Overview
This list of PDF resources from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning provides documentation analyzing the valuation of six ecosystem services for areas within the Green Infrastructure Vision in the seven-county Chicago metropolitan region. The services included in this study are flood control, groundwater recharge, water purification, carbon sequestration, flora and fauna biodiversity, and recreation.
About
About the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Created in 2005, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is the award-winning regional planning organization for the northeastern Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning operates under authorizing legislation known as Public Act 095-0677 and by-laws.