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Geodesigning Parks for People Breece Robertson, GIS Director and Bob Heuer, Associate GIS
Director Esri International User Conference, July 2014
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Community Gardens: NYC
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Hoback Basin, Jackson, Wyoming
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Our services
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RV
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Conservation Vision and Geodesign
Conservation Finance
Conservation Transactions
Park Design and Development
Research and Education
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Endangered Species Habitat
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What about Human Habitat?
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Where we came from…
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….and Now…
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ParkScore Shows Need Charlotte, North Carolina
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Our Goals
Ø To connect people to nature and provide healthy places to recreate
Ø To make sure everyone has a park within a 10-minute walk
Ø Get mayors and city government aware of the problem and committed to solving it
Ø Get communities involved in the park creation and design process
Ø To put our resources where our impact will be greatest
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Rates park systems in the 60 largest U.S. cities (Also provides obesity and other demographic statistics)
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ParkScore® : Two Primary Components
1) Summary Rating: 1-to-5 park benches
2) Website (ParkScore.TPL.org) Ø Especially useful to city leaders Ø A roadmap for park improvement
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ParkScore® - A Standardized Approach for Assessing City Park Systems
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Red and Orange = Areas in Need of Parks
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Trust for Public Land Report: Charlotte among Worst in Nation for Parks Charlotte Business Journal
Group Ranks Baltimore’s Parks 15th in Nation Baltimore Sun
San Francisco Park System Ranked Best in the Nation Huffington Post
Denver’s Park System Bests Bigger Cities, Still Has Room to Improve Denver Post
Trust for Public Land says Dallas’s Parks System is OK, not yet “World Class” Dallas Morning News
Oklahoma City Low on Parks Ranking List, but Should Move Up Soon Oklahoma City Oklahoman
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Media Coverage: Policymaker Engagement
• “The mayor wants 100 percent of residents to be able to walk to a park. We’d be the first city to do that.” ØGeorge Dusenbury, Parks Commissioner, Quoted in Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• “To deliver a world-class city where everyone matters, we’re committed to maintaining, improving and expanding our active park system.” Ø Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Quoted in The Denver Post
• “We will work toward moving up to the Top 10 when The Trust for Public Land issues their next ParkScore.” ØGeorge Chapjian, Director, Long Beach Parks and Recreation, LB Press-Telegram
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Target for Impact: Park Evaluator Geodesign Tool
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Houston Potential “Optimized” New Parks – Points created using Esri’s “Location Allocation Model” 5 New Parks in these locations would serve approximately 33,988 new residents
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10 New Parks in these locations would serve approximately 57,477 new residents
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Health! Not All Parks Are Created Equal
How we design & develop urban sites is as important as where they are located
TPL FitnessZone
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ParkScore® : Target Populations of Greatest Need
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Using Geodesign to select “Sponge Park” sites
Finding sites where “sponge park” solutions to storm water runoff overlaps with areas of high park need as identified by TPL’s ParkScore® rating system
, Cleveland
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Cleveland’s Five Points area: Euclid and St. Clair Avenues, Ivanhoe Rd. E. 140th – E. 152nd
• Tagged in Parkscore® as an area with ‘high need’ for accessible greenspace
• High potential to re-use land bank properties or industrial sites for “sponge parks”
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Cleveland: Giddings Brook: Buckeye, Woodhill & Fairhill to Baldwin
• Demographics • High Parks Need • Type of Park/Use • High Runoff Area • Available Land • Accessibility • Soils profile • Hydrology/Drainage • Funding zones/
overlays
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Checking Our Work: Project Impact Estimator
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Seattle Olympic Sculpture Park (before)
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Olympic Sculpture Park (after)
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Millennium Park, Chicago (before)
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Millennium Park (after)
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NYC Highline
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Post Office Square, Boston (Before)
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Post Office Square, Boston (After)
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P.S. 180 Playground, NYC (BEFORE)
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P.S. 180 Playground, NYC (AFTER)
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Geodesigning Parks for People Breece Robertson, GIS Director and Bob Heuer, Associate GIS
Director Esri International User Conference, July 2014