Current State Assessment and Transition Strategy for Sustainable Green Systems in the Gateway District, Phoenix

Executive summary -- Correspondence to scope of work -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Green systems challenges in the Gateway District -- 1.2. Profile of the "Reinvent Phoenix" grant -- 1.3. Sustainable green systems research -- 1.4. Objectives of the current state assessment study -- 1.5. Objectives of the transition strategy study -- Chapter 2. Research design and data sources -- 2.1. Design of the current state assessment study and data sources -- 2.2. Design of the transition strategy study -- Chapter 3. Sustainable green systems goals, indicators, and targets -- 3.1. Goal 1. Reduce stormwater loads and harvest water on-site -- 3.2. Goal 2. Reduce potable water consumption -- 3.3. Goal 3. Reduce daytime temperatures -- 3.4. Goal 4. Improve the social and economic benefits of green systems for health, mobility, and biodiversity -- 3.5. Summary -- Chapter 4. Sustainability of the current state of green systems -- 4.1. Goal 1. Current state of reducing stormwater loads and harvesting water on-site -- 4.2. Goal 2. Current state of reducing potable water consumption -- 4.3. Goal 3. Current state of reducing daytime temperatures -- 4.4. Goal 4. Current state of improving the social and economic benefits of green systems for health, mobility, and biodiversity -- 4.5. Summary -- 4.6. Open issues -- Chapter 5. Causal problem maps of green systems -- 5.1. Goal 1. Problem map of reducing stormwater loads and harvesting water on-site -- 5.2. Goal 2. Problem map of reducing potable water consumption -- 5.3. Goal 3. Problem map of reducing daytime temperatures -- 5.4. Goal 4. Problem map of improving quantity and quality of green systems for social and economic benefits -- Chapter 6. Transition strategy towards sustainable green systems -- 6.1. Strategy inputs -- 6.2. Linking sustainable green systems goals to interventions and investment options -- 6.3. Streets intervention -- 6.4. Buildings and sites intervention -- 6.5. Open spaces intervention -- 6.6. Details on implementation tools for green systems -- 6.7. Synthesis. 5-year action plan for sustainable green systems in Gateway -- Chapter 7. Discussion and conclusions -- 7.1. Critical role of steering committee, City Council, city departments, local experts -- 7.2. Testing strategy, interventions, investments -- 7.3. Coordination across strategies -- 7.4. Anticipating the next set of interventions, investments, and implementation tools -- 7.5. Crafting the next 5-year plan -- References