booklet 14 - suds

• Ecological footprint


  the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.
• sustainability


  meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
• Liveability


  the quality of life in an urban setting, where the accessibility to needs and services contributes to overall well-being
• Urban resilience


  ability of individuals, communities, businesses within a city to survive, adapt and grow, no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and shocks they experience.
• why do we need sustainable development

  - increased population

  - increased car ownership

  - rapid urbanisation

  - increased risk of flooding

  - health issues

  - global warming
• What do sustainable cities provide

  employment,

  high standard of living,

  clean healthy environment

  fair governance for all
• Agenda 21


  Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 stressing the need for the world to develop a sustainable world economy.

  
  

  Local, national and global scale
• How do cities work as systems?

  Sustainable cities have circular systems in place to prevent inputs like food goods, people producing outputs like waste, air pollution and wealth sprawl.

  Sustainable cities recycle input and outputs
• What are the features of sustainable cities?

  - areas of open space

  - new energy efficient homes

  - public transport

  - safe walking and cycling

  - access to affordable housing

  - community feel

  - waste as a resource

  - services are resources are accessible to all
• What obstacles are there to cities being more sustainable?

  - high costs involved

  - not enough resources involved

  - lack of wealth

  - lack of government control

  - retrofitting - expensive

  - priority of it
• What are strategies for developing more sustainable cities?

  - provision of green space

  - investment in more sustainable housing

  - adoption of local currency

  - investment in low income countries

  - disaster reduction

  - investment in infrastructure
• What characteristics are used to assess the level of liveability within cities?

  - stability

  - healthcare

  - culture and environment

  - education

  - infrastructure
• What cities top and bottom the liveability ranks? Do these cities share any features?

  top - Australia - Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, New Zealand - Auckland

  
  

  bottom - Libya - Tripoli, Nigeria - Lagos, Syria - Damascus