The Office of Planning’s Hawaii Statewide Geographic Information System (GIS) Program received a Special Achievement in GIS award at the 2019 Esri User Conference in San Diego! Hawaii’s GIS Program, which works in partnership with the State Office of Enterprise Technology Services (ETS), was recognized in particular for its Open Geospatial Data Portal (https://geoportal.hawaii.gov), use ...
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From the APA Hawaii news release, “Leo has been a tireless advocate for the planning profession for over 25 years and is knowledgeable of the issues facing the profession locally and nationally. Presently a Commissioner for the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, Leo formerly was Director of the State’s Office of Planning, Manager of the State’s ...
Read More Leo Asuncion, Jr., former Director of the Office of Planning voted President-Elect of the American Planning Association (APA) Board of Directors for 2020
The report Assessing The Feasibility And Implications Of Managed Retreat Strategies For Vulnerable Coastal Areas In Hawaiʻi was commissioned by the Ocean Resources Management Plan Action Team to assess the feasibility and implications of implementing managed retreat strategies. The report examines managed retreat programs that have been successfully implemented in post-catastrophic events and from chronic ...
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