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SSDN member survey: Sustainability and Comprehensive Planning

SSDN member’s efforts to increase the presence of sustainability in comprehensive planning

The purpose of this survey is to understand what members are currently doing to incorporate sustainability in to comprehensive planning efforts, or create a stand-alone sustainability plan for their city. We’re also trying to understand what needs people have to help them better achieve these goals.
1.How does your community currently support sustainability? (for the purposes of this question, support means establishing community goals, setting performance targets and providing financial resources)
2.If your community supports such efforts through a comprehensive plan, what elements related to sustainability are included in this comprehensive plan and which elements also include targets?
This element is included in the comp plan
Targets for increasing sustainability around these elements are included in comp plan
Both
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Climate adaptation
Waste management
Public transportation
Active transportation
Infil and densification
Local economy building
Equitable services and access
Historic preservation
Food and agriculture
Emergency response
Green infrastructure
Outdoor air quality
Resilience
None of these
3.If your community has a stand-alone sustainability plan, what elements are also included in your city's comprehensive plan?
4.How do sustainability metrics get reported?
5.Does your community have a process for adjusting the plan as needs and circumstances related to included sustainability elements change?
6.If you have a sustainability plan or integrate sustainability efforts in comprehensive planning, what is your primary internal partners that you collaborate with before or during the planning process to advance sustainability efforts? Please list any other, secondary partner in the comments box.(Required.)
7.Please list any other communities (either in the south, or elsewhere) that have successfully integrated sustainability into their comprehensive plans. If you’ve found any specific elements of these plans particularly effective, please provide more details.