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To Prevent Illegal Dumping, You Have to Know the Scale of the Problem

Center for Community Progress

Beyond aesthetics, these programs improve public health and safety. Develop survey questions. Involving residents and community groups already involved in vacant land stewardship helps lower costs and strengthens neighborhood engagement. Gather essential data without overburdening surveyors.

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Resident Engagement in Vacant Lot Greening: Empowering Communities for Neighborhood Revitalization

Center for Community Progress

A Zimmerman discuss how effectively managed vacant lot greening can deliver diverse public health benefits to communities. Lots with overgrowth, dumping, and other signs of deterioration discourage positive social interaction and have adverse effects on the physical and mental health of residents. . In this chapter, Laney A.