The Role of the Creative Economy in Sustainability Planning and Development

This paper reviews Creative Economy theory and practice and attempts to intersect the author’s findings with Sustainability Planning and Development theory and practice. An extensive literature review, including over 40 publications (articles, reports, white papers, conference proceedings and books) as well as interviews, personal observations and website reviews was used to develop this paper and the author’s conclusions. Current Creative Economy and Sustainability theories are explained and analyzed as well as the role of the artist, the entrepreneur, the city and cultural organizations. The author provides recommendations for the City of Portland, Maine and concludes that the qualitative benefits of the non-commercial creative economy such as clean air, beauty, cross-cultural communication, and community capital must be balanced with the predominant efforts geared toward developing the quantitative benefits of the creative economy’s commercial sector and measures of GDP

Sea Level Rise and Casco Bay’s Wetlands: A Look at Potential Impacts, West Bath Edition

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership looked at the ten of the fourteen municipalities that line Casco Bay to identify potential areas of marsh migration and possible impacts to existing developed areas due to tidal inundation from sea level rise. This is one of a series of ten reports

Geomorphology and the Effects of Sea Level Rise on Tidal Marshes in Casco Bay

The geomorphology of the Casco Bay shoreline has a profound effect on the size, characteristics and spatial distribution of tidal marshes in the region. Casco Bay’s steep shorelines and narrow, glacial cut coastal embayments provide relatively few opportunities for development of extensive salt marshes. On the basis of area and frequency, tidal marshes in the region are dominated by wetlands that form in glacier‐cut coastal valleys. A smaller but still significant fraction of the tidal marsh area along the Casco Bay shorelines exists in a narrow, discontinuous ribbon of green perched between tidal waters and adjacent hillsides. This unique geomorphic setting means that lessons learned from evaluations elsewhere of vulnerability of tidal marshes to sea level rise provide limited insight into implications of sea level rise (SLR) for Casco Bay’s wetlands

Sea Level Rise and Casco Bay’s Wetlands: A Look at Potential Impacts, South Portland Edition

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership looked at the ten of the fourteen municipalities that line Casco Bay to identify potential areas of marsh migration and possible impacts to existing developed areas due to tidal inundation from sea level rise. This is one of a series of ten reports

Sea Level Rise and Casco Bay’s Wetlands: A Look at Potential Impacts, Harpswell Edition

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership looked at the ten of the fourteen municipalities that line Casco Bay to identify potential areas of marsh migration and possible impacts to existing developed areas due to tidal inundation from sea level rise. This is one of a series of ten reports

Sea Level Rise and Casco Bay’s Wetlands: A Look at Potential Impacts, Yarmouth Edition

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership looked at the ten of the fourteen municipalities that line Casco Bay to identify potential areas of marsh migration and possible impacts to existing developed areas due to tidal inundation from sea level rise. This is one of a series of ten reports

Sea Level Rise and Casco Bay’s Wetlands: A Look at Potential Impacts, Phippsburg Edition

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership looked at the ten of the fourteen municipalities that line Casco Bay to identify potential areas of marsh migration and possible impacts to existing developed areas due to tidal inundation from sea level rise. This is one of a series of ten reports

Sea Level Rise and Casco Bay’s Wetlands: A Look at Potential Impacts, Freeport Edition

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership looked at the ten of the fourteen municipalities that line Casco Bay to identify potential areas of marsh migration and possible impacts to existing developed areas due to tidal inundation from sea level rise. This is one of a series of ten reports