Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 7.3
EcoDistrict strategies in a Portland (Oregon) district. (Source: Summarized from Port-
land's Gateway EcoDistrict assessment report: EDGP
2011
)
Sectors
Summary strategies
Specific recommendations
Energy
Reduce, Generate,
Offset (not locally
conserved)
Energy conservation and solar retrofits
District Energy schemes
District dashboard; Education-Competition
campaigns
Air quality
Enhance, Reduce,
Sequester and Offset
Change street lights to LED
Organize indoor air quality campaign
Organize district carbon calculator
Water
Reduce, Reuse,
Reconnect
Water conservation and reuse
District greening and infrastructure strategy
Connect to hydrological functions
Access and
mobility
Shift, Share, Manage
Improve pedestrian and bike connections to main
destinations
Add and maintain safe bike parks
Provide incentives to promote alternatives to cars
Place-Making
Identity, Form
Create a gateway brand and distinctiveness
Create signature parks and high quality public
space
Add green infrastructure
Social cohesion
Instigate and Interact
Develop systems to engage community
interactions
Create capacity-building for social capital
development
Organize public social events: parties, bike rides
etc.
Create district dashboard to publicize events
Habitat-Ecosys-
tem
Enhance, Connect,
Restore, Functioning
Plant diversity of trees and other vegetation
Add vegetation in wildlife corridors
Install stewardship ethic in community
Material
management
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Programmes to reduce material and product use
Build commodity market for used materials
Support Columbia bio-gas project
Equitable
development
Access to Jobs, Hous-
ing; Equal Representa-
tion and Oppurtunities
Provide green quality housing
Create local jobs
Support pathways to opportunities and culturally-
appropriate employment
initially by some catchy words to summarize the objectives, and then through spe-
cific strategies that can be linked to particular policies, as shown in Table
7.3
. How-
ever, once these information, data-gathering and strategy recommendation phases
have been carried out, the report, like those for other EcoDistrict projects, was given
to the EcoDistrict Steering Committee composed of members from the community
being studied. This is the group that will
make
decisions about what to implement,
although guidance will be provided by EcoDistrict personnel. An important element
in the subsequent EcoDistrict development process is a follow-up stage, namely the
