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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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