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Design$Approaches$to$Prototyping$

CiMes$to$be$examined:$Boulder,$Norfolk,$and$Mexico$City.$$

Greg$Guilbert,$Boulder,$CO$$

ChrisMne$Morris$and$Katerina$Oskarsson,$Norfolk,$VA$$

Adriana$Chavez,$Mexico$City,$Mexico$

Greg$Guilbert,$Boulder,$CO$

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Boulder!Colorado!

Existing Context !!•  Consistently rated one of the best

places in the United Stated to live, work, or play!

•  Diverse economic base - universities, federal research labs, tech startups, “silicon valley” of organic foods!

•  Internationally known for progressive land use planning, open space preservation, dual use greenways/floodways !

•  Arid climate!•  Steep elevation gradient to the west!

Community Profile!!•  Prosperous small town of 100,000 !•  Highly educated population!•  51% renter occupied!•  Median detached home price $675,000!•  ~1% of undeveloped land!•  2-3% rental vacancy!•  60% of employees commute in to

Boulder each day!•  Deep environmental ethic, 80% GHG

reduction by 2050!

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Risk Profile!High risks ! ! ! !!Drought ! ! ! !!Floods ! ! ! !!Pandemic flu! ! ! !!Wildfire ! ! ! !!Winter storms!!Medium risks!Dam failure!Extreme temperatures!Infrastructure/building failure!Hazardous materials accident!

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Interrelationship of Risk!

Top Resilience Challenges!!•  Highest flash flood risk in Colorado (still)!•  Rapidly changing forest and alpine

ecosystems!•  High year round wildfire danger!•  Exposure to global economic downtowns and

credit markets!•  Traditional major shock trauma and hazmat

incidents!•  Prolonged or deep drought!•  Growing income and housing inequality!•  Low social cohesion and civic participation!

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Ponderosa Background!

•  Owners: Mantle Ranch Real Estate!

•  Onsite Property Manager !•  6.46 acres!•  County zoning:

Manufactured Home!•  Floodplain: 100 & 500 yr!•  68 homes!•  187 residents!!

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Flood plain map!7"

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2013 Flood – inundation areas!

Considerations/Drivers!!•  Minimize disruption to residents and

owners!•  Minimize displacement to residents!•  Improve the resilience of the community!•  Improve health and safety!•  Improve utilities/reliability/service!•  Retain affordability!•  Create certainty for the future!•  Achieve annexation goals!•  Minimize costs and maximize dollars

invested!•  Encourage long term investment!•  Leverage DR funding!

Key Issues!!•  Water and sewer utility replacement!•  Adequate fire protection including looped

systems, sizing and hydrants!•  Floodplain mitigation!•  Electric and gas upgrades!•  Access, street paving, parking !•  Stormwater management!•  Unit spacing and code compliance!•  Cost of upgrades and funding sources!

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What We Heard!!  Fear around the future and concern about City’s intentions!!  Desire to stay in the community and invest in their homes !!  Value security of home ownership and ability to plan for the future!!  Diverse community that want to hear each other’s thoughts and work together!!  Many raise families here and feel secure!!  Desire for information and facts!

Hopes and Dreams!!•  Creates a new, more equitable business model!•  Promotes wealth and security through energy

independence !•  Produces a replicable model!•  Maintains the land use type: ‘mobile home

park’!•  Maintains or enhances sense of community !•  Has a high “wow” factor - ability to inspire!

New Initiatives and Partnerships!•  Resilient Land Use Planning -

Boulder Comprehensive Plan Update!

•  Micro/Nano Energy Grid Pilots!•  Artistic Expression of Resilience!•  NIST Disaster Resilient Communities

Case Study!•  EPA Green Infrastructure

Assessment!•  MIT Climate CoLab Community

Solutions Challenge!•  Regional Cooperation with County

and State!

Greg Guibert!Chief Resilience Officer!

City of Boulder, Colorado guibertg@bouldercolorado.gov!

303.441.1924 !

ChrisMne$Morris$and$Katerina$Oskarsson,$

Norfolk,$VA$

Norfolk: Resilient Coastal Community of the Future !Christine Morris, Chief Resilience Officer!

City of Norfolk"

Norfolk, Virginia is an historic city !on the Mid-Atlantic U.S. coast"

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Early land development patterns in Norfolk filled waterways and wetlands"

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Newton’s Creek Watershed"

Designing the Coastal Community of the Future!Newton’s Creek Watershed!

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Newton’s Creek Watershed: Guiding Principles"

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Newton’s Creek Watershed"Long-term Vision"

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Thank you!!!

Christine Morris, Chief Resilience Officer!Resilience Office!

Christine.Morris@Norfolk.gov!!

Adriana$Chavez,$Mexico$City,$Mexico$

MEXICO CITY’S RESILIENCE STRATEGY

MEXICO CITY METROPOLITAN REGIONA history of urban transformations

Year 150030,000 inhabitants

Image: Victor Rico (MAUD ‘14, GSD)

Year 1700100,000 inhabitants

Image: Victor Rico (MAUD ‘14, GSD)

MEXICO CITY METROPOLITAN REGIONA history of urban transformations

Year 1800500,000 inhabitants

Image: Victor Rico (MAUD ‘14, GSD)

MEXICO CITY METROPOLITAN REGIONA history of urban transformations

Year 1920900,000 inhabitants

Image: Victor Rico (MAUD ‘14, GSD)

MEXICO CITY METROPOLITAN REGIONA history of urban transformations

Year 19502,500,000 inhabitants

Image: Victor Rico (MAUD ‘14, GSD)

MEXICO CITY METROPOLITAN REGIONA history of urban transformations

Year 198012,500,000 inhabitants

Image: Victor Rico (MAUD ‘14, GSD)

MEXICO CITY METROPOLITAN REGIONA history of urban transformations

Year 201022,500,000 inhabitants

Image: Victor Rico (MAUD ‘14, GSD)

MEXICO CITY METROPOLITAN REGIONA history of urban transformations

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EARTHQUAKESHigh seismic activity + geological characteristics + subsidence = high seismic vulnerability.

Images: De Urbaneisten, 2016

SUBSIDENCE PRECIPITATION

FLOODSExtreme rain events during the rainy season in a valley with closed basin and low infiltration and drainage capacity.

LANDSLIDESUrban sprawl and illegal settlements in high vulnerable areas for landslides.

WATER STRESS32% of the population suffers water scarcity. 41.4% of the water is loss in leakages.(SACMEX, 2014)

SOCIAL INEQUALITY28.4% population are `considered under the poverty line and there is a high inequality (Gini of 0.52). (CONEVAL,2010, 2014)

MOBILITY30% trips on private cars account for 85% of the public space. (SEMOVI, 2014)

SPATIAL INEQUALITYDivision within east and west areas of the city

1. REGIONAL COORDINATION

2. WATER RESILIENCE

3. URBAN PLANNING

4. INTEGRATED MOBILITY

5. ADAPTIVE TRANSFORMATION

RESILIENCE STRATEGY AREAS

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Foster institutional frameworks for collaboration at the regional level.

Create a cross-sector agenda supporting green and blue infrastructure.

Mitigate risks and promote equitable access to key infrastructure, housing and public space.

Expand mobility systems that prioritize pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

Enhance investments on infrastructure that responds and promote economic and social development.

BIG DATA & MOBILITY

BLUE & GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENT WATER SYSTEM

SAFE STREETS (VISION ZERO)

ONGOING RESILIENCE INITIATIVES

Improving mobility through big data

Strenghtening water resilience through public space Water workshop on Xochimilco Area (Mexico’s

Improving pedestrian and cyclist safety

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A Resilient Water System for Xochimilco

Mexico City February 6-9, 2016

Hans Gehrels and Bas van de Pas

Deltares

Around 2020, with the construction and operation of the New International Airport, the current airport site will remain vacant.

CASE STUDY:

NEW INTERNATIONAL

AIRPORT

HISTORICCENTER: 7.88 km

CURRENTAIRPORT

SITE

The project and future use of the current International Airport site is one of the biggest opportunities to foster an urban and socio-economic transformation in Mexico City.

Berlin Tempelhof Airport

Quito, Ecuador Airport

How could the design of the project and the use of the current airport site strengthen resilience in Mexico City?

MAIN CHALLENGE:

1_ CREATE: Water resilience and climate-change adaptation interventions to respond to extreme precipitation events.

2_ PROMOTE: Environmental interventions that rebuild the legacy of the Texcoco Lake.

3_ ENHANCE: Innovation through the development of urban infrastructure and mobility that favors vulnerable population.

RESILIENCE VISION:

NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT(TO BE OPEN IN 2018-2020)

CURRENT AIRPORT SITE(TO BE VACANT IN 2020)

746 hectares

Image: Adriana Chavez 2015

NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT(TO BE OPEN IN 2018-2020)

CURRENT AIRPORT SITE(TO BE VACANT IN 2020)

The site is located on a flood-prone area with high seismic risk, on what used to be the Texcoco Lake.

Image: Adriana Chavez 2015

As a critical infrastructure, the project presents an opportunity for rethinking and transforming environmental and social vulnerabilities into assets. Image: Adriana Chavez 2015

Images: Ministry of Economic Development Mexico City. http://laopiniondelaciudad.mx/

Opengreenspace:851 ha.

Total Inhabitants:1,046,196

Averagedensity:180 inh/ha

68%: 15 - 64 years

Less than 185 185 - 655 More than 655 AICM

AbandonedHousing

0-10% 10.01 - 25% 25.01 - 50% AICM

SocialDevelopment

Low Very low AICM Middle - high

CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES:

1_ How can the design of the site of the current airport create resilience at the metropolitan and local level?

PROJECT SITE

Image: Adriana Chavez 2015

2_ What’s the project’s potential for connecting and enhancing socio-economic development in the surrounding neighborhoods?

Image: Google earth 2016

3_ How to integrate flood-mitigation strategies and other climate change challenges into the project design ?

Image: Arquine Competition 2015. (Monsalve, Castañeda, etc)http://www.paralelocolectivo.com/trabajos/parque-metropolitano-para-la-restauracion-del-paisaje