GEOG 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Green Economy, Public Land, Agenda 21
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Green space as a part of everyday life. Emphasis on environmental systems as a unique way of designing a city. Urban sites not only as sites of demand but also as sites of supply. Vancouver supplies clean air; this is one of the reasons why it is considered one of the top cities in the world. Need to connect the urban to the non-urban in a sustainable way. A city metabolizes takes in food/water, has waste as well; it is a living organism in a sense. Conscious development: meets needs for the present while ensuring that there are resources for future generations. Development that takes into account other systems besides humans. Corruption and lack of incentives without strong state intervention (tragedy of the commons) People"s abilities to make demands change with income inequality. 1992, rio very bureaucratic, agenda for ecological conservation. Everyone depends on environment, human impact weakening nature"s ability to. Definition of (cid:498)green(cid:499) economy comes out of this deliver.
