GGRA03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Intergenerational Equity, Sustainable Development, Passive Solar Building Design
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Sustainable cities idea is that its globally, cities are the center of production and consumption. Inter-generational: borrowing form the future generations: we are doing this right now, by using so much fossil fuels for example were damaging global climate and we are making future generations difficult to meet their needs. April 1, 2014: sustainable development is development that improves the long term health of human and ecological systems" wheeler 1998, we need to reduce energy by a capita of 90 percent. If we don"t make cities sustainable then we can"t make the whole world sustainable: how can cities contribute to sustainability, key concept: cities are one key to a sustainable future. Compact cities: consume less land, reduce travel time, reduce energy consumption, have waste heat from energy plants to heat homes, promote public transit, and revitalizing inner city areas. Sustainable transport: high density cities use less gasoline, lower cities used less gasoline, energy consumption in lower densities is higher.
