23 - Sustainable Cities Flashcards
what is sustainable development
development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
What is the “tripod” model of sustainability?
sustainability is held up by economic, environmental, and social factors
What are some indicators of environmental unsustainability?
- climate change
- ocean acidification
- Fisheries Collapse
- Deforestation
- Soil depletion
- mass extinction
What are some indicators of social unsustainability?
- growing poverty in the slums
- climate change will result in massive numbers of climate refugees
- increasing disparities between the richest and poorest people
What is the “Russian Doll” Model of Sustainability
You cant have social and economic without environmental. cant have economic without social
What are sustainable communities defined as?
- places where people want to live and work, now and in the future
- meet the diverse needs of existing and future residents
- sensitive to their environment
- contribute to a high quality of life
- all safe, inclusive, well-planned, built and run, offer equality of opportunity and good services for all
What are 2 dimensions of urban social sustainability?
- SOCIAL EQUITY
- fairness in distribution of resources and equality of condition
- NOT saying that all people should be equal, but should have equal opportunity - COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
- ability to sustain and reproduce at a acceptable level of functioning
What are the 5 aspects of community sustainability?
- Social Interaction / Social Networks
- Participation in collective groups and networks
- Community Stability
- Pride / Sense of Place
- Safety and Security
What is Social interaction / Social Networks?
- one aspect of community stability
- social networks are social support systems, and without them people are living individual/separate live
What is Participation in collective groups and networks?
- aspect of community sustainability
- emphasize collective benefits of social capital
What is community stability?
- aspect of community stability
- community needs dynamic stability: stability through change
What is Pride / Sense of Place?
- Aspect of community sustainability
- deeply social
- closely related to the built environment
What is Safety and Security?
- aspect of community sustainability
- safety of a neighbourhood is seen to be a fundamental part of social sustainability
What are 4 scenarios for Cities?
- The Collapsed City
- The Ruralized City
- The Divided City
- The Resilient City
What is the collapsed city?
- a scenario for a city
- drastic decrease in population, political/economic/social of a considerable area
- cities that have collapse: Mayan cities etc
