Environment and Climate Change Topic

Kansas City’s prosperity depends on the health of its environment, from the health of local and regional natural resources and ecosystems – air, water, soil and wildlife habitats – to the city’s resilience in the face of climate change. The city must ensure it grows and develops in harmony with the natural environment, without degrading natural resources and systems.

Severe weather is expected to strike more often, with more intensity, in the coming years. Climate change can disrupt food systems and regional biodiversity and ecosystems. Although one person or one municipality has only limited direct influence over the many factors that cause climate change, efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change start at the local level.

The city must improve and enhance the health of its environment and ecosystems, making it more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Of particular importance is the effective management of stormwater systems with a focus on reducing floods and improving stream health and water quality. This means preserving open spaces, encouraging contiguous development, adequately investing in levee maintenance, and avoiding stream corridors. Stormwater management practices can also have the added bonus of enhancing public spaces, reducing the urban heat-island effect, improving air quality, and beautifying the city.

For a more resilient and future-proofed city, the city must track climate change and other shifts in weather trends to ensure the city is prepared. Kansas City must develop regularly updated emergency action plans so it can respond appropriately to natural disasters and other events. The city must also pursue clean energy sources, construct buildings with smaller carbon footprints, and develop transit options that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the city’s impact on the climate.

The city needs regionally oriented approaches, formed through collaboration with regional partners, to meet its climate goals. The city’s Climate Protection and Resiliency Plan provides a clear, equitable roadmap to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals and adapt to flooding, extreme heat, and other climate change impacts. 


RELATIONSHIP TO VISION STATEMENTS

The Playbook has fifteen Vision Statements for Kansas City. The Playbook’s Vision describes what we want to be and outlines how we want our city to develop in the future, in line with community values and priorities. Those that are closely related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic are highlighted in grey below:

Affordable Community: We will create and nurture an affordable community and strive for abundant opportunity and employment at a livable wage for our residents.
Cultural Amenities: Our diverse cultural amenities, parks, and open spaces will provide a rich variety of experiences and vibrant environments.
Desirable Place: Our community will attract people and employers through being a desirable place to earn, learn, live, and thrive.
Equitable and Fiscally Sustainable: Our capital investments and growth will be equitable while maintaining the fiscal sustainability of the city.
Healthy Environmental Systems: We will promote and value the health of our environmental and natural systems and protect them from degradation.
History and Heritage: We will preserve places that celebrate all facets of Kansas City’s history and cultural heritage.
Innovation and Creativity: We will cultivate innovation and creativity in our governance, business, and educational practices related to smart city technology and physical development.
KC Uniqueness: We will preserve and enhance those things that make Kansas City unique – the small town feel with big city amenities and the wide range of diverse environments and neighborhoods.
Livable Neighborhoods and Diverse Housing: Our neighborhoods will be strong, livable, and authentic while ensuring diverse housing opportunities.
Mobility Options: Our well-connected and accessible neighborhoods and districts will be walkable and served by reliable, safe, and convenient mobility options.
Physical Beauty: Our city will be renowned for the physical beauty of its streets, buildings, public spaces, and infrastructure.
Regional Collaboration: Our city will continue to be the heart of the region. We will remain collaborative with our regional partners with a renewed focus on building partnerships to achieve the aspirations of this plan.
Sustainable Growth and Resilient City: Our community will grow in a sustainable manner and be resilient and adaptable to future changes.
Thriving Economy: Our economy will be resilient, inclusive, diverse, and thriving and will position our city competitively against our national peers.
Walkable, Clean, and Safe: Our community will promote the health of our residents and visitors through being walkable, clean, and safe.


RELATIONSHIP TO EQUITY STATEMENTS

The Playbook also has a series of statements focused on equity. Those that are directly related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic are highlighted in grey below:

Addressing Disinvestment: Direct investment to communities that have been abandoned or have experienced long-term disinvestment.
Citywide Accessibility: Ensure services, utilities, and transportation options are provided to everyone.
Community Collaboration: Empower people from different parts of the KC community in working together to solve problems.
Community Engagement: Empower people to shape their communities and recognize that communities value things differently.
Complete Communities: Ensure that people can meet their needs in their own neighborhood without having to travel long distances.
Housing Affordability: Ensure everyone has access to safe and affordable housing.
Inclusive Design: Ensure that development incorporates design features that consider people of all abilities.
Providing Services: Commit to taking care of the built environment and providing the same quality of maintenance and services citywide.
Welcoming Spaces: Ensure that public spaces and amenities are designed to support diverse, culturally authentic, and family-friendly activities, no matter how much money a person is able to spend.


RELATIONSHIP TO BIG IDEAS

There are five Big Ideas for Kansas City in the Playbook. The Big Ideas are the essential themes of the plan. They underpin all that the plan aims to do. Those that are closely related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic are highlighted in grey below:

Fostering neighborhoods that accommodate all ages, lifestyles, and incomes by diversifying and densifying housing choices and creating complete communities that facilitate a high quality-of-life
Kansas Citians of all ages need healthy built and natural environments to thrive.
Creating a physically beautiful city by promoting high-quality design in public spaces, parks, private development, and capital improvements
Parks and green spaces must be thoughtfully designed and protected to enhance the city’s beauty.
Respecting land as a limited resource by balancing outward growth with infill development, preserving natural resources, and developing in an equitable and sustainable manner
Kansas City must prudently manage how it uses previously undeveloped land, and a system of open spaces and stream corridors must be preserved as growth happens. Natural environments are places that are hard to restore once developed or disturbed. Kansas City must focus on infill development, strategic development in new areas, restoring damaged critical environments, and preserving habitat and natural space wherever possible.
Maximizing connections and mobility options by bridging or eliminating barriers and creating new physical connections and a robust multimodal transportation system
Increasing multimodal transportation is key to reducing the city’s carbon footprint and thereby helping to slow climate change. Transportation is currently the biggest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. and is a significant contributor to air pollution. By expanding transportation systems, the city can encourage development density, which will help the city balance urban growth with preservation of natural systems. Natural ecosystems have other benefits, too, such as stormwater retention, stormwater filtration, recreation, and connecting residents to their environment.
Creating a future-proofed city by better anticipating and reacting to new technologies and evolving conditions
Kansas City must embrace new technologies, policies, and practices to stay current with the fast pace of a changing climate and the resulting impacts.


RELATIONSHIP TO CITYWIDE GOALS

The Playbook identifies ten Citywide Goals for Kansas City. Those that are directly related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic are highlighted in grey below:

Connected City: Increase mobility options and create a more connected city
Transportation is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. That includes emission of greenhouse gases from vehicles. But another big part of transportation’s impact is poor decisions about land use that end up requiring more resources and utilities to support and that spread out cities, making people more reliant on longer, single-person trips. The city must develop and promote solutions to reduce, maybe even eliminate, transportation’s impact on the environment. This plan will meet this goal through strategies like thoughtful, equitable transit and transit-oriented development (TOD); creating safe, walkable, mixed-use environments where people can live, work, and play in proximity and focusing on renewable energy for a variety of transportation options, such as buses, transit, and electric vehicles.
Diversity and Opportunity: Ensure the built environment strives to eliminate disparities, embrace diversity, and create economic opportunity
Vulnerable populations often are more directly affected by changes and deficiencies in environmental health. For example, when severe storms hit, disinvested neighborhoods in locations prone to flooding are most impacted. These effects can be long-lasting and can contribute to long-term intergenerational disparities in health and wealth. People with diverse needs can grow and thrive in a built environment that repairs these inequities and has solid foundations for health and physical safety.
Environment for People of All Ages: Create a better environment that will attract and retain young people and allow residents to age-in-place
Climate change will have detrimental impacts on Kansas Citians of all ages, with more vulnerable groups being particularly at risk. Focusing on environmental sustainability and resiliency helps ensure future generations will have access to healthy, safe places to live and that seniors are safe and can connect to their natural environment. Ensuring access to clean air and water; encouraging active transportation to reduce carbon emissions; investing in clean energy and energy-efficient infrastructure and programs; and ensuring everyone can access green spaces for outdoor recreation and health are all needed to plan for the future and address environmental challenges now.
Healthy Environment: Promote a healthy city through environmental sustainability and resiliency
A healthy city develops in ways that promote the well-being of citizens and the health of the ecological systems that support them. The preservation of important ecological systems and lands (e.g., wetlands and riparian environments) must be a priority. Development must happen in harmony with these spaces, not just by mitigating impact to them. Reducing pollutants and other contaminants in the air, water, and soils is also part of achieving that harmony. The city can build more resiliency against climate impacts by developing systems and policies that can predict and adapt to change. For example, green infrastructure can be designed to cushion the blow from adverse events like storms, flooding, drought or invasive plants. Community education and organization will bolster this resiliency, especially in emergencies.
History, Arts, and Culture: Preserve and celebrate our community character, history, arts, and culture
Historic sites that are found in open spaces and natural habitats must be preserved and enhanced. The effects of climate change on public art and architecture that showcase Kansas City’s history and define community character should be monitored closely.
Parks and Open Spaces: Protect and expand our system of parks, boulevards, and open spaces
Parks and open spaces are the metaphorical lungs of cities. If developed to retain their natural systems, they can absorb and filter stormwater, grow native plants that don’t need much extra water or added nutrients, and provide habitat for wildlife. During severe storms, which are becoming more common with climate change, they mitigate damage from flooding. Trees provide cooling shade, filter out pollutants in the air, and provide a chance to experience nature in the city.
Smart City: Create a smart city through innovation and new technology
Smart cities use technology and data to make transportation, energy, waste management, and other urban systems more efficient and sustainable. With more efficient systems, they can reduce their environmental impact. For example, smart traffic systems can reduce congestion and air pollution, while smart grid technology can deliver more efficient energy use and increased use of renewable energy sources. Smart waste management systems can reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills and increase recycling rates.
Strong and Accessible Neighborhoods: Create strong and desirable neighborhoods and ensure housing choice and affordability
Strong neighborhoods depend on a clean, healthy environment, with attractive green spaces and without hazards or exposure to contamination.
Sustainable and Equitable Growth: Target physical investments strategically and ensure that growth and revitalization are sustainable and equitable
How and where the city grows can have serious repercussions for the natural environment and the city’s contributions to climate change. City investments and development decisions must anticipate the impacts of climate change and prevent climate change from exacerbating social or economic disparities. They must also create sustainable revitalization over time, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve air and water quality.
Well-Designed City: Promote high-quality design in public investments and development
As the climate changes, the built environment must flex and adapt to new needs, mitigate the damage done by stronger storms, and try to lessen the detrimental effects of these weather events on delicate ecosystems. Quality design must include these considerations.


RELATIONSHIP TO OBJECTIVES

The Playbook identifies twenty-one Objectives for Kansas City. The Objectives are the nuts and bolts of the Playbook. Each one contains detailed recommendations, strategies, and initiatives for a specific topic, framed by the overall direction the plan sets for that topic. The Objectives also set priorities and metrics for their implementation and provide supporting context, including relevant data and public input. A single Objective often supports multiple Goals and Topics.

Objectives primarily related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic:
Objectives secondarily related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic:


RELATIONSHIP TO MEASURES OF SUCCESS


Successful implementation of action items related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic will result in:


Future growth and development that is in harmony with natural systems.
Clean soils, air, and water reduced exposure to pollutants, improved health outcomes, and reduced environmental justice disparities.
Healthy natural habitats and stream corridors created and preserved.
Green infrastructure in public spaces that manage stormwater, improve water quality, reduce the urban heat island effect, and beautify the city.
Improved preparedness for natural disasters and other hazards will reduce exposure to potential threats and improve neighborhood liability.
Mitigation of the effects of climate change will reduce harmful impacts, particularly for populations that are most vulnerable to those impacts.
A system of open spaces that are equitably distributed across the city and increased opportunities for better physical and mental health.
A robust and interconnected trails system that links all parks and open spaces, allowing for greater access and more mobility for all Kansas Citians.

The Playbook identifies Measures of Success that help the city gauge whether it is meeting the goals and objectives of the plan. The following are metrics related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic:


Greenhouse gas emissions (by sector)
Decrease
Share of population in complete community areas (minority and low-income populations)
Increase
Total vehicle miles traveled
Decrease
Urban tree canopy coverage
Increase

Kansas City’s prosperity depends on the health of its environment, from the health of local and regional natural resources and ecosystems – air, water, soil and wildlife habitats – to the city’s resilience in the face of climate change. The city must ensure it grows and develops in harmony with the natural environment, without degrading natural resources and systems.

Severe weather is expected to strike more often, with more intensity, in the coming years. Climate change can disrupt food systems and regional biodiversity and ecosystems. Although one person or one municipality has only limited direct influence over the many factors that cause climate change, efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change start at the local level.

The city must improve and enhance the health of its environment and ecosystems, making it more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Of particular importance is the effective management of stormwater systems with a focus on reducing floods and improving stream health and water quality. This means preserving open spaces, encouraging contiguous development, adequately investing in levee maintenance, and avoiding stream corridors. Stormwater management practices can also have the added bonus of enhancing public spaces, reducing the urban heat-island effect, improving air quality, and beautifying the city.

For a more resilient and future-proofed city, the city must track climate change and other shifts in weather trends to ensure the city is prepared. Kansas City must develop regularly updated emergency action plans so it can respond appropriately to natural disasters and other events. The city must also pursue clean energy sources, construct buildings with smaller carbon footprints, and develop transit options that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the city’s impact on the climate.

The city needs regionally oriented approaches, formed through collaboration with regional partners, to meet its climate goals. The city’s Climate Protection and Resiliency Plan provides a clear, equitable roadmap to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals and adapt to flooding, extreme heat, and other climate change impacts. 


RELATIONSHIP TO VISION STATEMENTS

The Playbook has fifteen Vision Statements for Kansas City. The Playbook’s Vision describes what we want to be and outlines how we want our city to develop in the future, in line with community values and priorities. Those that are closely related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic are highlighted in grey below:

Affordable Community: We will create and nurture an affordable community and strive for abundant opportunity and employment at a livable wage for our residents.
Cultural Amenities: Our diverse cultural amenities, parks, and open spaces will provide a rich variety of experiences and vibrant environments.
Desirable Place: Our community will attract people and employers through being a desirable place to earn, learn, live, and thrive.
Equitable and Fiscally Sustainable: Our capital investments and growth will be equitable while maintaining the fiscal sustainability of the city.
Healthy Environmental Systems: We will promote and value the health of our environmental and natural systems and protect them from degradation.
History and Heritage: We will preserve places that celebrate all facets of Kansas City’s history and cultural heritage.
Innovation and Creativity: We will cultivate innovation and creativity in our governance, business, and educational practices related to smart city technology and physical development.
KC Uniqueness: We will preserve and enhance those things that make Kansas City unique – the small town feel with big city amenities and the wide range of diverse environments and neighborhoods.
Livable Neighborhoods and Diverse Housing: Our neighborhoods will be strong, livable, and authentic while ensuring diverse housing opportunities.
Mobility Options: Our well-connected and accessible neighborhoods and districts will be walkable and served by reliable, safe, and convenient mobility options.
Physical Beauty: Our city will be renowned for the physical beauty of its streets, buildings, public spaces, and infrastructure.
Regional Collaboration: Our city will continue to be the heart of the region. We will remain collaborative with our regional partners with a renewed focus on building partnerships to achieve the aspirations of this plan.
Sustainable Growth and Resilient City: Our community will grow in a sustainable manner and be resilient and adaptable to future changes.
Thriving Economy: Our economy will be resilient, inclusive, diverse, and thriving and will position our city competitively against our national peers.
Walkable, Clean, and Safe: Our community will promote the health of our residents and visitors through being walkable, clean, and safe.


RELATIONSHIP TO EQUITY STATEMENTS

The Playbook also has a series of statements focused on equity. Those that are directly related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic are highlighted in grey below:

Addressing Disinvestment: Direct investment to communities that have been abandoned or have experienced long-term disinvestment.
Citywide Accessibility: Ensure services, utilities, and transportation options are provided to everyone.
Community Collaboration: Empower people from different parts of the KC community in working together to solve problems.
Community Engagement: Empower people to shape their communities and recognize that communities value things differently.
Complete Communities: Ensure that people can meet their needs in their own neighborhood without having to travel long distances.
Housing Affordability: Ensure everyone has access to safe and affordable housing.
Inclusive Design: Ensure that development incorporates design features that consider people of all abilities.
Providing Services: Commit to taking care of the built environment and providing the same quality of maintenance and services citywide.
Welcoming Spaces: Ensure that public spaces and amenities are designed to support diverse, culturally authentic, and family-friendly activities, no matter how much money a person is able to spend.


RELATIONSHIP TO BIG IDEAS

There are five Big Ideas for Kansas City in the Playbook. The Big Ideas are the essential themes of the plan. They underpin all that the plan aims to do. Those that are closely related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic are highlighted in grey below:

Fostering neighborhoods that accommodate all ages, lifestyles, and incomes by diversifying and densifying housing choices and creating complete communities that facilitate a high quality-of-life
Kansas Citians of all ages need healthy built and natural environments to thrive.
Creating a physically beautiful city by promoting high-quality design in public spaces, parks, private development, and capital improvements
Parks and green spaces must be thoughtfully designed and protected to enhance the city’s beauty.
Respecting land as a limited resource by balancing outward growth with infill development, preserving natural resources, and developing in an equitable and sustainable manner
Kansas City must prudently manage how it uses previously undeveloped land, and a system of open spaces and stream corridors must be preserved as growth happens. Natural environments are places that are hard to restore once developed or disturbed. Kansas City must focus on infill development, strategic development in new areas, restoring damaged critical environments, and preserving habitat and natural space wherever possible.
Maximizing connections and mobility options by bridging or eliminating barriers and creating new physical connections and a robust multimodal transportation system
Increasing multimodal transportation is key to reducing the city’s carbon footprint and thereby helping to slow climate change. Transportation is currently the biggest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. and is a significant contributor to air pollution. By expanding transportation systems, the city can encourage development density, which will help the city balance urban growth with preservation of natural systems. Natural ecosystems have other benefits, too, such as stormwater retention, stormwater filtration, recreation, and connecting residents to their environment.
Creating a future-proofed city by better anticipating and reacting to new technologies and evolving conditions
Kansas City must embrace new technologies, policies, and practices to stay current with the fast pace of a changing climate and the resulting impacts.


RELATIONSHIP TO CITYWIDE GOALS

The Playbook identifies ten Citywide Goals for Kansas City. Those that are directly related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic are highlighted in grey below:

Connected City: Increase mobility options and create a more connected city
Transportation is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. That includes emission of greenhouse gases from vehicles. But another big part of transportation’s impact is poor decisions about land use that end up requiring more resources and utilities to support and that spread out cities, making people more reliant on longer, single-person trips. The city must develop and promote solutions to reduce, maybe even eliminate, transportation’s impact on the environment. This plan will meet this goal through strategies like thoughtful, equitable transit and transit-oriented development (TOD); creating safe, walkable, mixed-use environments where people can live, work, and play in proximity and focusing on renewable energy for a variety of transportation options, such as buses, transit, and electric vehicles.
Diversity and Opportunity: Ensure the built environment strives to eliminate disparities, embrace diversity, and create economic opportunity
Vulnerable populations often are more directly affected by changes and deficiencies in environmental health. For example, when severe storms hit, disinvested neighborhoods in locations prone to flooding are most impacted. These effects can be long-lasting and can contribute to long-term intergenerational disparities in health and wealth. People with diverse needs can grow and thrive in a built environment that repairs these inequities and has solid foundations for health and physical safety.
Environment for People of All Ages: Create a better environment that will attract and retain young people and allow residents to age-in-place
Climate change will have detrimental impacts on Kansas Citians of all ages, with more vulnerable groups being particularly at risk. Focusing on environmental sustainability and resiliency helps ensure future generations will have access to healthy, safe places to live and that seniors are safe and can connect to their natural environment. Ensuring access to clean air and water; encouraging active transportation to reduce carbon emissions; investing in clean energy and energy-efficient infrastructure and programs; and ensuring everyone can access green spaces for outdoor recreation and health are all needed to plan for the future and address environmental challenges now.
Healthy Environment: Promote a healthy city through environmental sustainability and resiliency
A healthy city develops in ways that promote the well-being of citizens and the health of the ecological systems that support them. The preservation of important ecological systems and lands (e.g., wetlands and riparian environments) must be a priority. Development must happen in harmony with these spaces, not just by mitigating impact to them. Reducing pollutants and other contaminants in the air, water, and soils is also part of achieving that harmony. The city can build more resiliency against climate impacts by developing systems and policies that can predict and adapt to change. For example, green infrastructure can be designed to cushion the blow from adverse events like storms, flooding, drought or invasive plants. Community education and organization will bolster this resiliency, especially in emergencies.
History, Arts, and Culture: Preserve and celebrate our community character, history, arts, and culture
Historic sites that are found in open spaces and natural habitats must be preserved and enhanced. The effects of climate change on public art and architecture that showcase Kansas City’s history and define community character should be monitored closely.
Parks and Open Spaces: Protect and expand our system of parks, boulevards, and open spaces
Parks and open spaces are the metaphorical lungs of cities. If developed to retain their natural systems, they can absorb and filter stormwater, grow native plants that don’t need much extra water or added nutrients, and provide habitat for wildlife. During severe storms, which are becoming more common with climate change, they mitigate damage from flooding. Trees provide cooling shade, filter out pollutants in the air, and provide a chance to experience nature in the city.
Smart City: Create a smart city through innovation and new technology
Smart cities use technology and data to make transportation, energy, waste management, and other urban systems more efficient and sustainable. With more efficient systems, they can reduce their environmental impact. For example, smart traffic systems can reduce congestion and air pollution, while smart grid technology can deliver more efficient energy use and increased use of renewable energy sources. Smart waste management systems can reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills and increase recycling rates.
Strong and Accessible Neighborhoods: Create strong and desirable neighborhoods and ensure housing choice and affordability
Strong neighborhoods depend on a clean, healthy environment, with attractive green spaces and without hazards or exposure to contamination.
Sustainable and Equitable Growth: Target physical investments strategically and ensure that growth and revitalization are sustainable and equitable
How and where the city grows can have serious repercussions for the natural environment and the city’s contributions to climate change. City investments and development decisions must anticipate the impacts of climate change and prevent climate change from exacerbating social or economic disparities. They must also create sustainable revitalization over time, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve air and water quality.
Well-Designed City: Promote high-quality design in public investments and development
As the climate changes, the built environment must flex and adapt to new needs, mitigate the damage done by stronger storms, and try to lessen the detrimental effects of these weather events on delicate ecosystems. Quality design must include these considerations.


RELATIONSHIP TO OBJECTIVES

The Playbook identifies twenty-one Objectives for Kansas City. The Objectives are the nuts and bolts of the Playbook. Each one contains detailed recommendations, strategies, and initiatives for a specific topic, framed by the overall direction the plan sets for that topic. The Objectives also set priorities and metrics for their implementation and provide supporting context, including relevant data and public input. A single Objective often supports multiple Goals and Topics.

Objectives primarily related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic:
Objectives secondarily related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic:


RELATIONSHIP TO MEASURES OF SUCCESS


Successful implementation of action items related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic will result in:


Future growth and development that is in harmony with natural systems.
Clean soils, air, and water reduced exposure to pollutants, improved health outcomes, and reduced environmental justice disparities.
Healthy natural habitats and stream corridors created and preserved.
Green infrastructure in public spaces that manage stormwater, improve water quality, reduce the urban heat island effect, and beautify the city.
Improved preparedness for natural disasters and other hazards will reduce exposure to potential threats and improve neighborhood liability.
Mitigation of the effects of climate change will reduce harmful impacts, particularly for populations that are most vulnerable to those impacts.
A system of open spaces that are equitably distributed across the city and increased opportunities for better physical and mental health.
A robust and interconnected trails system that links all parks and open spaces, allowing for greater access and more mobility for all Kansas Citians.

The Playbook identifies Measures of Success that help the city gauge whether it is meeting the goals and objectives of the plan. The following are metrics related to the Environment and Climate Change Topic:


Greenhouse gas emissions (by sector)
Decrease
Share of population in complete community areas (minority and low-income populations)
Increase
Total vehicle miles traveled
Decrease
Urban tree canopy coverage
Increase
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