Depave Chicago Media

Articles & Op-eds
on depaving & retrofitting

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Retrofitting Urban Land - Research article on soils-based GSI design in the Chicago-Calumet Region, published in Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. November 18, 2021

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Let’s Not Overlook Pavement - Op-Ed by Mary Pat McGuire on the severe impacts of pavement on the health of land, water, and people gives us a new way of thinking - depaving, in Next City, July 7, 2021

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Embracing Rainwater Through Green Infrastructure - Op-Ed by Mary Par McGuire on addressing climate change through green infrastructure by redesigning of the ground beneath our feet, in Environmental Health News, July 9, 2021

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Cities as Hydrogeological Terrain: Design Research to Transform Urban Surfaces - Research paper on depaving and transforming imperviousness, research area is Chicago, by McGuire, in The Plan Journal, 2018.

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Depave Chicago: Points, Lines, and Planes -  Chapter by McGuire on why subtraction is a worthy but less expected design adaptation strategy, published in Fresh Water: Design for Inland Water Territories, (Applied Research & Design) in 2019.