Table 3. Key design contents by team from ‘Resilient by Design’

No. Team Concept Site Planning strategy Design strategy
7 The Field Operations Team (FO) The south bay sponge Bay Towns: South Bay, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Sponge The soil swap, the land use swap, the sponge, the creek
8 BIG+ONE+ Sherwood (BOS) Islais hyper-creek, a social ecosystem Islais Creek, San Francisco County Protect, restore, connect, grow Providing hard and soft shoreline to protect current infrastructure and business, restore ecosystem, bike and pedestrian network, new train station, connect community, multi story development, land use in clusters, affordable housing
9 The All Bay Collective (ABC) The estuary commons: People, place and a path forward San Leandro Bay, Alameda County Catalyze, adapt, stitch, prosper Restore ecosystem, resilient equity hubs, affordable housing, existing vehicular corridor realignment, transit-oriented development
10 Common Ground The grand bayway San Pablo Bay Commons, Sonoma, Napa, Solano Counties Identity, adaptation, mobility, access Multiple gateways and nodes along the baylands, designing for biodiversity, scenic causeway, creating new regional identity
11 HASSELL+ Resilient south city South San Francisco, San Mateo County Public open space=resilience Widening and restoring the creek, Slow street, Linking creek corridor to the shore, Multi-modal transportation
12 Public Sediment Public sediment Alameda Creek, Alameda County Design with mud and make sediment public Long-term monitoring and assessing sediments, Redesign of creek to enable sediment flows, breach the creek and connect people to the bay, design/ science collaboration
13 P+SET The People's plan Marin City, Marin County Community partnership process (CPP) Run pilot projects based on CPP
14 Bionic Team San rafael elevate San Rafael, Marin County Elevate physical, social, financial position Elevated multi-use path with flood gate, Building upgrades, new housings on underutilized site, new waterfront open space as buffer
15 The Home Team North richmond: A priority resilience area North Richmond, Contra Costa County Thrive, filter, flow and grow, relate, green infrastructure district Affordable living as a path for community wealth building, 20.000 trees of justice, marsh to main street, green benefits district