GUEST ARTICLE: Beautification, public transit & pedestrianization revitalize Moscow’s streets Vibrant beauty is about to emerge from a post-industrial site in Kiel, Germany North Carolina launches “Downtown Strong” community revitalization program Investing in Water Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation: Innovative financing and funding University at Buffalo’s living laboratory of community revitalization and adaptive reuse Absent 50 years, spawning Tomcod return to a restored brook in Maine after dam removal Kenora, Ontario generates a 10:1 ROI on $8 million of downtown revitalization funding 400 acres of old industrial land & landfills to be restored as riverfront park in Indiana Drones emerge as an efficient, effective tool for ecological restoration in the Galápagos In Atlanta, Georgia, impact investing for neighborhood revitalization gets $1 million India will get injection of land rehabilitation knowledge at the 2019 UNCCD conference Decade-long restoration of 3000-year-old Tutankhamen Tomb is now complete in Egypt $350 million for coastal restoration returns funds “stolen” by past Louisiana governor Coastal Revival Fund: 23 heritage restoration projects will help revitalize UK communities Vietnam restoring natural environment and making built environment more resilient Repurposing & renewing 4000 miles of old rail to reconnect & help revitalize America Regenerative urban agriculture: a bridge to ecologically restorative learning and action Drought resilience and degraded land restoration momentum is building worldwide 136 community revitalization projects all across Pennsylvania win tax credit support Vienna, Virginia tries (again) to revitalize, this time with pedestrian-friendly strategic plan UNEP helps rural Cambodian communities create resilient home-based agriculture Europe’s tallest wheel is coming to $127 million Newcastle waterfront revitalization Examples of innovative coal mine reclamation for economic revitalization in Appalachia A framework for making existing Canadian (and other) communities more flood-resilient Brisbane’s green, walkable revitalization & historic restoration: $250 million next step As cities run out of space, growth focuses on infill development & activating “dead spaces” Four-year restoration completed on two of India’s most prized historic Mughal gardens World Bank doubles resilience funding for climate change adaptation to $50 billion Restoring idled farmland is crucial to saving endangered species in the San Joaquin Desert A call for more research & action to restore New Zealand’s devastated shellfish beds $7 million wildlife restoration program on Australia’s Kangaroo Island accelerates 650 volunteers spend 4 days revitalizing the oldest neighborhood in Phoenix, Arizona The largest property in downtown Houston, Texas is getting a green, mixed-use rebirth Tribal lobster reef restoration in New Brunswick, Canada gets a $1.7 million boost Ecological restoration creates a retirement paradise and helps restore global climate Traffic circle to be revitalized as arts center and pedestrian-friendly cultural gateway
