This workshop explores how land use planning decisions influence long-term infrastructure performance, service delivery, and climate risk exposure. It shows how asset management can be the integrating framework that connects planning policy, infrastructure investment, and climate adaptation into a single, decision-oriented process.

Participants will explore how development patterns affect lifecycle costs, risk profiles, and levels of service across municipal systems (e.g., stormwater, transportation, water, wastewater). The session emphasizes a shift from compliance-based planning toward outcome-focused decision-making, where climate change is treated as a risk multiplier acting on existing assets and future growth.

The workshop introduces practical methods to:

• Link land use decisions to infrastructure capacity, performance, and failure modes.
• Identify and quantify climate-related risks to existing and planned assets.
• Evaluate trade-offs between growth, service levels, and long-term financial sustainability.
• Integrate climate considerations into asset management plans and capital planning processes.
• Use risk-based frameworks to support defensible, transparent decisions under uncertainty.
  
  

Case examples and applied exercises will illustrate how municipalities, particularly those with limited capacity, can move from fragmented planning and engineering processes toward coordinated, risk-informed decision-making.

The workshop is appropriate for municipalities with or without planning staff. The session is designed for municipal staff, council, planners, engineers, and senior leadership seeking to align land use policy with infrastructure realities and climate adaptation objectives.