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In this activity, we will develop the RISE Scorecard in three stages: RISE-BETA, RISE 1.0, and RISE 2.0.
The RISE Scorecard is being developed as a complementary tool to existing green development standards. While such standards aim to increase green infrastructure in residential developments, they often do not readily measure the value of the ecosystem services provided by natural assets nor how that value might change over time. Through the RISE Scorecard, we aim to encourage shifts in the residential planning sector (municipalities, developers, builders, residents, homebuyers, and other industry stakeholders) towards more sustainable planning for communities that show overall positive benefits over time. The RISE Scorecard is intended to support planning decisions made in the residential development process on green infrastructure.
We will investigate what information on natural asset function trajectories is most useful to respective stakeholders (developers, planners, residents, activists, and home buyers) and in what formats; and, determine what are the baseline metrics for particular development types and contexts in our study areas.
Each successive version of the scorecard will incorporate increasingly sophisticated metrics with inputs from Activity 3, Activity 4, Activity 5 and Activity 6.