Seismics and the City, 18 March 2016 - Shaping Canterbury's Future Now The Trajectory of post disaster recovery and regeneration Learning from other Cities.

1. LAURIE JOHNSON CONSULTING
Urban Planning ● Risk Management ● Disaster Recovery
Laurie Johnson PhD AICP Consulting | Research
The trajectory of
post disaster recovery
and regeneration:
Learning from other
cities
San Francisco, 1906
(Photo: Private collection, foundsf.org)
Seismics and the City 18 March 2016

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(Source: Haas, Kates, and Bowden, 1977, Reconstruction Following Disaster)
Regeneration

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San Francisco
Civic Center (1915)
(California Digital Newspaper Collection) (San Francisco History Center, S.F. Public Library (R.J. Waters & Co.) )

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San Francisco Civic Center, 2010 (Photo: virgoinservice.com)

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Embarcadero Freeway and Ferry Building circa 1960 (Source:
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/transport/features/2010/unbuilt_high
ways/san_francisco_the_embarcadero_freeway.html)
Transformation of San Francisco’s
Waterfront after the 1989 Earthquake
(L Johnson 2010)

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San Antonio, Texas:
Riverwalk and Convention Center
(L. Johnson July 2015)

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Riverwalk
Convention Center
• 31 million visitors annually
• $348 million contributed in taxes
and fees to local governments
• $2.49 billion annual payroll
• 122,500 local jobs (1 out of 8
workers)
• 66% growth from 2003 to 2013
(Source: Butler and Stefl, Trinity University, 2013)

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(FEMA/Brenda Riskey/UND)
Grand Forks, North Dakota:
Greenway and Downtown

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(Geosynthetics, 2009)
The Greenway
• 2,200 acres (900 hectares)
• Parks and a campground
• 2 golf courses and 3 disc
golf courses
• Fishing sites
• Over 20 miles (32 km) of
multi-purpose trails
• Federal, state and local
dollars including post-flood
funds for the major
construction; operations and
maintenance funded
through user fees and a
nominal monthly fee
assessed to all residents

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Innovation
(EQC)
(L. Johnson, Sept 2015)
(L. Johnson, Sept 2015)

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Kobe, Japan – 20 years after the M6.9
earthquake (1995)
(L. Johnson 2014)

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Inform Consult Involve Collaborate Empower
Public
Participation
goal
To provide the public
with balanced and
objective information.
To obtain public
feedback on analysis,
alternatives, and/or
decisions.
To work directly with
the public throughout
the process.
To partner with the
public in each aspect
of the decision
To place final
decision-making in the
hands of the public.
Promise to the
public
We will keep you
informed
We will keep you
informed, listen to and
acknowledge
concerns and
aspirations and
provide feedback on
how public input
influenced decisions
We will work with you
to ensure that your
concerns and
aspiration are directly
reflected in the
alternatives developed
and provide feedback
on how public input
influenced the
decision.
We will look to you for
advice and innovation
in formulating
solutions and
incorporate your
advice and
recommendations into
the decisions to the
maximum extent
possible.
We will implement
what you decide.
Example
techniques
•Fact sheets
•Web sites
•Open houses
•Public comment
•Focus groups
•Surveys
•Public meetings
•Workshops
•Deliberative planning
•Citizen advisory
committees
•Consensus-building
•Participatory
decision-making
•Citizen juries
•Ballots
•Delegated decision
Restoratiom/Rebuild/Replace Redevelopment
Accelerate decision-making Empower stakeholders to “tip in”
Source: IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation, 2007
Collaboration

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Over 100 years of civic
policy leadership
1957: BART
1964: Bay Conservation and
Development Commission
1972: Golden Gate National
Recreation Area
1973: Transit-first policy
1985: Downtown Plan
1996: New City Charter
1997: First Business
Improvement District
1999: Muni reform
2000: Better Neighborhoods
plans
2005: Rincon Hill, Transbay
plans
2008: High Speed Rail Bond
2013: San Francisco
mandatory “soft-story” housing
seismic retrofit program
(www.spur.org)

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The trajectory of post disaster recovery:
Manage time relative to the scale of transformation,
innovate as an insurance policy for regeneration,
and use collaboration to fuel recovery.
(L. Johnson September 2015)Thank you!
Email: laurie@lauriejohnsonconsulting.com