Are Hamiltons growth plans in keeping with vision of a sustainable community?
Hamilton is committed to principles of sustainability as an integrated decision-making model for GRIDS. GRIDS was “integrated” because it used the model of sustainability to draw together land use planning and infrastructure investment planning (water, wastewater, stormwater and transportation) within a framework that considers social/cultural, environmental and economic implications of growth and development decisions. GRIDS brought together into one process, all of the activities related to development. This process enabled a more coordinated, time efficient and cost efficient investment process for the public and private sectors. To assess the growth options, Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approach was used as the evaluation tool for the GRIDS process. TBL provided for the incorporation of sustainability principles in the evaluation of growth options by utilizing a multi-criteria evaluation framework that balances social, economic and environmental indicators. To facilitate the developmen
