What works in Honolulu
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Honolulu
Honolulu's Department of Planning and Permitting launched CivCheck, an AI pre-screening tool for residential building permits that reduced average permit decision times from 73 to 32.5 days and cut corrections per permit by 67%. The tool also reduced plan-review cycles from 3.4 to 1.4 rounds on average and applicants saved approximately 40.5 days compared with non-CivCheck submissions. However, these results are based on an early cohort of roughly 40 applications, and the tool became mandatory in August 2026, raising accessibility concerns for applicants without reliable digital access.
Drawn from: Hawai'i Watershed Partnerships (HAWP) — Cooperative Forest Protection Against Invasive Species · CivCheck — Honolulu's AI Pre-Screening Tool Cuts Building-Permit Review Times by More Than Half · Koʻolau Mountains Watershed Partnership — Corporate Water Replenishment Fence Project (Hawaiʻi, USA)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +35 pts 83 here · 48 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value +10 pts 67 here · 57 average
Weaknesses
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -10 pts 17 here · 27 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication -27 pts 33 here · 60 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Honolulu. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Hawai'i Watershed Partnerships (HAWP) — Cooperative Forest Protection Against Invasive Species · 60
CivCheck — Honolulu's AI Pre-Screening Tool Cuts Building-Permit Review Times by More Than Half · 53
Koʻolau Mountains Watershed Partnership — Corporate Water Replenishment Fence Project (Hawaiʻi, USA) · 40
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more