The JUBBA 5

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The JUBBA 5

• Jenna Tilt, Social Sciences
• Thomas Unfried, Wildlife Sciences
• Jeremy Bunn, Earth and Space Sciences
• Belen Roca, Urban Design and Planning
• Aren Sparck, Urban Design and Planning

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Exploring the relationship between sustainability
and urban form

• A GIS analysis of areas exhibiting optimal
  sustainable environmental, economic and social
  values

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Researchable Questions

• 1. Where in King County are the urban areas that
  represent sustainable economic, environmental and
  social values?
• 2. Are there urban spatial patterns that are
  associated with these places? If so, what are
  they?

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Methodologies

• Domain based approach
• -Environmental
• -Social
• -Economic
• ?this framework fails to directly link the value
  of indicators with sustainability goals so

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Methodologies

• Domain-Goal Based Approach
• ?Landscape Sustainability (Belen)
• ?Minimization of resource use (Thomas,
  Jeremy)
• ?Economic Resilience (Aren)
• ?Social equity and well-being (Jenna)

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Indicator Selection Criteria

• Geographically referenced
• Sensitive to urban development
• Influences are felt locally
• Reacts quickly over time
• Good meta-data
• Pre-defined thresholds of optimal
• Rating system implied

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Potential Application

• Development of criteria and methodology for
  evaluating areas
• Identification of valuable areas
• Provides foundation for sustainability reference
  and research for planners and decision-makers

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Where are we now?

• Compartmentalized domains and assigned group
  members to research appropriate indicators based
  on selected criteria
• Choosing single indicator in each domain to test
  project feasibility
• Deciding on pilot study area

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Next Steps

• Run pilot study to determine
• -data quality, availability and spatial
  representation capabilities
• -determine overall project feasibility

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Project Limitations

• Finding a scale that is consistent in all domains
  for spatial representation
• Determining appropriate weights for indicators
  that define optimal sustainability
• THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL DEFINITION OF
  SUSTAINABILITY TO BASE OUR STUDY ON

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What we have learned about the group process

• Its really hard and time consuming
• A common language defining project parameters is
  essential from the beginning
• Everyone is busy, but the work has got to be done
• Sacrificing some initial objectives is necessary
  for a manageable project
• We are really loud as a group and apologize to
  anyone who has had to share a room with us )