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Are sustainable cities worth it? (What are sustainable cities? (Meeting…
Are sustainable cities worth it?
What are sustainable cities?
Meeting people's needs + future generations
Environmental sust: min. footprint; regeneration; circ econ
Social: Quality of life
Economic sust: everyone has economic opportunity; promote business; grow business
Why are SCs needed?
Issues facing urban environments
What are the economic and demographic changes altering urban environs?
Pop increase > urbanisation
To resolve... :
Questions
In relation to developing countries
In relation to HICs
What case studies illustrate your points?
Where is the most bang for buck going to come from?
Thesis - did we get somewhere?
Is it worth it?
economically
Bring it back to sustainability!!
eco footprint, energy efficiency
Unemployment
Health and quality of life data
Sustainable cities are worth it, however building from scratch is not necessarily the answer
Comments/observations
Questions were good
Use of case studies
LICs, NICs, HICs
Silence is good - pause to think
Case studies
Eco
Masdar
Residents targeted: students, researchers, businesses
Underground transport failed
PlaNYC
Not built from scratch
Public transport > savings
Green space
Paris
Transport issues:
Beijing - eastern renewal; relocating government - business creation
Mount Barker??
Resilient
PlaNYC
Wetland regeneration > resilient > economic benefits (tourism)
Keeping people safe
Geopolitical threats
Detroit
economically sustainable
Diversified economy
Lagos flooding
floating schools
Smart
Songdo
High spending
70,000 residents only (social - quality of life)
HOW?
Manhattan steal; lacks identity
Cost of housing vs affordable housing
Explain how and evaluate!!
Build from scratch?
Scratch
Small populations
Lack identity
Tommy - China visit: build smart, but lacks community
Foundation needed
Sharing ideas - Masdar could > importance of C40
These need time to rectify
Tourism and business needed
Retrofitt
Dharavi
Interesting - how does it fit here?
There's a base/foundation
Evolutionary approach
Population growth in developing countries - new cities needed
C40: sharing ideas; each context is different; shared contexts can borrow sustainable
Possibilities: population growth control
Possibilities
Involving residents