Project Tag: Community and Regional Planning

Natural hazards, such as severe winter storms, flooding, and tornadoes play a major role in how cities develop and plan. It is because of their natural and inevitable occurrence that there is very little we can do to control them; and all communities are vulnerable to a list of natural and man-made hazards, especially that of flooding and severe storms.

The report looks at assessing the accuracy of estimating impervious surface areas (ISAs) by zoning code, the method utilized by the City of Omaha, Nebraska. A 101 acre subcatchment had all ISAs manually digitized and compared the actual with the estimated value. The subcatchment was then modeled with 10 percent decreases of ISAs to establish the relationship with peak flow rates and total volume in the combined sewer service area.

The College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and the Southeast Nebraska Development District (SENDD) are partnering with local community members on a downtown revitalization plan for David City. As part of the planning process, students traveled to David City for a community meeting and toured the area. David City community members were asked to take a survey to help UNL students better understand the needs of the downtown area and community concerns.

The Community and Regional Planning Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is partnering with local community members on a downtown revitalization plan for Peru, Nebraska. As part of the planning process, students traveled to Peru for a community meeting and toured the area. Community members were asked to take a survey to help UNL students better understand the needs of the downtown area and community concerns.

One can search the entire earth and nowhere else in the world will one find a small, tiny insect called the Salt Creek tiger beetle but here in eastern Nebraska, more specifically in the few remnant saline marshes near Lincoln. However, a regional collaboration, involving University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers, is working to not only prevent the extinction of this rare beetle, but also its habitat and other species with the installation of an environmental monitoring system.

Cities routinely undertake housing studies to assess housing needs and identify supply-demand gaps.