Browsing by Author "Hitch, Emilie"

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    Measuring Innovation--Continuous Improvements and Radical Change: An On-Going Learning Cycle
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2016) Browning, Mary; Hitch, Emilie; Lantto, Suzanne
    This project was completed as part of the 2015-2016 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Carver County. Carver County staff had initiated continuous improvement and innovation workshops across a variety of departments. The goal of this project was to create an evaluation plan for the innovation workshops. Carver County project lead Lorraine Brady worked with a team of students in PA 5311: Program Evaluation, to develop an evaluation plan, program logic model, and assessment tools for future events. The student proposal sought to answer two questions: (1) does the Innovation Project lead to cultural transformation? and (2) Does this cultural transformation lead to increased value? The students' final report and presentation are available.
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    Metropolitan Council Climate Vulnerability Assessment: Narrative Report
    (2017) Ferguson, Vincent; Gannett, Sadie; Hitch, Emilie; Strain, Sarah
    Thrive MSP 2040 prescribes policy goals for the Metropolitan Council. Namely, the document lists Sustainability as one of five desired outcomes that comprise a shared regional vision and identifies “Building in Resilience” as one of seven core land use policies. To address these two items and align with Thrive, the Metropolitan Council must respond to the effects of climate change in its planning and operational activities, identify and address potential vulnerabilities in regional infrastructure, and provide related information and assistance to local communities. To fulfill these tasks, the Metropolitan Council is conducting a vulnerability assessment of assets as they relate to extreme heat events and surface flooding, which can be due to a combination of low elevations and topography as well as extreme rainfall events (intense or prolonged rainfall). As part of this larger vulnerability assessment, the Metropolitan Council asked a team of graduate students from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs to consider human vulnerability. For this report, the team has identified specific human vulnerability indicators as they relate to extreme heat, surface flooding, and the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area context and geography.