Climate Smart San José Natural and Working Lands Element

Environment + Sustainability
Written by Dacie Doucette

Climate Smart San José Natural and Working Lands Element

San José, CA · 2020

 

Client: City of San José
Location: San José, CA
Year: 2020
CP Role: Lead consultant
Practice Area: Environment + Sustainability
Team: Alex Steinberger, Principal-in-Charge; Garlynn Woodsong, Project Manager; Sachi Arakawa, Project Staff

 

The Challenge

San José needed to extend its Climate Smart San José plan with a natural and working lands element that could measure how land use change affects the city's net greenhouse gas emissions.

Our Approach

We used the UrbanFootprint platform to build mapped baseline and business-as-usual emissions inventories covering building energy, transportation, and carbon stored in natural and working lands. Our planners and designers turned the modeling into charts, maps, and a narrative written for policymakers and the public.

Outcome

The element became part of San José's Climate Smart plan update and gives the City the spatial and quantitative basis for its land conservation policy and investment.

 

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