & Li, J. 2021. Care and safety in neighborhood preferences for vacant lot greenspace in legacy cities. Landscape and Urban Planning, 214, 104156.
Li, J. & Nassauer, J. I. 2020. Cues to care: A systematic analytical review. Landscape & Urban Plan. 201
Nassauer, J. I., N. R. Sampson, N. J. Webster, M. Dewar, S. McElmurry, G. A. Burton, Jr., and C. Riseng. 2019. Green Stormwater Infrastructure on Vacant Land: An Integrated Assessment with Implications for Detroit. NEW-GI White Paper No. 3. 120 pp.
Sampson, N., Webster. N., Nassauer, J. I., Schulz, A. J. 2019. Adapting social surveys to depopulating neighborhoods. Landscape Urban Plan. 181: 45-50.
"SciTech Now Episode 418." SciTech Now, PBS. Aired 26 Feb. 2018.
"Secret Gardens | Minute Updates | Great Lakes Now." Detroit Public TV, Great Lakes Now. 12 Nov. 2018.
G. A. Burton Jr., S. P. McElmurry, and C. Riseng. 2018. Green Infrastructure on Vacant Land: Mitigating Aquatic Stressors of Urban Ecosystems through Green Stormwater Infrastructure. NEW-GI White Paper No. 2. 28 pp.
M. Dewar, G. Cho, R. Labov, M. Egler, and A. Alvarez. 2018. Making Governance Work for Green Stormwater Infrastructure on Vacant Land in Legacy Cities. NEW-GI Technical Report No. 2. 34 pp.
Nassauer, J. I., and Y. Feng. 2018. Different Contexts, Different Designs for Green Infrastructure. NEW-GI Technical Rpt. No. 1. 49 pp.
Nassauer, J. I. 2017. Greening sprawl: Lawn culture and carbon storage in the suburban landscape. In Infinite Suburbia. A.M. Berger & J. Kotkin, eds. Princeton Architectural Press, New York. Pp. 506-517.
Lichten, N., J. Nassauer, M. Dewar, N. Sampson, N. Webster. 2017. Green Infrastructure on Vacant Land: Achieving Social and Environmental Benefits in Legacy Cities. NEW-GI White Paper No. 1. 63 pp.
Nassauer, J., M. Dewar, S. McElmurry,N. Sampson, A. Alvarez, A. Burton, C. Riseng, A. Shulz, N. Webster, N. Lichten. 2016. NEW-GI Neighborhood, Environment and Water research collaborations for Green Infrastructure. University of Michigan Water Center, Ann Arbor, MI. 17 pp.
Nassauer, J.I. Michigan Radio, Stateside. The Next Idea, 12/ 12/ 2016.
Erikson, Jim. Innovative gardens help manage stormwater while beautifying Detroit neighborhoods. 25 November, 2015. Michigan News.
Urban Green Infrastructure: Barriers and Opportunities. Great Lakes Week 2015. 29 September, 2015. Detroit Public Television.
Nassauer, J. I. Raskin, J. 2014. Urban vacancy and land use legacies: A frontier for urban ecological research, design, and planning. Landscape & Urban Plan. 125: 245-253.
“Transdisciplinary discovery to benefit Detroit neighborhoods and freshwater resources” MCubed symposium. University of Michigan, October 2014.
Wang, Z., Tan, P.Y., Zhang, T., Nassauer, J. 2014. Perspectives on narrowing the action gap between landscape science and metropolitan governance: Practice in the US and China. Landscape & Urban Plan. 125:329-334.
Nassauer, J. I. 9/4/ 2014. The rise of vacant urban property in America is both a fiscal challenge and a design and planning opportunity. The London School of Economics daily blog on American Politics and Policy.
“Interpreting vernacular landscapes as archetypes for design of green infrastructure.” The 'Artful Rainwater Design' Approach to Green Infrastructure. Pennsylvania State U. April 2013.
Marshall, L.L., and J. I. Nassauer 2013. Design and planning to manage the carbon cycle: Invention and variation in land use and land cover. In Land Use and the Carbon Cycle: Science and Applications in Coupled Natural-Human Systems. D. G. Brown, D. T. Robinson, N. H.F. French, and B. C. Reed, eds. Cambridge University Press. Pp.477-504.
Wang, Z., Nassauer, J. I., Brown, D. B., Marans, R. 2012. Different types of open spaces and their importance to exurban homeowners. Society Natural Resources 25: 368-385.
Bryant Neighborhood Stormwater Management: Landscape Analysis and Alternative Scenarios. 2011 Master's Project. Druback and Fix.
Nassauer, J.I., Wang, Z. , Dayrell, E. 2009. What will the neighbors think? Cultural norms and ecological design. Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 92, pp 282-292
Nassauer, J. I., VanWieren, R. 2008. Vacant Land: Today and Tomorrow. Genesee County Land Bank Authority and Michigan Sea Grant, Ann Arbor, MI.
Zellner, M. L., S.E. Page, W. Rand, D.G. Brown, D.T. Robinson, J. I. Nassauer, B. Low. The Emergence of Zoning Policy Games in Exurban Jurisdictions. 2008. Land Use Policy. 26:2, pp. 356-367.
Helfand, G. E., Park J. S., Nassauer, J. I., Kosek, S. 2006. The Economics of Native Plants in Residential Landscape Designs. Landscape and Urban Planning. 78: 229-240.
Nassauer, J. I. and Larson, D. 2004. Aesthetic Initiative Measurement System: A means to achieve context sensitive design. Transportation Research Record. No. 1890: 88-96.
Nassauer, J. I. 2004. Monitoring the success of metropolitan wetland restorations: cultural sustainability and ecological function. Wetlands 24:4. pp. 756-765.
Santelmann, M.V., and Larson, K.L. 2004. Foreword [wetlands, natural areas and ecologically healthy urban landscapes]. Wetlands. 24(4): pp. 717-718.
Hager, Mary Catherine. 2003. Low-Impact Development: Lot Level Approaches to Stormwater Management are Gaining Ground. Stormwater, January/February 2003.
Nassauer, J. I., Borich T., Ladjahasan, N. 2001. Aesthetic Initiative Measurement System for the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Institute for Design Research and Outreach, and Center for Transportation Research and Education, ISU, Ames, Iowa.
The North St. Paul Urban Ecology Center: "Hands-on" Wetland Restoration for Environmental Education. North St. Paul, Minnesota
Nassauer, J. I., Kosek, S. E., and Corry, R. C. 2001. Meeting Public Expectations with Ecological Innovation in Riparian Landscapes. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 37:6 pp 1-5.
Bonsignore, R., D. Marckel, T. Rhoades, D. Vehige, and J. I. Nassauer. June 1997. Bassett Creek Wetland Park: Redevelopment in a Landscape of Wetland Soils. U of MN.
Nassauer, J. I. 1995. Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames. Landscape Journal. 14:2, pp. 161-170.
Nassauer, J. I. 1995. Culture and Changing Landscape Structure. Landscape Ecology. 10:4, pp. 229-237
The Cambridge Ecological Corridor Neighborhood: Using Ecological Patterns to Guide Urban Growth. Cambridge, Minnesota
Nassauer, J. I. 1993. Ecological Function and the Perception of Suburban Residential Landscapes. In Gobster, P.H., ed., Managing Urban and High Use Recreation Settings, General Technical Report, USDA Forest Service North Central Forest Exp. Sta., St. Paul, MN.
Nassauer, J.I. 1988. The Aesthetics of Horticulture: Neatness as a Form of Care. HortSci. 23:6, pp.973-977.