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Figure 44 Campus Circulation Framework
from CSU Fullerton Master Plan
by wrtdesign
Resiliency
RESILIENCY GOAL
Strengthen CSU Fullerton’s capacity to absorb and respond to change--and in particular, the threats posed by a changing climate--while maintaining its essential qualities.
Adapting to global climate change and its impacts has become a central challenge of our time. This is part of a timeless challenge now experienced at an accelerated pace: to create environments that help communities survive and thrive in the context of change.
Places are affected by changes that occur slowly and those that occur suddenly, changes that are predictable and ones that are unforeseen. These processes are interconnected, each influencing the others.
Much as ecological systems are shaped by the interaction of hydrology and vegetation and climate, our regions, cities, and yes campuses, are shaped by economic globalization, changes in technology and communication, and climate change. How can we respond to these interacting processes, and in particular the threat posed by a changing climate, at the scale of the campus? How can CSU Fullerton become a resilient place that can absorb and respond to change while maintaining its essential qualities?
Several aspects of this Master Plan will support a resilient campus in Fullerton in the years ahead. These include:
• The creation of a 24-hour community; • The expansion of food options on campus; • A shift to multi-modal mobility; • The designation of critical buildings and infrastructure; • A shift to adaptive landscape elements; • The expansion of on-site electricity generation, and the creation of a microgrid.
FUTURE RESILIENCY PLANNING EFFORTS
This chapter is an introduction to some of the aspects that should be considered when crafting a campus resiliency strategy; however, a comprehensive campus resiliency planning effort is recommended to monitor and track resiliency goals related to the reduction of GHG emissions, resource conservation efforts and emergency preparedness planning. This should be consistent with similar work that has been done at the city level (City of Fullerton’s Climate Action Plan) and by other campuses like the Resilient CSU San Bernardino Sustainability Plan.
