Back to the home page Context of the study An estimate of potential growth in Charlestown Recommendations to Charlestown

 

Scenarios

Combining the buildout analysis and the models of future openspace acquisition, it is possible to create different scenarios at buildout. The following maps depict Charlestown at buildout with differing levels of openspace acquisition. All of these scenarios are created using the web survey's scoring system.

These scenarios are available as an interactive map. These maps may take a long time to download so please be patient. (Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape 4.7 only, this feature is not compatible with Netscape 6)
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Detailed instructions on how to use these maps are available here. (RIDEM)
A shorter list of tools on the maps is available here. (RIDEM)

Scenario 1

Cost: 13.5 Million Dollars (Market Value)

Average area of each resource group protected

Agricultural Resources: 52%
Cultural Resources: 53%
Habitat Resources: 38%
Groundwater Resources: 44%

555 Less Housing Units at Buildout

2453 Acres of Openspace

 


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Scenario 2

Cost: 27 Million Dollars (Market Value)

Average area of each resource group protected

Agricultural Resources: 79%
Cultural Resources: 71%
Habitat Resources: 71%
Groundwater Resources: 66%

849 Less Housing Units at Buildout

3725 Additional Acres of Openspace

Scenario 3

Cost: 40.5 Million Dollars (Market Value)

Average area of each resource group protected

Agricultural Resources: 91%
Cultural Resources: 82%
Habitat Resources: 89%
Groundwater Resources: 84%

1039 Less Housing Units at Buildout

4509 Additional Acres of Openspace

6.01 Matthew Amengual