Resource Type: Guidance
This guide summarises the current best practice for how green infrastructure can reduce public exposure to air pollution in the urban environment.
Resource to provide guidance for nonprofits to demonstrate the effectiveness of their program activities by initiating and completing outcome-oriented evaluation of projects, including the use of Logic Models.
Website providing resources that local and state agencies and organizations can use to explore financing and funding for projects to comply with Clean Air Act requirements.
Website for the Oregon DEQ Community Air Action Planning program, which aims to begin improving local air quality in historically overburdened areas through a collaborative process of community-led action.
The Toolkit for Municipal Extreme Heat & Air Quality Response Planning in Connecticut is a set of resources designed for municipal public health departments that are committed to climate change preparedness and resilience, with a specific focus on extreme heat and poor air quality stemming from ozone and PM2.5 levels.
Drawing from nearly 20 extreme heat and/or air quality response plans across the U.S., the toolkit includes a template for local heat and air quality preparedness and response plans, highlights innovative strategies from municipalities in California, Maine, Connecticut, and Colorado, and provides shareable resources that can be adapted by local stakeholders.
Toolkit intended for communities to build capacity to participate in air quality planning and advocacy. Tools and resources in the toolkit serve several purposes including engagement, information, planning, activism, and scaling solutions.
Repository for the Simple Interactive Models for better air quality set of tools. These tools demonstrate fundamental equations to calculate, visualize, and interpret air emissions and pollution. The tools are intended to make links between emissions, pollution dispersion, impacts, and potential solutions more accessible to a wider set of stakeholders. The tools include models as well as primers on different air quality topics.
Website providing a variety of resources for community development and engagement.
Provides guidance on completing evaluations of environmental programs funded through US EPA grants. Provides examples of logic model elements and links to logic model resources.
Website providing information on evaluation of climate and health program actions, including methodologies and case studies.
