15.1 Planning for urban sustainability

Question 1

What are some sustainable urban strategies?

Answer 1

Recycling water to conserve supplies
Providing green spaces
Reducing the reliance on fossil fuels
Conserving cultural historical and environment sites and builidings

Question 2

What are some social plans that the people in Freiburg?

Answer 2

Local people can invest in renewable energy resources e.g in one district they invested over £5 million in 9 windmills - 8 solar energy systems - a hydroelectric plant - and an energy conservation scheme at the local school

Question 3

`What does economic planning involve?

Answer 3

Providing people with employment

Question 4

What does Freiburg have?

Answer 4

More than 1 million corks recycled each year
90Kg per head on non-recyclable waste
Provided energy for 28 000 homes from burning waste
More than 88% of packing waste recycled