APWA Phoenix - Community Resilience
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This document discusses community resilience and the role of public works departments. It defines community resilience as a community's ability to survive and thrive despite stresses and shocks. It lists examples of acute shocks like flooding and chronic stresses like rising sea levels. The document states that community resilience depends on physical assets, policies and plans, social capital, and institutions. It describes ways public works departments can help build resilience through asset management, prioritizing critical infrastructure, working with volunteers, and coordination. The document provides an example of Berkeley, CA focusing on improving emergency sheltering, backup power, and climate change mitigation. It outlines the vision and strategic priorities of the Berkeley public works department.
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- 1. Andrew Clough AB Clough Consulting
- 4. Climate Change “Men Argue. Nature Acts.” Voltaire
- 5. Climate Change Impacts Increased storm intensity Sea level rise
- 6. Climate Change Impacts Increased Risk of Drought, Fire and Flood Economic losses
- 7. Climate Change A sign of the Times?
- 8. Community Resilience Community resilience is the capacity of a community to survive and thrive no matter the stresses encountered. • Acute Shocks • Chronic Stresses
- 9. Community Resilience Acute Shocks • Hazardous Materials • Flooding • Hurricane • Earthquakes • Terrorism • Wildfire • Tornadoes • Tsunami
- 10. Community Resilience Chronic Stresses • Aging Infrastructure • Rising Sea Level • Crime • Poverty • Drought • Pollution • Inequity • Food Shortage
- 11. Community Resilience Community Resilience depends on: • Physical Assets • Policies and Plans • Social Capital • Institutions What role does Public Works Play?
- 12. Physical Assets: Role of PW Asset Management / Operations and Maintenance
- 13. Plans and Policies: Role of PW Prioritizing Critical Infrastructure Energy Efficiency / First Responders
- 14. Social Capital: Role of PW The network of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively.
- 15. Social Capital: Role of PW Working with Volunteers / Commissions And Regional Agencies
- 16. Institutions: Role of PW Coordination / Collaboration / Flexibility
- 17. Resilience: Berkeley Example Focus Areas: • Improve ability to shelter displaced residents • Improve access to clean emergency backup power • Strengthen ability to mitigate the impacts of climate change
- 18. Public Works: City of Berkeley Vision To develop a more flexible, responsive, and resilient Department that provides an atmosphere where excellent customer service thrives. Strategic Priorities 1. People 1st 2. Communication and Information Management 3. Service Delivery with Fiscal Responsibility
- 19. Public Works: Your Department What role do you Play?
Editor's Notes
- Primarily we will be talking about Community Resilience, but first we can set the stage by discussing a few climate change issues.
- A glacier in retreat. As a geologist, I would love to spend the next hour talking about glaciers, oceans, rivers and all sorts of earth systems, but instead I will just briefly show a few pictures. If the water is no longer locked up in the ice, where do you think it is going?
- Briefly cover the indicators. Going up: sea surface temperature, ocean heat content, temperature over the ocean, temperature over the land, humidity, air temperature near surface (troposphere), Going down: sea ice mass and volume, glaciers, snow cover
- Whether or not change is accelerating or being exacerbated by human activity, sea level is rising. That fact alone can and will have significant consequences.
- Climate change will make storms stronger, the damage greater. Some of the impacts are slow, or chronic and can lead to additional stresses on cities.
- PW has a big role and a changing role in all of these. First in, last out.
- Note the addition of terrorism.
- Does PW play a role in any of these? Of course we do. All of them.
- First in and last out.
- Built from the Hazard Mitigation Plan, Watershed Plan, Climate Action Plan and additional Community Surveys and input.
- The development, recognition and well being of our staff are essential to our success. It starts with open, honest, respectful communication. Effective use of data allows us to manage our resources, measure our effectiveness, and Tell Our Story. The reason we are here is to deliver quality services. We strive to perform with fiscal responsibility and inaccoradnce with our Work Plan Priorities.