Tuesdays at APA: Results of APA s Digital Coast Needs Assessment Survey. Jim Schwab, AICP. American Planning Association

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1 Tuesdays at APA: Results of APA s Digital Coast Needs Assessment Survey Jim Schwab, AICP American Planning Association

2 Just Tell Us What You Want APA conducted Digital Coast needs assessment survey on Zoomerang (Nov./Dec. 2010) Results to be posted in APA web based report this summer But you re special so you get a quick preview right here!

3 Overview Who Responded Geospatial Capability Big Issues for Planners What Planners Need Communication

4 Who Responded ROLES (CURRENT OR PAST) Professional Planner (PUBLIC) Professional Planner (PRIVATE) Academic Planning Commissioner Land Use Attorney Other

5 Who Responded (cont) COAST (CURRENT OR PAST) East Coast (Atlantic) West Coast (Pacific) Great Lakes Gulf of Mexico Pacific Islands Arctic Caribbean Sea

6 Who Responded (cont) PUBLIC AGENCY (Current or Past) Municipality County Region/Metropolitan Area State Federal Tribal Multi State Other

7 Geospatial Capability: Use Proficiency (% of Respondents) Expert Advanced Intermediate Introductory Not Familiar

8 Geospatial Capability: Use Proficiency (Great Lakes Region) EXPERT RESPONDENTS 4% ADVANCED RESPONDENTS 20% Total: ADVANCED or EXPERT : 24% INTERMEDIATE RESPONDENTS 50% AT LEAST INTERMEDIATE 74% INTRODUCTORY 24% NOT FAMILIAR 3%

9 Geospatial Capability: Use Frequency (% of Respondents) Always Frequently Occasionally Seldom Never Don't Know

10 Geospatial Capability: Use Frequency (Great Lakes Region) ALWAYS ORGANIZATIONS 25% AT LEAST FREQUENTLY ORGANIZATIONS 75% AT LEAST OCCASIONALLY ORGANIZATIONS 87% SELDOM 7% NEVER 4% DON T KNOW 2%

11 Geospatial Capability: Capacity % Respondents Agree/Strongly Agree their Organization:

12 Big Issues for Planners: TOP TEN Ranked by % Respondents Citing High or Very High Priority 1. Land Use Planning/Growth Management (86%) 2. Conservation (72%) 3. Economic Development (71%) 4. Flooding/Inundation/Storm Surge (68%) 5. Ground Transportation (67%) 6. Infrastructure/Utilities Development (67%) 7. Sustainability (63%) 8. Recreation & Tourism (61%) 9. Public Access (61%) 10. Hazard Management (60%)

13 TOP TEN Issues for Great Lakes Planners: Ranked by % Respondents Citing High or Very High Priority 1. Land Use Planning/Growth Management (90%) 2. Economic Development (80%) 3. Conservation (76%) 4. Recreation & Tourism (71%) 5. Waterfront and Brownfield Redevelopment (70%) 6. Public Access (70%) 7. Sustainability (69%) 8. Ground Transportation (68%) 9. Infrastructure/Utilities Development (66%) 10. Energy/Alternative Energy Development (56%)

14 Regional TOP TEN Issues Ranked by % Respondents Citing High or Very High Priority Climate Change Impacts Arctic (75%); Caribbean (67%) Coastal Storms Gulf of Mexico (73%); Atlantic Southeast (72%); Caribbean (66%); Arctic (55%) Cultural and Heritage Resource Management Pacific Islands (76%); Mid Atlantic (71%); West Coast (66%) Energy/Alternative Energy Development Great Lakes (56%) Habitat Systems Restoration and Monitoring Pacific Islands (65%); West Coast (62%) Marine Transportation Arctic (65%) Protected Species Management Caribbean (67%) Sea Level Rise/Lake Level Change Pacific Islands (65%) Shoreline Change Management Pacific Islands (69%) Waterfront and Brownfield Redevelopment Great Lakes (70%); Atlantic Northeast (69%)

15 What Planners Need: Data Top Five in each Category Ranked by % Respondents

16 What Planners Need: Tools Top Five Ranked by % Respondents Citing High or Very High Importance 1.Impervious Surface Analysis Tool (69%) 2. Coastal County Snapshots (62%) 3. Hazards U.S. Multi Hazard (HAZUS MH) (55%) 4. Nonpoint Source Pollution & Erosion Comparison Tool (55%) 5. Landscape Fragmentation Tool (54%)

17 What Great Lakes Planners Need: Tools Top Five Ranked by % Respondents Citing High or Very High Importance 1. Impervious Surface Analysis Tool (71%) 2. Nonpoint Source Pollution & Erosion Comparison Tool (62%) 3. Landscape Fragmentation Tool (58%) 4. C CAP Land Cover Atlas (57%) 5. Coastal County Snapshots (53%)

18 Communicating with Users: Easy or Difficult? (Great Lakes Regional Highlights) VERY OR SOMEWHAT EASY 14% HIGHEST Pacific Islands (41%) LOWEST Atlantic Northeast (14%) VERY OR SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT 31% HIGHEST Caribbean (40%) LOWEST Pacific Islands (14%)

19 Communication: Challenges % Respondents Citing Primary Challenges Communicating with Decision Makers about Planning Do not have challenges communicating with decision makers Other Planning department is not involved in the issue Scientific or technical complexity of the issue Low political priority/lack of concern Fear of intruding on property rights Lack of immediacy or urgency connected with the issue Competition between diverse community interests and values

20 Communication: Useful Media % Respondents Citing Useful Media when Communicating with Decision Makers about Planning Not Applicable Other Social media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Government TV Videos Time series data in graphic format Local news media (newspapers, radio, TV, etc.) Visualization tools (CanVis, Coastal Flood Memos and reports E mail Mapping tools (electronic) Slide shows (e.g. Power Point) Maps (printed)

21 APA Contact Information Jim Schwab, AICP; Manager, APA Hazards Planning Research Center Chicago office: 205 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1200 Chicago IL Web:

22 NOAA Great Lakes Climate Needs Assessment Tuesdays at APA July 19, 2011 Chicago, IL Click to add title.. Heather Elmer Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve - Ohio DNR Wildlife

23 NERRS (pronounced NEERS)

24 National Programs of the Reserve System System-wide Monitoring Program Identify and track short-term variability and long-term changes in the integrity and biodiversity of estuarine ecosystems. Competitive Research Programs Graduate Research Fellowship program NERRS Science Collaborative Coastal Training Program Better informed decision-making to improve coastal stewardship K-12 Estuarine Education Program (KEEP) Enhance people s ability and willingness to make informed decisions and take responsible actions that affect coastal communities and ecosystems

25 Why assess needs? Information should be tailored to user needs, provided at space and timescales to support decision making, communicated clearly, and accompanied by decision support tools that allow exploration of alternative pathways 1. 1 National Research Council, America s Climate Choices Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change

26 Needs Synthesis Cross cutting needs Communication, Coordination, and Collaboration Data Integration and Information Distribution Climate planning may be taking place across departments in a municipality or county but fragmented, e.g. stormwater planning, emergency management Final report chrept.html

27 Data Collection Interviews: 15 Focus groups: 2 Regions represented: States: NY, OH, MI, MN, WI, IL, Tribal Lake Basins: Erie, Ontario, Huron, Superior, Michigan

28 Preliminary Results Awareness and understanding of potential climate change impacts is variable Cross cutting issues and concerns Uncertainty of impacts, how to plan, deciding which projects to fund Coordination across departments, i.e., emergency response capacity Political agendas as possible barrier to implementing needed changes Economic impacts on variety of sectors including tourism, fisheries, recreational boating, shipping

29 What's hard is that people are going to ask the inevitable question what am I planning for? More rain? Less rain? More snow? less snow? Stormwater manager

30 The beaches, the quality of the beaches are important for our citizens but also for visitors tourism. If you don t have quality beaches that has a negative impact in terms of people s perception. - City Planner

31 People have their missions and they re just following it down without realizing that they can get more of their missions accomplished by helping other people to accomplish their missions, if we are all working together whether it s federal, state, or local level. County Agency Director

32 Online Survey 22 questions to assess Awareness, knowledge, skills Planning efforts Needs for training, information and tools Perceived barriers and benefits Preferred training formats Disseminated through NERRS, Great Lakes Coastal Program, and Sea Grant stakeholder networks and listserves 784 respondents, 644 in Great Lakes watershed

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37 Your Climate Planning Barriers Funding, staff time, lack of political and public support, uncertainty about impacts, rate and amount, and management options Benefits Improved quality of life for future generations, improved environmental quality, a more secure water supply, conserving habitat for wildlife, reducing human health and safety risks, and protecting public infrastructure

38 Your Climate Planning Needs What information do you need? Planning Financial assistance and incentives, planning examples and lessons learned, potential impacts locally, economic costs and benefits, assessment of community vulnerability Impacts Economy, ecosystems, land use, nonpoint source pollution, public health, shorelines, recreation, and stormwater infrastructure How do you want to access information? One day intermediate workshops, fact sheets, websites, short introductory presentations

39 Climate Workshops Building planning capacity for Great Lakes coastal communities Cleveland, OH August 10 Contact Heather Elmer (419) Duluth, MN September 13 Green Bay, WI September 22 Contact Patrick Robinson (920)

40 Who Should Attend? Planners and other professionals land use, public health, stormwater, emergency preparedness, and natural resource management Workshop includes Climate change impacts in the Great Lakes region Planning processes and strategies Tools, data, and resources Regional examples of climate planning Stakeholder engagement strategies

41 Building Bridges with Climate Change Workshops Participatory Processes The Best Available Climate Science and Natural Science Information Economic Research and Socio-economic Considerations Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning Training Builds a Bridge to Improved Climate Readiness

42 Questions? Heather Elmer Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve Patrick Robinson Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve

43 Tools for Great Lakes Planners in NOAA s Digital Coast Heather Stirratt NOAA Coastal Services Center

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45 Climate Change Adaptation U.S. Global Change Research Program Report 2009:

46 Let s Take a Look Around

47 Elevation Data on Digital Coast Enables direct download of coastal elevation data Delivers custom elevation products to the user

48 Great Lakes Bathymetric Lidar U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Collected 900 linear kilometers of bathymetric lidar on Lake Superior Filling data gaps based on the basin wide elevation inventory Required extensive stakeholder input on priorities

49 Great Lakes Land Use Source: Gertens Landscaping (MN)

50 The Coastal Change Analysis Program (C CAP) National coastal land cover and change mapping program Inventory of intertidal areas, wetlands, and adjacent uplands, produced or updated every five years Consistent, accurate products through standard data and methods Coastal expression of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Designed to help improve understanding of linkages between land change and the environment Kennebunkport, ME

51 C CAP Coastal Land Atlas

52 Coastal County Snapshots: Now Available

53 Digital Coast Training

54 Digital Coast In Action Success Stories We Love Them Buffalo River Project Analysis results highlighted in blue show priority areas for wetlands restoration or creation

55 For More Information Visit or Contact Heather Stirratt (952)

56 CanVis: Visualization Software for Coastal Communities

57 CanVis Software U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

58 Software Options Factors 2D or 3D Cost Expertise Required Time Required CanVis (level demonstrated) 2D Free None Low Adobe, Paintshop Pro, GIMP 2D Low to medium Medium Low to medium Community Viz, Sketch Up, Visual Nature Studio, Maya 2D or 3D Low to very high High to very high High ArcGIS (ArcScene) requires spatial analyst 2D or 3D High to very high High to very high High Source: CanVis Visual Simulation Guide

59 The Base Image

60 CanVis Software Interface Menu Icons Toolbars Dropdown menu or tab Base image Object

61 CanVis in Action Original object photograph Extracted object Image with extracted object Background image

62 Benefits of Visualization Provides a window into the future Presents alternative futures side by side and poses what if questions Flexibility Easy to engage with stakeholders Stakeholders can recognize their community easier Simulation Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 8, 2005, S.R.J. Sheppard, Visualizing Climate Change: Theoretical Frameworks, pages 637 to 654.

63 Visualization: Can It Really Change Behaviors? Different imagery stimulates different responses 3 D visualizations led to more cognitive responses but no actual change Photo realistic visualizations led to more behavioral change responses Would this apply to other coastal issues and topics? Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 8, 2005, S.R.J. Sheppard, Visualizing Climate Change: Theoretical Frameworks, pages 637 to 654.

64 Number of Comments and References to Information Elder Adult Young Adult Maps Simulations The Impact of Imagery Resource management issues presented to community increased dialogue was obtained when using visualizations Seen across multiple demographics Very powerful when both methods are combined Graph: John Lewis, CALP, UBC. Courtesy of Cheam Band, BC.

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74 Imagery - Sean Hoelscher and City of North Myrtle Beach Planning and Development Department

75 Simulation Imagery - Sean Hoelscher and City of North Myrtle Beach Planning and Development Department

76 Simulation Imagery - Sean Hoelscher and City of North Myrtle Beach Planning and Development Department

77 Image courtesy live.maps.com

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82 Contact Information and Resources Chris Haynes (843) CanVis Website Monthly Virtual Workshop 1:00 4:00 PM Eastern 3 rd Wednesday of every month Now worth 3.0 CM credits for the American Planning Association!