AbstractMeasuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions with a Sustainability ToolTrack: Climate Change Author With the recent passage of California Senate Bill No. 375, the need for an analytical tool that helps local planners in land use decisions is greater than ever. This presentation aims to introduce a Sustainability Tool and its use for the development of sustainable communities in Southern California region. A Sustainability Tool developed by Southern California Association of Governments is an ArcGIS based modeling and evaluation tool scripted by Python that enables users to visualize and evaluate the impacts of different land use scenarios on vehicle use and Greenhouse Gas emissions in real time. By demonstrating the benefits of sustainable land use strategies in reducing vehicle use and emissions, the tool is expected to play a central role in creating a sustainable land use strategy for the region through participation and consensus building. Jung A Uhm SCAG 818 West 7th Street 12th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017 United States Phone: 213-236-1939 Fax: 213-236-1962 E-mail: uhm@scag.ca.gov Simon Choi Southern California Association of Governments 818 West Seventh Street, 12th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017 United States Phone: 213-236-1849 E-mail: CHOI@scag.ca.gov Frank Wen Southern California Association of Governments 818 West Seventh Street, 12th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017 United States Phone: 213-236-1854 E-mail: WEN@scag.ca.gov Hsi-Hwa Hu Southern California Association of Governments 818 West Seventh Street, 12th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017 United States Phone: 213-236-1848 E-mail: HU@scag.ca.gov |