State-of-the-practice assessment of climate change adaptation practices across metropolitan planning organizations pre- and post-Hurricane Sandy |
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Institution: | 1. Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA, United States;2. AECOM, 717 17th Street, Suite 2600, Denver, CO 80202, United States;3. University of Delaware, 301 DuPont Hall, Newark, DE 17916, United States;1. Sustainable Systems Research, LLC, 27276 Meadowbrook Ave, Davis, CA 95618, United States;2. School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, 760 Spring St. NW, Suite 213, Atlanta, GA 30308, United States;3. Center for Regional Change and Department of Human Ecology, University of California, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, United States;1. Department of Geographical Sciences, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, 2138 Lefrak Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Maryland Transportation Institute, 1124 Glenn Martin Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States;3. Maryland Transportation Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1173 Glenn Martin Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States;1. University of North Florida, United States;2. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), United States |
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Abstract: | Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) throughout the United States are identifying goals and implementation strategies to reduce the impacts of climate change through transportation adaptation initiatives. Using vulnerability assessments as well as adaptation practices that support mitigation, MPOs are beginning to integrate climate change planning into the long range planning process. Evaluating the state-of-the-practice of adaptation planning and adaptation in support of mitigation is useful in that it helps identify gaps and areas of improvement. Therefore, this research investigates the state-of-the-practice of MPO adaptation planning using the Mid-Atlantic region as a case study. Surveys, administered in 2012 and 2014, are used to identify the level of progress of MPOs with regard to climate change adaptation practices as well as barriers before and after Hurricane Sandy. A cross-sectional analysis using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) maps the results of the surveys and spatially compares regional trends. The results of the case study suggest growing interest in adaptation efforts such as floodplain area designations and efforts to enhance coordination and collaboration as transportation jurisdictions respond to the potential climate change impacts. In addition, MPOs with dense, smaller geographic areas prioritize inter-jurisdictional collaboration as high, suggesting that they are more reliant on other agencies to maintain inter-connectivity of transportation networks and further implement adaptation planning practices. |
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Keywords: | MPO Transportation planning Climate change Adaptation GIS Mitigation |
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