Sage Case Study

SAGE Case Study Template v. 10-11-17

Prepared by: / Organization:
Supervisor:
Case Name:
Address:
Community:
Contact Person / People: / Organization:
Please contact researcher or supervisor for permission to contact / Phone: / Email:
Executive Summary
Research Question:
Site Summary:
Intervention Summary:
Project Status Summary:
Case Study Status and Next Steps:
Site Overview
Category/ Questions / Summary/Details
Site Summary (conditions prior to intervention):
Climate Protection Infrastructure (prior to intervention):
Map(s):
Case Area Scale (Site, neighborhood, community, city, region):
Type of Region (Ecosystem/natural, rural/agricultural, suburban, urban):
Land/Cityscape Character (Estimate of percent of surrounding area that is permeable):
Median Income:
Type of Climate:
Assessed 1% Chance Flood Risk:
Assessed 0.2% Chance Flood Risk:
Assessed Sea Level Rise Risk:
Implications if No Action is Taken:
Intervention Overview
Category/ Questions / Summary/Details
Type of Intervention:
Intervention Summary:
Project Catalyst:
Project Goals:
What was it that resulted in green infrastructure inclusion in the project?
Intervention Lead /Scenario:
Cost of Intervention:
Funding for Intervention:
Intervention Details:
Data for Gradients
Exposure Reduction
Definition: Performance of project in reducing risks to human, ecological, social and economic resources.
Category/ Questions / Summary/Details
Summary:
Details:
Institutional Capacity
Definition: Project match to and uplift for governmental or non-governmental strengths, attributes, and resources that reduce impacts, mitigate harm, and ensure future resilience. Congruity between project costs, available funds, and ability of responsible agency to support costs over time.
Category/ Questions / Summary/Details
Summary:
Details:
Cost Efficiency
Definition: Positive cost-benefit outcomes, least-cost or low cost solutions.
Category/ Questions / Summary/Details
Summary:
Details:
Ecological Enhancement
Definition: Project preserves and supports long-standing natural processes or creates/mimics/replaces such systems.
Category/ Questions / Summary/Details
Summary:
Details:
Adaptation Over Time
Definition: Expected ability to respond to a changing climate as well as other social, economic and ecological variation over time, either as a function of design or through anticipated monitoring and assessment.
Category/ Questions / Summary/Details
Summary:
Details:
Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Definition: Anticipated ability of project to minimize current or future greenhouse gases, either through low embodied energy or long-term efficiencies.
Category/ Questions / Summary/Details
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Details:
Participatory Process
Definition: Community involvement and public transparency in planning, design, and implementation of the project.
Category/ Questions / Summary/Details
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Details:
Equitable Outcomes
Definition: Whether the distribution of costs, benefits, and impacts achieves justice goals as defined by stakeholders and provides co-benefits to local communities such as jobs, public health, or other locally desired outcomes.
Category/ Questions / Summary/Details
Summary:
Details:
Story of The Intervention
Who did what, why, using what process, and how did it work out?
(In this section we will provide more of a narrative of the project based on interviews with stakeholders)

Acknowledgments:

Funding:

Sources: