Green infrastructure
Transcript of Green infrastructure
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Land Policy Research Team
Legislative Luncheon
May 12, 2009
Green Infrastructure in the New Economy
Green Infrastructure in the New Green Infrastructure in the New Economy Economy
Created in 2006 to serve as the “Brainbox” for Land, Place and Prosperity Science in Michigan.Mission of integrated research, outreach & engagement (science‐based strategies for Michigan’s repositioning).From reactive land use to proactive land policy.Our partners:
Our stakeholders (MML, MAR, MEC, MUCC, MFB, Suburbs Alliance, MEDA, WMSA, Chambers, MTA, Next Energy, MLUI, GLC, GLWC, Prima Civitas, Leap, City Mayors and Councils, etc).Governor’s Office, and the Legislature.State/local govt (MEDC, MPSC, DELEG, MDA, DNR, Cities, DEQ, etc).
CANRResearch & Graduate Studies
Provost’s Office
Land Policy Educators
Land Use Planning & PolicyNew Economy Strategies
Strategic GrowthNew Economy Growth Analysis
Renewable Energy PolicyPlacemaking/Attraction Policies
Emerging Institutional/Legal StructureMindset for Prosperity
Integrated Research, Outreach & Engagement
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The World is Spiky
“The world is flat.”
Goods, services, jobs, and capital are free to move around the planet with few hindrances, creating a truly global economy where all competition for growth is international.
“The world is spiky.”
The world is flat but, value, talent, capital and innovation concentrate in areas where the local assets and strategies are in place for prosperity.
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What We do Know about the New Economy
It involves placemaking.It involves talent attraction.Venture capital flows to New Economy places.The service economy is driven by population.Assets are abundant in Michigan, but:
They can be hard to recognize.They are often outside our borders.We are used to old assets and new types of assets can go unused.It is hard to design new strategies unless assets are comprehensively identified regionally.
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Strategic Assets for a New Economy
Definition:Unique resources and assets that can make a region distinct in attracting the right mix of resilient and sustainable growth andglobal opportunities.Strategic assets are natural, environmental, community and quality‐of‐life‐related.
Strategic Asset Approach:Identify, tend, consolidate, exploit and market.
Cities Natural resourcesUniversities Transportation & highway accessLake/river front Talent/expertise of business community
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Critical Assets for Placemaking
Fixed Natural Assets are a necessary precursor to high‐quality places but alone are not sufficient to define place and drive economic output.
This is why being a nice place doesn’t automatically drive growth.
Quasi Fixed Assets are an enabling condition for growth as the type of QFA and their concentrations largely determine whether the growth will be rooted in the New or the Old Economy, as the definition of place is highly dependent on this asset class.
Mobile Assets are the sufficient condition for growth in the New Economy.
Portable Assets are motivated by place so they will gravitate to better places, simply put they move to places based on amenities.
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What is Place in Relation to Prosperity?
Place is the sum of:
1) Income growth opportunity in a region.
2) The employment opportunity in a region.
3) Fixed natural assets in a region, such as water, landscape, soil . . . these assets are defined by where they are and cannot be moved.
4) Quasi Fixed Assets are man‐made improvements to the landscape, such as roads, airports, sewers, water, parks, trails . . . they are quasi fixed because they can be altered, improved on, or removed.
5) Mobile Assets, such as talent, creativity, intangibles (spirit) . . . these are free to move around the country and globe an thus are portable, and they tend to follow place.
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Spirals of Prosperity or Decline
Decline in Value, Income and Employment
Degradation in Place
Movement of Mobile
Assets
Further Decline in Economic
Output
Further Decline in
Income and Employment
Degradation in Place
Movement of Mobile Assets
Decline in Income and Employment Opportunity
Increase in Income and Employment Opportunity
Growth in Economic
Output
Movement in of Mobile Assets
Enhancement of Place
Increase in Income and Employme
nt Opportunity Growth in
Economic Output
Movement in of Mobile Assets
Enhancement of Place
Places left behind can easily spiral down, since mobile assets can, in fact, move to other places.
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Green Infrastructure Definition
Green infrastructure is the physical environment within and between our cities, towns and villages. It is a network of multi‐functional open spaces, including formal parks, gardens, woodlands, green corridors, waterways, wetlands, forest, and open countryside. It comprises all environmental resources.
Adapted from: Green infrastructure Planning Guide, C Davies, R MacFarlane, C McGloin, M Roe.
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Green Infrastructure’s Role
Green Infrastructure is attractive to various segments of the population, including knowledge workers.
65+ are strongly attracted by quiet landscapes with water, forest and open‐space amenities.36‐64s’ like walkable communities, with parks, and recreation opportunities (eg., Golf).24‐35’s enjoy dense communities, with integrated green infrastructure, and recreation opportunities, such as biking, boating and sports.
What is its role in the New Economy?Green Infrastructure can be deployed to selectively attract different segments of the population. Mobile Assets place significant value on recreation and green infrastructure.Green Infrastructure becomes part of the persona of a place, butit is hard to create if the fixed natural assets are not present to begin with.
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Example Green Assets in Michigan
LegendAgricultural Land AreaSquare Meters
1,800 - 11,711,700
11,711,701 - 30,515,400
30,515,401 - 50,006,700
50,006,701 - 68,734,800
68,734,801 - 117,524,700
LegendInland Lake AreaSquare Meters
496 - 2,240,721
2,240,722 - 6,772,184
6,772,185 - 14,803,386
14,803,387 - 28,523,155
28,523,156 - 64,993,253
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Example Green Assets in Michigan
LegendArea of Wind Class 3 or AboveAcres
0.0018 - 1,688
1,689 - 5,122
5,123 - 9,922
9,923 - 16,592
16,593 - 53,168
LegendParks and Preserved Land AreaSquare Meters
0 - 5,741
5,742 - 18,261
18,262 - 38,875
38,876 - 72,758
72,759 - 126,864
126,865 - 250,262
250,263 - 490,473
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LPI Green Infrastructure Related Research
“Chasing the Past” Study ‐ The structure of economic growth is modeled by growth (change) in income, employment and population. These variables are driven by structural relationships between the three, and a host of other Old Economy and New Economy assets of which green infrastructure plays a prominent role.
Michigan Critical Assets ‐ LPI has developed an exhaustive database and mapping system for Michigan to identify assets and their clustering.
Talent Innovation Diversity and Environment ‐ In cooperation with MSHDA and the Cool Cities program we are working to understand how Michigan communities fare in the TIDE rubric.
We are currently working with the Michigan Natural Features Inventory to identify Green Infrastructure’s role in economic activity.
Conservation Spending with the Heart of the Lakes Center for Conservation Policy ‐ A national study that benchmarks environmental and conservationspending in the U.S. against the states endowment of natural assets.