Public Engagement for Heat Resilience

Drought & Heat: Preparing for Metro-Phoenix’s Uncertain Future Results from a Citizen’s Forum September 16th, 2017

Who came to the forum? 66 total participants Diverse representation of age, education, income, and ethnicity $100,000 or more

$50,000 to 99,999

Income Less than $25,000

$25,000 to 49,999

Activity: 3 coins, 3 resilience strategies Participants acted as resilience planners for fictionalized cities. Everyone had 3 coins they could spend on 3 resilience strategies.

Drought

Drought: City of Ottawatta Drought threatens local businesses, recreation, farmers, ecosystems, and people in Ottawatta. How should the city prepare?

The yellow area represents an area with polluted groundwater and the green area is an agricultural district

Drought: Resilience strategies for Ottawatta Conserve & Protect

New Supplies & Storage

Prepare the Public

Measures to save water and clean up existing water sources. This includes new water efficiency standards for buildings, polluted groundwater treatment, drought tolerant landscaping, and watersaving irrigation technologies.

Measures to increase the amount of water available to a community. New supplies include desalination, groundwater wells, reclaimed wastewater, or captured stormwater. Strategies for storage include reservoirs and storage in underground aquifers.

Involves safeguarding people from the impacts of droughts, including water shortages and wildfires. Solutions include grass and forest management to control wildfires, increasing access to municipal water supply systems, and drought insurance.

Drought: What plans did individuals choose? Did conversations change choices?

18%

28%

43%

changed their mind from first to final plan

20%

stuck with their first plan

37%

unknown

Others 2 coins: Conserve & Protect 1 coin: New Supplies

9% 45% 1 coin: Conserve & Protect 1 coin: New Supplies 1 coin: Prepare the Public

2 coins: Conserve & Protect 1 coin: Prepare the Public

Drought: What did each table choose? Did people agree with their table?

1 coin: New Supplies 1 coin: Prepare the Public 11%

44%

44%

2 coins: Conserve & Protect 1 coin: New Supplies 1 coin: Conserve & Protect 1 coin: New Supplies 1 coin: Prepare the Public

44%

individuals agreed with their table

28%

disagreed with their table

38%

unknown

Drought: Preferred plans


The yellow area represents an area with polluted groundwater


The yellow area represents an area with polluted groundwater

Extreme Heat

Heat: City of Heattown Extreme heat threatens residents’ health, roads & bridges, the power grid, and ecosystems in Heattown. How should the city prepare?

The red and tan colors show where in Heattown heat-related deaths took place in summer 2012

Heat: Resilience strategies for Heattown Cool the City

Protect Infrastructure

Ensure Safety

Actions to reduce outdoor temperatures and create shade, such as planting trees and other vegetation to provide shade and cooling, changing hard surfaces to be more reflective, and building shade structures.

Measures to limit the impact of heat on roads, electricity grids, and buildings. These solutions include replacing transformers and power lines; repairing bridges, roads, and runways; and protecting infrastructure from heat-related threats like wildfires.

Measures to protect people's health and wellbeing by keeping them cool and prepared. This includes cooling centers, heat warning systems, community wellness check programs, limits on outdoor activities, and increasing access to air conditioning.

Heat: What plans did individuals choose? 26% Others

Did conversations change choices?

20% 2 coins: Cool the City 1 coin: Protect Infrastructure

20% 2 coins: Protect Infrastructure 1 coin: Cool the City

45%

changed their mind from first to final plan

23%

stuck with their first plan

32%

unknown

17% 17% 2 coins: Protect Infrastructure 1 coin: Ensure Safety

1 coin: Cool the City 1 coin: Protect Infrastructure 1 coin: Ensure Safety

Heat: What did each table choose? 1 coins: Protect Infrastructure 1 coin: Ensure Safety

Did people agree with their table?

11% 11%

34%

individuals agreed with their table

37%

disagreed with their table

29%

unknown

33%

2 coins: Protect Infrastructure 1 coin: Cool the City

2 coins: Cool the City 1 coin: Protect Infrastructure

22% 2 coins: Protect Infrastructure 1 coin: Ensure Safety

22% 1 coin: Cool the City 1 coin: Protect Infrastructure 1 coin: Ensure Safety

Heat: Preferred plans

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Turquoise lines are shaded pedestrian and transit corridors



Black and white bullseyes are cooling centers


Orange areas are lands managed to keep the city safe from wildfires



Orange areas are lands managed to keep the city safe from wildfires



Black and white bullseyes are cooling centers

Ideas for Phoenix: Combining strategies for heat & drought Many creative ideas + preferences • Use drought tolerant trees watered with rainwater from streets to create shade • Continue investment in long-term water storage • Install solar panels to create shade over bus stops and sidewalks • Plant desert landscaping to conserve water

Next steps

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Museum of Science and ASU will improve activities and visuals using your feedback for future forums in 6 other cities across the country

ASU will partner with local officials to share and analyze your ideas and preferences for resilience in central Arizona

Stay involved: Citizen science Help with citizen science projects on climate, heat, and drought through scistarter.com: ISeeChange, GLOBE: El Niño, Stream Selfie Measure rainfall with people from around the country with CoCoRaHS

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Stay involved: Local events + resources Conserve water in your own home with Watershed Management Group Attend water conservation workshops in your city: Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Glendale, Peoria, Goodyear Check out Arizona Water Awareness to learn about water across the state Stay up-to-speed with regular climate-related events at ASU’s Decision Center for a Desert City, Global Institute of Sustainability, or School for the Future of Innovation in Society.

Stay involved: Keep your community safe during extreme heat Be aware of signs of heat illness and read up on the heat relief network and other programs to keep people cool with resources from Maricopa County Look for heat warnings from the Phoenix Office of the National Weather Service Check with your city for other information on heat safety

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Questions? email us: [email protected] The forum and this report were prepared by Arizona State University using Federal funds under award no. NA15SEC0080005 from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Education Environmental Literacy Grants (ELG) Program, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Appendix: Individual drought plans Plan: DR_01 DR_02 DR_03 DR_04 DR_05 DR_06 DR_07 DR_08 DR_09 DR_10 DR_11 DR_12 DR_13 DR_14 DR_15 DR_16 DR_17

Conserve Protect A A A B B B B B

New Supply Prepare Public Storage B B B

B B

B A A A B B

B

B

Individual final plans: Drought

DR_08 2%

B

DR_13 2% DR_14 DR_15 2% 2% DR_16 DR_12 4% 2% DR_10 2% DR_01 28%

DR_06 2%

A A A B B

Plan A costs 2 coins, plan B costs 1 coin. Participants had 3 coins to spend.

DR_02 9% DR_04 45%

Appendix: Individual heat plans Plan:

Cool the City

EH_01 EH_02 EH_03 EH_04 EH_05 EH_06 EH_07 EH_08 EH_09 EH_10 EH_11 EH_12 EH_13 EH_14 EH_15 EH_16 EH_17

A A A B B B B B

Protect Ensure Infrastructure Safety B B B

B B

Individual final plans: Heat EH_15 2% EH_16 4% EH_10 2%

EH_12 7%

B A A A B B

B

B

EH_01 26%

B EH_09 20% EH_02 4%

A A A B B

Plan A costs 2 coins, plan B costs 1 coin. Participants had 3 coins to spend.

EH_08 17%

EH_04 17%

Appendix: Drought strategies + plans

Appendix: Heat strategies + plans