GEO 454 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sustainable Urbanism, Walkability, Ecological Footprint
23 Mar 2017
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In theory: development that meets present needs without compromising ability of future generations to meet their needs. Triangle of planning- planners pulled in 3 different directions. Definition of sustainability is more localized and small scale. Don"t need to worry so much about large scale- focus on small scale. Triangle corners are in tension with each other. Planner has to be mediator: to keep peace between 3 corners. Find common ground between competing perspectives and integrate them. Planner needs to reach middle green, profitable, and fair sustainability. Farr chapter 2: sustainable urbanism: where we need to go. Can start translating sustainability into smaller doable things. Grand unification having cake and eating it too. People getting what they want in a more sustainable way. Sustainable urbanism defined: walkable, transit served urbanism integrated with high performance buildings and infrastructure. Attributes to sustainable urbanism: defined center and edges. At center of neighborhood there are things to walk to: compactness, completeness.
