World Planning Schools Congress 2011 Presentation

1. GeoDesign for Civic Engagement and Sustainable Development:A Collaborative Platform for Actionable Intelligence Tom Gardner

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8. What is Design? Design is the thought process comprising the creation of an entity

9. Whatmakes design unique? Imagination from imagination to rendition with zero impedance Visualization maps, 3D views, animations, charts, reports Assessment on the fly (as we design) and fully developed reports Rapid Iteration

10. A Thought Process…

11. GeoDesign?

12. Motivation For GeoDesign (McHarg) A framework for design that helps humans achieve synergy with nature. A process by which “environmental data could be incorporated into the planning process” Rather than conquering the natural world, we should use our dominance of the earth systems to make them better “not humans versus nature but humans with nature”

13. "GeoDesign is a design and planning method which tightly couples the creation of design proposals with impact simulations informed by geographic contexts"

14. Geodesign process Imagination from imagination to rendition with zero impedance Visualization maps, 3D views, animations, charts, reports Assessment on the fly (as we design) and fully developed reports Rapid Iteration

15. GeoDesign Framework by Carl Steinitz 1 REPRESENTATION MODELS How should the geo-scape be described? DATA 2 PROCESS MODELS How does the geo-scape operate? Assessment INFORMATION 3 EVALUATION MODELS Is the geo-scape working well? KNOWLEDGE 4 CHANGE MODELS How might the geo-scape be altered? DATA 5 IMPACT MODELS What differences might the changes cause? Intervention INFORMATION 6 DECISION MODELS Should the geo-scape be changed? KNOWLEDGE

16. Future Land Use Planning & Policy Making Collaborative, Functional GeoDesign Collaborative and Engaging Land Use Design Process Community Input Create Compare Alternatives AnalyseInformation Gather Information Where do we Want to be? How do we get there? What do we have? Future Land Use Plan

17. GeoDesign – Examples

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22. Debris Locations

23. Debris Disposal SitesSite Selection Criteria Land Use – 30% Proximity to Roads) – 15% Proximity to Tsunami – 15% Riparian Sensitivity > 100 meters – 5% Riparian Sensitivity < 100 meters – Excluded Slope Suitability – 35%

24. Disposal Site Suitability Model – Setting the Weights

25. Locating the Debris Disposal Sites

26. Landfill Location and Capacity Determines Allocation

27. Measuring Park Access Detailed analysis of park access Travel Road NetworkModel actual travel routes Travel Cost SurfaceNot just roads, but all landscapes Exposes ‘holes’Areas not seen using buffer Leads to New AnalysisWhere to put a new park?

28. Park Location Suitability Analysis Finding the best place for a new park Model BuilderOrganize data and methods Overlay AnalysisCompare multiple datasets Set CriteriaControl tool parameters Multiple MethodsExamine multiple outcomes

29. Park Location Voting Application ArcGIS ServerPublish result of model Web API’sFlex application to gather votes Data stored on serverEvery vote saved in database Citizen EngagmentInvolve the public in decision making

30. Park Design Template ArcGIS.com sharing Map Package SharingHolds feature templates: symbols, attributes, drawing tools Sketching in ArcMapEditing environment allows sketching of cartographic data Evaluate data on-the-flyDynamic attribute calculation and visualization of results

34. GeoDesign – Summary

36. Seamless workflows