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Sustainable Cities and Communities - Coggle Diagram
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Adequate Housing
Good quality housing decreases the chance of home renovations or damage making living areas more desirable for those looking to purchase.
Affordable housing relieves stress of economic challenges for the community and provides an opportunity to lower rising homeless rates.
Energy efficient housing components lowers the use of fossil fuels making a positive impact on the sustainability of the environment.
Housing near workplaces and schools gives communities the opportunity to live at a walking distance to their desired location as well as improving accessibility.
Improvement of safety of housing communities brings buyers in as they feel a since of security and belonging in the community.
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Environmentally Friendly
Creating a focus group for environmental sustainability provides the opportunity to focus on environmental challenges in the community in order to improve sustainability.
Switching to reusable items reduced the need for single use plastic.
Shopping local or growing a community/backyard garden lowers the demand for grocery items packaged in single use plastic or unrecyclable materials.
The conservation of water reduces the use of water and output of wastewater.
Recycling and repurposing items gives the opportunity to bring a new life for old items and lowers the demand of single use items.
Lowered motor vehicle transportation decreases fossil fuels and makes a positive impact on the sustainability of the environment.
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Increase of Employment
Reevaluating employee wages gives workers the opportunity of increases in pay and benefits.
Promoting strategies for mental and physical health improves sustainability by forming a healthy work environment and mindset for workers.
Hiring directly and recruiting strategically brings the right people to a workplace without using a third party system.
Advertise to candidates in walking distance of location so they will have more accessibility to the workplace.
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Promoting a diverse workplace shows candidates that they have the opportunity to succeed in a given work environment without restrictions because of their gender, race, disability, and more.
Improved Food Production
Eating at local businesses funds the local organizations.
Nonprofit grocery stores and markets establishes the availability to low-cost and locally grown goods.
Fund local food production organizations improves well paid local employment opportunities.
Good practices lead to environmental sustainability through the lowered levels of pollution.
Healthy eating contributes to sustainable living as it encourages those in the community to shop for fresh local goods which increases funding for local food production.
Using food labels to ensure transparency so consumers know what they're buying, how it was made, and where it came from.
Recreation Organizations
Recreation promotes fitness and wellbeing of the community.
Recreational activities provide connections within the community and brings them together.
Local recreation helps people have pride in their community.
Recreational organizations bring green spaces to the community through outdoor locations and programs.
Recreational organizations develop activities that form a balance of human development for all ages.
Opens job opportunities to the communities through the development of recreational workforces.
