1. Sustaining Places Bruce A. Knight FAICP President American Planning Association

2. Our Mission: The American Planning Association provides leadership in the development of vital communities by advocating excellence in community planning, promoting education and citizen empowerment, and providing the tools and support necessary to effect positive change.

3. Climate Change and Sustainability

4. Planning Climate Change Issue August/September 2007 Policy Guide on Planning and Climate Change April 2008 Delta Urbanism – Living in Wet Environments, multi-part initiative Dutch Dialogues

5. Climate Change and Sustainability EPA 430-R-10-007 April 2010 www.epa.gov/climatechange/indicators.html

6. Worldwide Focus  AquaTerra: Amsterdam, Netherlands  5 th World Water Forum: Istanbul, Turkey  APA International Symposium: New Orleans, USA

9. What Can Planners Add? Comprehensive viewpoints Prioritizing people: safety and livability Commitment to equity and inclusive planning processes Long range thinking: development with planning Vision and Leadership

10. APA’s Sustaining Places Initiative

11. Sustaining Places Task Force Examining how sustainability can be incorporated into Comprehensive Plans

12. Sustaining Places Task Force – Draft Report Outline 1.Introduction to “Sustaining Places” 2.Sustainability in Cities and Regions 3.The Comprehensive Plan 4.Sustaining Places with the Comprehensive Plan 5.Sustaining the Plan (Implementation) 6.Best Practices – Planning for Sustaining Places 7.Conclusions and Recommendations

13. Sustaining Places Initiative Includes a wide range of activities : Rebuilding America National Centers for Planning Supertopic Federal Policy and Program Briefing Conference Track Magazine Issue Blog and Social Media Sustaining Places Task Force on the Comprehensive Plan Sustaining Places Day APA Federal Policy & Program Briefing Washington, D.C. September 26-28, 2010

14. APA National Infrastructure Investment Task Force

15. REBUILDING AMERICA 10 Key Recommendations 1.Create a New National Vision 2.Reconnect Planning & Infrastructure Investment 3.Recognize the connection between land use patterns and the sustainability of infrastructure 4.Promote a Regional Framework for Strategic Investment in Infrastructure 5.Take a Life Cycle Approach and promote research to better understand

16. 6.Encourage Integrated Planning & Coordinated Investment 7.Planners lead a collaboration across disciplines. 8.Create a ‘Place Based’ and ‘Place Making’ Focus in Investment and Policy 9.Focus Sustainability in Comprehensive Planning 10.Provide New Training, Capacity Building, and Education for Decision-Makers REBUILDING AMERICA 10 Key Recommendations

17. Engagement of Rebuilding America with other Design Professions Policy Advocacy Recommendations in APA’s Sustaining Places Initiative More information on the Rebuilding America National Infrastructure Task Force Initiative is available on the APA website: www.planning.org/policy/infrastructure REBUILDING AMERICA Next Steps:

19. APA National Centers for Planning: Hazards Planning Research Center Green Communities Research Center Planning and Community Health Research Center

20. Priority Issues Reducing the impact of development on the natural environment Improving environmental quality for residents Green Communities Research Center

21. Topics  Sustainable design and green building  Climate change, clean energy, and energy efficiency  Urban parks, greenways, and urban forestry  Wetlands, source water protection, and watershed management  Habitat protection and biodiversity  Riparian corridors and natural stormwater systems

22. Green Communities Research Center Current Projects  Strategies for Wind Energy Implementation  Wildlife Habitat Protection

23. Project: Planning for a New Energy and Climate Future In partnership with the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) Project Information Database Call for Case Studies Report Resources Climate Change Reader

24. Planners Energy and Climate Change Database

25. APA Energy and Climate Change Resources Energy and Climate Resources: APA Policy Guide on Climate Change (pdf) APA Policy Guide on Energy Planning Advisory Service (PAS): QuickNotes 13: Climate Change and Energy (pdf) Essential Info Packet 18: Planning and Zoning for Renewable Energy (pdf) PAS Memo - January/February 2009: Integrating Energy and Climate into Planning PAS Memo - March/April 2006: The Role of Planning in the New Energy Era

26. Climate Change Reader - Online

27. Six Cautions on Sustainability

28. Beware of fads and embed sustainability in basic practices.

29. What’s our evidence base?

30. Do we have shared values?

31. Garbage in, garbage Out.

32. Are our solutions scaled to the magnitude of the problem? http://www.princeton.edu/~cmi

33. Vested interests.

34. Conclusion… It is time for Planners to step up and lead in this movement. We need to hone our leadership skills We need to reinvent our plans to meet the demands of new challenges Planners should act to establish collaborative efforts among all the design professions APA is a key link to making this happen