USC Center for Sustainable Cities

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USC Center for Sustainable Cities
Kaprielian Hall 416
University of Southern California
3620 S. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255

phone: (213) 821-1325
fax: (213) 740-9687
email: mphelan@usc.edu

Featured Publications

The Center's publications include an annual report, quarterly newsletters, and a wide range of publications by faculty, staff, and students.

Public Health and Metropolitan Growth

Policing Our Way Out of Homelessness
The First Year of the Safer Cities Initiative on Skid Row

Ending Homelessness in Los Angeles

Ending Homelessness in Los Angeles
Inter-University Consortium Against Homelessness

A Reality-Based Approach to Ending Homelessness in Los Angeles
A petition by the Inter-University Consortium against Homelessness

Up Against the Sprawl

Alternative Approaches to Stormwater Quality Control

Sustainability of the Los Angeles Jewelry District

After Sprawl: Action Plans for Metropolitan Los Angeles and Action Plans for Metropolitan Los Angeles: Supplemental Reports

Sprawl Hits the Wall: Confronting the Realities of Metropolitan Los Angeles

This report shows that the Los Angeles region is at a crisis point.

Fiscal Consequences Of Concentrated Poverty In A Metropolitan Region

Sheng, J., and J. P. Wilson. 2008. Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California. 16. Watershed Assets Assessment Report. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Stein, E. D., Dark, S., Longcore, T., Hall, N., Beland, M., Grossinger, R., Casanova, J., Sutula, M. (2007). Historical ecology and landscape change of the San Gabriel River and floodplain. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project.

Sister, C., J Wilson, and J. Wolch. 2007. Green Visions
Plan for 21st Century Southern California. 15. Park Congestion and Strategies to Increase park Equity. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Sister, C., J. Wolch, J. Wilson, A. Linder, M. Seymour, J. Byrne, and J. Swift. 2007. Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California. 14. Park and Open Space Resources in the Green Visions Plan Area, University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Rubin, E. S., H. L. Rustigian, and M. D. White. 2006. Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California. 13. Target Species Habitat Mapping. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Sayre, J., X. Yan, J. S. Devinny, and J. P. Wilson. 2006. Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California. 12. Neighborhood Stormwater Quality Modeling. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Sayre, J. M., J. S. Devinny, and J. P. Wilson. 2006. Green Visions Plan
for 21st Century Southern California. 11. Best Management Practices (BMPs) for the Treatment of Stormwater Runoff. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Bina, A., and J. S. Devinny. 2006. Green Visions Plan for 21st Century
Southern California.10. Stormwater Quality Control through
Retrofit of Industrial Surfaces. University of Southern California GIS
Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles,
California.

Seymour, M., J. Byrne, D. Martino, and J. Wolch. 2006. Green Visions
Plan for 21st Century Southern California. 9. Recreationist-Wildlife Interactions in Urban Parks. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Longcore, T. 2006. Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California. 8. Conservation of Native Biodiversity in the City: An Assessment of MRCA Projects in the Upper Los Angeles River Watershed. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Byrne, J., Wolch, J., Swift, J and Ryan, C. 2005. Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California. 7. SAGE (Systematic Audit of Green-space Environments): Audit Form and Instructions. University of Southern California Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Seymour, M. 2005. Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California. 6. “Nuisance” Urban Wildlife. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles,
California.

Martino, D., C. S. Lam, and T. Longcore. 2005. Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California. 5. Terrestrial Target Species for Habitat Conservation Planning. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Wolch, J.R. (ed). 2004. Green Visions Plan for the 21st Century Southern California. 4. Scientific Workshop on Strategies for Integrated Habitat, Watershed and Recreation Planning. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Lam, C. S., H. Chen, C. Li, and J. P. Wilson. 2004.Green Visions Plan for the 21st Century Southern California. 3. Data Availability for Habitat, Watershed, and Recreation Planning in Southern California. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Li, C., H. Chen, C. S. Lam, T. Longcore, J. Sayre, K. Schmoker, and J. R. Wolch. 2004. Green Visions Plan for the 21st Century Southern California. 2. The On-Line Inventory of Southern California Plans Relating to Habitat, Watersheds, and Recreation. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Wolch, J.R., J. Devinny, T. Longcore, and J.P. Wilson. 2004. Green Visions Plan for the 21st Century Southern California. 1. Analytical Frameworks for the Green Visions Plan. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.

Alternative Approaches to Stormwater Quality Control Report Released

Winner of the 2005 Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board's Water Quality for Research