Lesson 24-Sustainable Cities Flashcards
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Sustainability
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- Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs.
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Sustainable city
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- A city which provides employment, a high standard of living, a clean healthy environment and fair governence for all its citizen.
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Liveability
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- The characteristics of a city whuich improve the quality of life for the people living here
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Ecological footprint
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- The total area of productive land and water required to produce the resources a population consumes, and absorb the waste produced
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Urban resiliance
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- The capacity of indiciduals, communities, institutions, businesses and systems within a city to survive, adapt and grow, no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience
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How does sustainability apply to cities?
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- 80% of all consumption in the world comes from America and European cities.
- Cities consume 75% of the world resources and generate the majority of the worlds waste and pollution.
- Cities pose a threat to both the local and global environments
- Local issues in cities are waste disposal and pollution
- Global issues now rely on emergy and resources from all over the world so therefore waste is disposed everywhere
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Dimensions of sustainability
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- Idea was brought to wider public awareness in the 1987 Bruntland report called “Our Common Future”.
- People centred planning has increasingly been incorporated into sustainable urban design and the notion of livability is important here, which means different things to different people.
-for some its tied to natural ammenities such as parks and green spaces
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Dimension of sustainability-Social Development
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- Adequate provision of services;schooling
- Food supplies
- Grren housing/buildings
- Water and sanitation
- Green public transport
- Green energy access
- Recreational areas
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Dimension of Sustainability-Economic Development
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- Decent employment opportunities
- Production and distribution of renewable energy
- Investment in green technpology and innovation
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Dimension of Sustainability-Environmental Management
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- Waste and recycling management
- Energy efficiency
- Water management
- Air quality conservation
- Adaption and mitigation to climate change
- Forest and soil management
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Dimension of sustainability-Urban Governance
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- Adaption of green urban planning and designing strategies
- Strategies to reduce inequality
- Strengths of civil and political rights
- Support school links regionally, nationally and globally
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Features of sustanable cities
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- ‘Eco city’ and ‘Green city’ describe sustainable cities
- Urban resiliance
- Strong community links with high social security and low crime
- Waste seen as a resource
- Renewable resources used
- Public transport accessible and used reliably and as an alternate to driving
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Difference between a sustainable and unsustainable city?
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- In a sustainable the city the outputs are minimised.
- Carbon and water cycles are used in the design and planning of the city.
- Afforestation of upper-course river catchments is used to protect the city in the lower-course.
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CASE STUDY OF SUSTAINABLE CITY-Freiburg, Germany
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- Freiburg, a city of about 220,000 people and 155 km2of land, is located in the southwest corner of Germany, at the edge of the Black Forest and near the borders with France and Switzerland.
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CASE STUFDY OF SUSTAINABILITY-What Freiburg did
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- In 1969 Freiburg devised its first integrated traffic management plan and cycle path network. The plan is updated every 10 years.
- It prioritizes traffic avoidance and gives preference to environment
-friendly modes of transport such as walking, cycling, and public transit. - The inner city district of Vauban is considered the pinnacle of Freiberg’s sustainability
- Built on the site of a former army barracks, it now houses 5500 people in low-energy buildings.
