How has ReVA supported local decision making ?
As part of the SEQL partnership, ReVA is actively researching topics of interest to decision makers in the SEQL region. ReVA has tailored the Environmental Decision Toolkit (EDT) to fit the local conditions found within the 15 counties encompassing the SEQL region, and named this version of the toolkit the Regional Growth Decision Toolkit (RGDT). In addition, ReVA: • helped to integrate the pieces. ReVA tools allowed insights into cumulative impacts associated with alternative patterns of growth and land development by explicitly considering factors such as air quality, amenities, water quality, infrastructure costs, and human health factors. • developed new methods and models. New methods and models developed by ReVA further characterize the implications of change and tradeoffs associated with different choices. • ReVA described major drivers of change • ReVA developed likely future scenarios – Many of the region’s environmental concerns such as air quality, will be driven by options
