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Sustainable cities: How to realize an ecological breakthrough: A dutch approach
Ever since the publication of the Brundtland Report, Europe has been awash with policy documents on sustainable building and sustainable cities. Many developers, contractors, and property managers emphasize their deep commitment to sustainable building and sustainable management. But in practice little progress has been made in this area so far. The environmental impact of the use and upkeep of cities is guesswork. This paper identifies strategies to make cities sustainable and to realize an ecological breakthrough. The strategies are presented in terms of the chain of environmental impacts. Urban systems arc depicted as a confluence of areas, material flows, and actors. The ecological features of an area affect its environmental quality. Actors have to cooperate and to take initiatives to promote sustainability. Many environmental effects caused by urban activities are connected to flows of energy, resources, water, waste material, air pollution, and traffic. Specific environmental investments are needed to develop more sustainable urban systems.
Sustainable cities: How to realize an ecological breakthrough: A dutch approach
Ever since the publication of the Brundtland Report, Europe has been awash with policy documents on sustainable building and sustainable cities. Many developers, contractors, and property managers emphasize their deep commitment to sustainable building and sustainable management. But in practice little progress has been made in this area so far. The environmental impact of the use and upkeep of cities is guesswork. This paper identifies strategies to make cities sustainable and to realize an ecological breakthrough. The strategies are presented in terms of the chain of environmental impacts. Urban systems arc depicted as a confluence of areas, material flows, and actors. The ecological features of an area affect its environmental quality. Actors have to cooperate and to take initiatives to promote sustainability. Many environmental effects caused by urban activities are connected to flows of energy, resources, water, waste material, air pollution, and traffic. Specific environmental investments are needed to develop more sustainable urban systems.
Sustainable cities: How to realize an ecological breakthrough: A dutch approach
Priemus, Hugo (author)
International Planning Studies ; 4 ; 213-236
1999-06-01
24 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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