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Assessment
2013
Sustainability
Indicator Ratings
for the Iowa City
Community
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CITY OF IOWA CITY
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Sustainability is the ability to meet
the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs
-- Brundtland Report, 1987
Data
measurements
for almost 60
indicators in
three areas of
sustainability
Iowa City Profile Data
Age demographics (41% 20 -34 years old)
Higher than average high school graduation
rates
Highly educated population 60% have college
or graduate degrees (U.S.: 29 %)
Nine Focus Areas
ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DESIGN:
1) Economic
2) Community Design and Transportation
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE COMPARISON
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (2012) and Labor Force Statistics (2012). U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Five year trends F1
• Compared with Iowa and U.S. whenever possible
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SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS: ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DESIGN: COMMUNITY DESIGN AND TRANSPORTATION
Walkable Neighborhoods • Iowa City's walk score rating
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Urban Density U Ratio of residents per acre
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Access to Open Space • Percent of households within �/z mile of open space (including parks, schoolyards, and woodlands)
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Public Transit 8idership *.-Number of public transit passenger trips per 1,000 residents
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Vehicle Miles Traveled • Average vehicle miles traveled per capita
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Safe Travel Network • Total number of traffic collisions, injuries and deaths
• = within or exceeding acceptable level
O = below desired level
U = unclassified
NUMBER OF PUBLIC TRANSIT RIDERS (THOUSANDS)
■ City bus ridership ■ Cambus ridership
VEHICLE MILES TRAVELLED PER CAPITA
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■ Johnson County
■ Iowa
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2007
Nine Focus Areas
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
3) Energy
4) Water
5) Waste Reduction
6) Natural Ecosystem
Industrial
• Commercial
• Residential
UI Power Plant
• Transportation
• Waste
— CO %e as usual
Baseline
— 20% reduction
Source: Brenda Nations.
Environmental Coordinator.
Landfill Division
IOWA CITY COMMUNITY CO2E TOTALS BY SECTOR (TONNES)
1.800.000
1.600.000
1.400.000
1.200.000
1.000.000
800.000
600.000
400.000
200.000
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Wastewater
Buildings
Vehicle Fleet
Drinldng Water Transit Fleet
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Street and Airport Landfill
Traffic Lights Buildings
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Willow Creek Watershed - Johnson County, Iowa
Bank Stability
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Streets /Secondary Roads
_ Municipal Area
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HILLS
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RALSTON CREEK NUTRIENT LEVELS
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WILLOW CREEK NUTRIENT LEVELS
■ Nitrate ■ Phosphate Nitrate Level of Concern Phosphate Level of Concern — Precipitation
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Sources: IOWATER for all of the stream data, and the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office for precipitation averages (hto: / /www. crh.noaa.gov /dvn / ?n--climatelocal)
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Nine Focus Areas
SOCIAL:
7) Housing
8) Community Wellness
9) Arts & Culture
► One of the
completed UniverCity
Housing Project
homes.
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PERCENTAGE OF ADULT OBESITY
0%
2006 2007 2008 2009
Source: Lead Data, Statistics, and Surveillance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Johnson County
— Iowa
— United States
35%
28.9% 30.3%
30%
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27.5%
28.5% 30.0%
25%
27.4%
27.7%
20%
22.5%
22.1%
23.4% 23.5%
0%
2006 2007 2008 2009
Source: Lead Data, Statistics, and Surveillance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Total count
of households
with radon
`Plcocurles per liter
Source: Radon Program, Iowa Depanmerd of Public Heafth
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of tested households
above 4pCiIL'
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Radon Screening Tests in Iowa
1990-2009
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Conclusions and Next Steps
Data shows that Iowa City ranks high in measures
of sustainability
Numerical metrics are in place to benchmark
data
Several focus areas need additional focus to
reach acceptable levels
This assessment is meant to launch further work
towards Iowa City's sustainability