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Livable, Sustainable, Resilient Communities - PPT Presentation

Liz Fischer USDOTFHWAHI April 2012 THE CAIRO PRINCIPLES Overarching Principle Reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities to natural hazards by establishing a regional early warning system and applying construction setbacks green belts and other nobuild areas ID: 488739

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Slide1

Livable, Sustainable, Resilient Communities

Liz Fischer

USDOT-FHWA-HI

April 2012Slide2

THE CAIRO PRINCIPLES

Overarching Principle:

Reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities to natural hazards by establishing a regional early warning system and applying construction set-backs, green belts, and other no-build areas.

Developed in response to the 26 December 2005 Indian Ocean Tsunami.Slide3

Priority Technical Measures

Provide for all basic livelihood needs.

Enhance natural ecosystems to provide protection, and seek alternative sustainable sources of building materials.

Promote design that is cost-effective and consistent with best practices,

favouring

soft engineering solutions to coastal erosion control.

Respect traditional access and uses of the shoreline.

Adopt ecosystem-based management measures; promote sustainable fisheries management; encourage low-impact aquaculture.

Promote sustainable tourism.Slide4

Sustainable Communities

Partnership’s livability principles:

Provide more transportation choices.

Promote equitable, affordable housing. Enhance economic competitiveness. Support existing communities. Coordinate and leverage federal policies and investment. Value communities and neighborhoods.

Strategies look different in each place depending on community character, context, & needs.

“Keep Country

Country

”/ “Keep Town

Town

”Slide5

Partnership for Sustainable Communities (PSC)

PSC:

www.sustainablecommunities.gov

USDOT: FHWA & FTAHUDEPAUSDA Funding: www.reconnectingamerica.org/resource-center/federal-grant-opportunitiesSlide6

Resilience Planning

for Sustainable Communities:

“…Where people and property are kept out of the way of natural hazards,

Where the inherently mitigating qualities of natural environmental systems are maintained, and Where development is designed to be resilient in the face of natural forces.” (Godschalk, Kaiser, and Berke 1998, 86)Slide7

ResourcesSlide8

Common Planning Threads

Community,

Infrastructure,

Climate adaptation, Disaster management,Ecosystem restoration & mitigation,

Population growth, and

Economic development.Slide9

Challenges

Potential before process becomes regular practice:

More up front costs

Longer time to implementChanging State and local laws, if neededLeveraging other plans.Thinking, planning, acting for communities for the future.Slide10

Benefits

Lower costs:

For housing (long term) and insurance

To build and provide community services (fire, EMS, police, schools, mail)For infrastructure (roads, utilities – water, power, sewer, communications)Walkable, bikeable, universally accessibleActive Living & Healthy Design

Kupuna

and Keiki-friendly

Cleaner air and water

Less impact to cultural places & natural environmentSlide11

Mahalo nui loa

Elizabeth E Fischer

USDOT-FHWA-HI

300 Ala Moana Blvd #3306Honolulu HI 96850

808.541.2325

elizabeth.fischer@dot.gov