Building A Risk-based
Land-use Guide
Reducing Risks From Hazards
Visual Report
Simon Fraser University Downtown Campus –
Vancouver, BC
December 8, 2011
Congratulations on a successful workshop!
This visual summary captures discussions and activities that took place as participants from a range of disciplines came
together (in most cases for the second time) to create a guide for considering land-use options to build disaster resilience.
You have received a PDF version of this report, jpg’s of the individual images and the original wall-size charts. Here are a few
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Meeting Agenda
Welcome
Keynote
Presentation
John Clague – Director, Centre
for Natural Hazards Research,
SFU
Richard Walton – Mayor, District of
North Vancouver
Bert Struik – Natural Resources
Canada
Mark Holland – New Monaco
Enterprise Corporation
Breakout #1 – Evaluate and build draft
land-use guide concepts
Participants
Opening
Presentation
Purpose
Breakout #2 – Carousel contributions to
each of the 10 key guide concepts
Report Back
Review and Next Steps
Closing
Bert Struik – Natural Resources
Canada
John Clague – Director, Centre for
Natural Hazards Research, SFU
John Clague opened the workshop by
welcoming more than 50 participants. Bert
Striuk thanked participants for continuing to
collaborate in the development of a land-use
decision guide and explained the guide’s
potential as a national tool.
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Opening Presentation
Richard Walton, Mayor of the District of North Vancouver, followed with the story of North Vancouver’s landslide in 2005.
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Keynote Presentation
Next, Mark Holland of New Monaco Enterprises spoke about the pillars of creating community resilience in today’s context.
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Keynote Presentation (continued)
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Breakout #1 – Evaluating and Building Draft Land-use Concepts
Following the presentations, participants formed breakout groups, selecting one of ten key land-use guide concepts. Concepts were discussed and
responses to key questions were recorded on visual templates.
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Breakout #2 – Carousel Contributions to the Key Guide Concepts
After lunch, groups moved in carousel fashion reviewing, discussing and adding to the visual templates of each of the 10 key guide concepts.
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Community Engagement
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Hazards Identification
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Community Inventory
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Risk Assessment
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Risk Assessment
Ideas attached under “practices you use.”
Ideas attached under “practices you are aware of.”
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Risk Tolerance
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Risk Tolerance
Ideas attached under “practices you are aware of.”
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Mitigation Options
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Development Permit Area Concept
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Cost-benefit Analysis
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Zoning/Recommendations
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Zoning/Recommendations
Ideas attached under “should be included in the land-use guide.”
Ideas attached under “practices you are aware of.”
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Monitoring
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Monitoring
Ideas attached under “should be included in the land-use guide.”
Diagram attached under “Practices you are aware of.”
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Preparing Report Backs
Back at the visual template for their original key land-use guide concept, participants distilled their 3 most exciting, innovative or impactful contributions,
before reporting them in plenary.
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Report Back
A larger view of the chart is included in the appendix.
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Closing
To close the day, Bert Striuk
reviewed next steps in the
development of the landuse guide and invited
participants to remain
involved. John Clague
thanked all contributors,
especially workshop
facilitators, Bert Striuk and
Laurie Pearce.
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About Get The Picture
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professional through and through, she prides herself on creating
meaningful visual imprints of each meeting. Her ability to achieve a
high level of group interaction, with humour and style, make her a
driving force throughout the meeting process.
With more than 10 years of facilitation experience Lisa’s solid
background in public and private sector workshop delivery give her the
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A master of these skills, Lisa listens intently, extracts relevant information
from participant input, guides the group and at the same time
organizes the data into a visually meaningful graphic. Her drawings
display key content, important stages in the group’s collective thought
processes and multiple points of view, all building consensus and group
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Appendix A – Report Back (left view)
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Appendix A – Report Back (right view)
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