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GLOSSARY
10-Minute Walk: The 10-minute walk is a metric
that is approximately equal to one-half mile.
This is considered the average distance an nonphysically-disabled person is willing to walk to
reach a destination and is considered a national
standard by groups such as the Trust for Public
Land and the Urban Lands Institute that helps to
examine the number of opportunities a person
has close to home.
1% Flood (100-Year Flood): A flood of a
magnitude that has a 1 percent chance of being
equaled or exceeded in any given year (i.e., has a
recurrence interval of 100 years, on average).
1% Floodplain (100-Year Floodplain): Areas
with a 1 percent annual chance of flooding.
0.2% Flood (500-Year Flood): A flood of a
magnitude that has a 0.2 percent chance of
being equaled or exceeded in any given year
(i.e., has a recurrence interval of 500 years, on
average).
0.2% Floodplain (500-Year Floodplain): Areas
with a 0.2 percent annual chance of flooding.
Active Transport: Modes of transportation that
are non-motorized rely on physical activity,
such as walking and cycling, in addition to
public transportation, which will be understood
to require walking or cycling as a part of the
whole journey. (Source: Healthy Spaces & Places,
Australia)
Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP): The
probability that a given event (rainfall, flood,
earthquake) will be exceeded in any one year.
An AEP is always a fraction of one, so for instance
a 0.2 AEP rainfall event has a 20% chance of
occurring in any given year.
Aquifer: A natural underground layer of porous,
water bearing materials (sand, gravel) usually
capable of yielding a supply of water.
Best Management Practice (BMP): In the
context of water quality, BMPs are structural,
non-structural devices and/or managerial
techniques that improve or prevent the pollution
contained within dry and wet weather runoff
from reaching downstream water ways.
Box Channel: A rectangular-shaped section of a
channel, typically made of concrete.
Climate Adapted Trees: Tree species that are
able to tolerate a range of current and projected
future temperature and moisture conditions
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typical of the location in which they are planted.
This includes increases in heat and drought as
projected by future climate change models and
increased temperature and smog caused by the
urban heat island effects within urban contexts.
Chronodiversity: The condition of temporal
richness in a particular habitat or ecosystem and
the existence of species of various life strategies
and life spans and specimens of various ages.
Climate Resourcefulness: An approach to
climate resilience and justice that frames
resilience in community action and/or activism
as well as community self-determination and
agency. This framework proposed a re-centering
and re-grounding of resilience in communities
and progressive, justice movements. (Source:
Mackinnon and Derickson, 2013. “From Resilience
to Resourcefulness: A Critique of Resilience
Policy and Activism.” Progress in Human
Geography, 37)
Community Based Process: Varies among
communities and project scope but generally
includes the following steps: initial community
consultation; gathering data, observations, and
analysis of primary issues; sharing those issues
back to the community for further input; and
finally, implementation. (Source: Project for
Public Spaces)
Community Park: Community Parks are defined
in the Culver City General Plan 2045 as sites
between 15 and 40 acres designed to serve
people within a 2-to-3 mile radius. They provide
for a variety of passive and active uses and
may include lit or unlit sports fields, basketball
courts, restrooms, indoor facilities, picnic areas,
and specialized facilities (like dog parks and
skateparks).
Distributed Infiltration: Naturally or artificially
allowing rainwater and runoff to percolate into
the soil on a widespread basis.
Ecosystem Function: The biological,
geochemical, and physical processes that take
place or occur within an ecosystem. These
processes often benefit human needs directly or
indirectly. For example: providing shade, carbon
sequestration, or filtering pollutants.
Ecosystem Services: The direct or indirect
contributions of ecosystems to human wellbeing that support our survival and quality of life.
Embankment (Levee): An often manmade
primarily earthen barrier along a watercourse
with the principal function of containing,
