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The Adapting to Rising Tides. Project. San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. ART Goal.
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TheAdapting to Rising Tides Project San Francisco Bay Conservationand Development Commission
ART Goal The goal of the ART project is to increase the preparedness and resilience of Bay Area communities to sea level rise and other climate change impacts while protecting ecosystem and community services. Photo: Ingrid Taylor
ART Objectives • Create an integrative (cross-sector/cross-jurisdiction) adaptation planning framework that can be applied in other areas of the Bay region • Develop, test, and refine adaptation tools and processes to help the region address climate change • Identify how adaptation planning can be scaled to different geographic extents – local, regional, state, federal
ART Project Area • A portion of Alameda county including six cities, one unincorporated community, and numerous special districts • Key regional infrastructure, natural resources and shoreline communities • Many project partners and stakeholders
ART Collaborative Adaptation Planning • Active and engaged Working Group plus a Communicationand a Technical Subcommittee • Working Group Members Provide: • Data • Judgment • Feedback • Tools of Collaboration: • Small meetings • Working group meetings • On-line survey • Phone interviews • Document review
ART Lesson • Successful collaborative planning: • Find ways to actively and meaningfully engage with partners • Strive for clarity, transparency and replicablity in all processes and approaches • Value the collaborative process Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts. Phil Jackson
ART Asset Categories • Airport • Community land use, facilities, services • Contaminated lands • Energy, pipelines and telecommunication • Hazardous material sites • Ground transportation • Parks and recreation • Natural shorelines • Seaport • Stormwaterinfrastructure • Structural shorelines • Wastewater facilities
ART Planning Process Project staff and partners working together through an adaptation planning process
ART Planning Process Scope & Organize Assess Plan • Convene working group • Define climate impacts • Identify asset categories • Develop refined sea level rise and storm event maps • Existing Conditions and Stressors Report • Equity White Paper • Desktop analysis and survey • Vulnerability and Risk Assessment • Prioritize planning issues • Develop adaptation strategies • Consider implementation options
ART Lesson To plan for adaptation is engage in a planning process
ART Products • Vulnerability studies: • Addressing Social Vulnerability and Equity in Climate Change Adaptation Planning • Socio-Economic Vulnerability Analysis (Pacific Institute) • Economic Analysis of Park and Recreation Areas (ERG) • Adapting Governance for Rising Tides (coming soon)
ART Products • New: Vulnerability & Risk Assessment Report • Identifies the underlying causes and componentsof vulnerability and risk • Presents methods, data and findings of the assessment www.adaptingtorisingtides.org
ART Next Steps • Identify priority planning issues(ART Working Group meeting Oct. 10, 2012) • Consider adaptation strategies • Develop an ART portfolio of adaptation planning tools and resources