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SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTS (INTRO (meets the NEEDS of the PRESENT without…
SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTS
INTRO
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SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
housing, health, recreational facilities and sense of community
ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS:
stable and competitive economy, range of services and transferable skills
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LA21
summed up by the phrase 'act local, think global' if enough people act INDIVIDUALLY, global problems could be REDUCED
countries urged to develop a LA21 with the agenda set by local people as ownership of schemes by communities means they are more likely to succeed
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CARBON FOOTPRINT
the TOTAL amount of greenhouse gases produced to DIRECTLY and INDIRECTLY support human activity. usually expressed in equivalent units of CO2
PRIMARY FOOTPRINT:
measure of our DIRECT emissions of CO2 from burning of fossil fuels including domestic energy consumption and transportation
SECONDARY FOOTPRINT:
measure of the INDIRECT emissions from the whole lifecycle of products we use from their manufacture to the eventual breakdown