Freiburg

Question 1

Describe social planning in Freiburg

Answer 1

Local people involved in planning

Incentives for people who are environmentally friendly eg financial rewards for who compost green waste

Question 2

Describe economic planning in Freiburg

Answer 2

Many jobs created in research and manufacture of solar technology
= Freiburg’s ‘solar valley’ where over 10,000 people employed in 1500 environmental businesses

Question 3

Describe environmental planning in Freiburg

Answer 3

• more than 1 million corks recycled per year
• reduced annual waste disposal from 140,000 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes in 12 years
• more than 88% of packing waste recycled
• 350 community collection points for recycling

Question 4

Strategies for urban sustainability

Answer 4

• providing green spaces
• collecting rainwater for use indoors
• reducing fossil fuels
• produce 10 million kilowatts of electricity from solar energy per year
• 44,000 trees planted in parks and streets
• 40% city is forested

Question 5

Sustainable approaches to water in Vauban

Answer 5

• permeable pavements that allow rainwater to soak through
  = conserves ground water supplies
• water in River Dreisam is managed using retention basins
  = store water during floods which can be used in the city

Question 6

Advantages of Freiburg

Answer 6

• ideas of sustainable urban planning used globally
• governments in Germany influenced by actions and made changes aswell