Local Decision Maker: 21 st Century Planning

1. Our Mission ... to assist Indiana communities in making informed, integrated natural resource and economic development decisions. Local Decision Maker: 21st Century Planning

2. Outline • Background • Overview of LDM • Transferability • Next Steps

3. Background • Current planning and unintended consequences: • Natural resources/environment. • Urbanization – costs greater than revenues. • 2003 Workgroup (ABE, FNR, AgEcon): • Comprehensive approach. • On-line. • GIS component. • C4E Seed Grant – LDM

4. LDM Foundation Others Ag. Econ. Ext. AgIT FNR ABE

5. Objectives • Improve the development and implementation of comprehensive planning (Outcomes). • Integrate university’s research and outreach into plan development. • Incorporate GIS into this planning process. • Employ a 3-5 click framework.

6. LDM – Two Parts

7. Demonstration http://purdue.edu/ldm

8. Inventory & Analysis Inventory in one location (value-added)

9. “Multiple question” format

14. Open space Value-added analysis

15. Customized Map Imperviousness Streams Aerial photos Imported subwatershed

16. Pdf for Plan

17. Economic Development • Many comprehensive plans include economic development • LDM provides tools for benchmarking • Snapshot of GIS-based local & regional economic data • An opportunity to study economies at a regional scale

18. Economic Diversification Index

19. Transportation & Mobility • NTAD- National Transportation Atlas Database • FAF2 .2- Freight Analysis Framework Database, FHWA • HPMS- Highway Performance Monitoring System • BTS- Bureau of Transportation Statistics

20. Using spatial filter Transportation and Mobility Zip codes with employment >=10,000

21. Rails to Trails • 82 counties in Indiana have certain length of abandoned railroads • ¼ mile buffer • 36% museums, 33% libraries, 43% county courthouses, & 22% schools • Linkages to existing trails

22. Aviation Infrastructure • 650 airports in Indiana • 65.4% between 0 and 5 miles of CBD • 15% between 0 and 1.5 miles • Public & private use, sea plane, heliports, STOLports

23. Impacts • A private consultant: “…I am conducting a Brown-Bag for our local office in Indianapolis regarding the tool in a few weeks. This is really an outstanding resource for planners….” • County planning director: “…As planning director for a rural county in Indiana, I can attest to the importance of having access to a tool such as this program to easily access important information related to our community.  Without this tool our community would most likely be required to spend several thousand dollars in order to obtain similar information through the use of a consultant….”

24. Transferability • Program is easily transferable to other states, regions, and nations. • Concept can be customized to fit economic regions (e.g., manufacturing). • Concept supports integration of data and analyses directly from agencies. • Our integration of Phase 1 (Inventory/Analysis) and the map service is well underway. • Other parts of the decision system planned over the next 2 to 3 years. • Regional/National LDM

25. Next Steps • Completion of Phase 1 (Inventory/Analysis). • Progress on phases 2-4 over the next 2 to 3 years. • Regional/National LDM. • Spinoffs using the underlying concept and framework.

26. Questions & Answers Sponsors Center for the Environment Purdue Center for Regional Development Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program Purdue Extension Partnering for Land Use Sustainability Thank You! • Richard L. Farnsworth, Associate Professor, Forestry & Natural Resources, Purdue University, rlfarnsw@purdue.edu • Christine Nolan, Senior Associate, Purdue Center for Regional Development, Purdue University, cenolan@purdue.edu • Indraneel Kumar, AICP, Regional Planner: GIS and Spatial Analyst, Purdue Center for Regional Development, Purdue University, ikumar@purdue.edu