Building Sustainable Communities 2013 Research Project Community Sustainability Planning and Rural...
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Building Sustainable Communities 2013
Research Project
Community Sustainability Planning and Rural BC
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The Fraser Basin Counciladvancing sustainability throughout BC
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o 2005 Federal Gas Tax Agreement
o Clean air – Clean water – Reduce GHG’s
o Also established Integrated Community Sustainability Planning (ICSP) across Canada
o In BC, all LG’s must show that they are applying the seven sustainability planning principles, in return for receiving their per capita gas tax funding.
Background
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The Challenge
How does this ICSP ‘thing’ work for rural regional districts and small municipalities?
Research goals - to identify for rural BC:
1) what constitutes a successful ICSP process
2) what actions are suitable for a sustainability strategy
3) rural areas’ relationship with urban and provincial sustainability goals.
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Defining ‘Rural’
For this research project, rural is defined as:
All the unincorporated areas within BC’s regional districts (except Metro Vancouver); and
All the regional districts’ municipalities (except those in Metro Vancouver) with pops of 10,000 or less.
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Research Results - Highlights
ICSP Process (as of 2011-2012):
Completed 18.4%
Underway 19.2%
Not started 47.2%
Don’t know 15.2%
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Highlights – Successful Process
oUse in-house staff plus outside expertiseoDevelop own processoAdequate human and financial resourcesoFormal adoption of final documentsoCommunity participationoCommitment to implementationoSupport from elected officials and community leaders
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Highlights – Actions forRural Strategies
#1. Protecting drinking water supplies
#2. Pursuing economic diversification
#3. Supporting locally owned small businesses
#3. Encouraging health and social well-being
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Highlights – Factors in Choosing Actions
Very important/Important:oSupport from elected officials and community leadersoAccess to fundingoCosts of implementation
Less/Not ImportantoHelps urban areas in my regional district and/or provinceoProximity to urban areasoContribution to provincial sustainability goals
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Highlights: Level of Realism for Implementing Sustainability Strategy Actions
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Focus Groups Highlights
Definition of sustainability is same; crucial differences:specific challenges or issuesapplication of conceptsimplementation and best practicesbenchmarks and indicators
Rural strategies would be different in: values content specificlifestyle implementation
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Focus Groups Highlights
Strategies – priority topics:
Health care
Education
Transportation
Economic development
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Issue Specific Findings
Agricultural land, local food, and rural/urban sprawl
Important actions to include in a strategy
Implementing these actions seen as somewhat, less, or not realistic
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“The plan has to be believable and the public has to believe that it can be accomplished.” Questions? Comments?
Thanks to Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
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Further Information
Joan Chess, MCIP, RPPResearch Project ManagerandProgram Manager, Smart Planning for Communities
1-250-612-0282