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Exploring Urban Sustainability - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Mixed land Uses Blend residential,commercial and recreation spaces to create walkable neighbourhoods where the daily needs are accessible. Smart Growth also encourage High Density Multi-Story Buildings for Efficiently use land and infrastructure, Transit Oriented Development is focused on Public transit hubs and reduce reliance on automobiles and traffic congestion
        
        Connected Communities,(Locating Things that People Needs and Close to where they live) Accessible Transportation,(Connecting People to Their Jobs and Needs) Community Voice (a Say About what is being built in their neighbourhoods), Investing in Main Streets (Development in Existing Communities)
        
        Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town, Japan (Former Factory Site)
        it was implemented for a 19-hectare, 600-household, eco-friendly community designed for 100-year sustainability
        
        Public Resistance and Culture, Regulatory Barriers and Cost
- - - - Solar Energy: Photovoltaic panels on residential rooftops and large-scale solar farms, such as the Bhadla Solar Park in India, convert sunlight directly into electricity.
        
        The Bhadla Solar Park was made from a public-private partnership, becoming the world's largest solar park at 2.25 GW. The project spans 14,000 acres, utilizing over 10 million solar panels, with construction managed through reverse auctions to achieve, at the time, some of the lowest solar tariffs globally.
      - intermittent nature of power generation (sun/wind dependency), high initial investment costs for infrastructure, and the need for significant grid modernization to handle fluctuating supply
      - Renewable energy principles center on utilizing naturally replenishing, non-depletable, and low-emission sources—such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal—to generate power
- - - - designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use (circulating them at their highest value), and regenerating natural systems
        
        Denmark's 93% bottle return rate
        Denmark's 93% bottle return rate—often referred to as "Pant"—works through a highly efficient, non-profit, and technologically advanced circular economy system operated by Dansk Retursystem
        
        high initial investment costs for infrastructure, lack of advanced recycling technologies, and deeply ingrained linear consumption habits
- - - - using electricity stored in a battery pack to power an electric motor, which turns the wheels, converting electrical energy into mechanical motion via electromagnetism
      - Real-world examples of electric vehicles (EVs) range from popular consumer cars like the Tesla Model Y and Model 3, which dominated global sales in 2022-2023
- - - - increasing resource efficiency, reducing waste and pollution, protecting ecosystems, and advancing low-carbon, high-skill industries
      - Green jobs are roles that contribute to preserving or restoring the environment, spanning sectors from renewable energy to waste management. As of 2025, the renewable energy sector alone employs over 16 million people globally
      - widening skills gap, high initial investment costs for infrastructure, and a lack of specific, actionable policy frameworks