Germany

Question 1

Which city is the most sustainable?

Answer 1

Freiburg

Question 2

What makes vauban housing so sustainable

Answer 2

Solar panels on buildings
Tram lines
Vegetation grown
Biogas from sewage

Question 3

What is significant about houses in Freiburg?

Answer 3

Solar panels
Grass on a roof
Allotments
Rainwater used as toilet water

Question 4

What is the grass on a roof used for?

Answer 4

Natural insulators to a home (makes it warm)

Question 5

What is significant about allotments in Freburg?

Answer 5

Can grow your own vegetation
The glass reflects the sun so plants are grown

Question 6

Why does almost no one use a car in Freiburg?

Answer 6

Because if you have a car you have to rent out a garage

Question 7

What are the opportunities of Freiburg?

Answer 7

Solar industry
Employment opportunities

Question 8

What effect does urban sprawl have on the rural urban fringe?

Answer 8

Increase in social facilities
Better improved transport to meet the needs of commuters
Increase in housing

Question 9

Why is air pollution so high in LIC’s or NEE’s?

Answer 9

Factories are unregulated so noone tells them to cut down on CO2