SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• Developing America

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What is Sustainable?

• Essentially, being sustainable means balance and
  the effective use of all resources to meet
  todays needs while ensuring that an adequate
  stock of resources is available for future
  generations
• Development that meets the needs of the present
  without compromising the ability of future
  generations to meet their own needs

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Sustainable Community

• The sustainable community is a model an ideal
  type comprised of a set of goals that we may work
  towards

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Changing Community

• Before local areas can provide the sustainable
  quality of life that will be demanded by
  communities in 50 years, we will need to change
  our perception of community and translate these
  perceptions into practical methods

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A Vision

• Alice Asks the Cat would you tell me please
  which way I ought to go from here?
• It depends a good deal on where you want to go
• I dont much care says Alice
• Then it does not matter which way you go
• As long as I get somewhere
• You are sure to do that if you only walk long
  enough

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A Few Discussion Points

• Where are the sustainable societies?
• What is the CHARACTER of community?
• What is Fine Grained Planning?
• What is a DISTINCTIVE community?
• What is a Compact Community?

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Characteristics

• A place that is in population balance
• A place where the quality of life is recognized
  and capable of definition
• A place that has a sense of itself
• Recognizes and acts on our relationship to the
  natural environment
• Uses technology as a means not an end

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Characteristics - 2

• Optimizes its resources
• Maintains capacity to function as a living place
• A place that is responsive
• Place that preserves heritage
• A place that grows smart

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Ideas
"Sustainability is the emerging doctrine that
economic growth and development must take place,
and be maintained over time, within the limits
set by ecology in the broadest sense - by the
interrelations of human beings and their works,
the biosphere and the physical and chemical laws
that govern it . . . It follows that
environmental protection and economic development
are complementary rather than antagonistic
processes." -- William D. Ruckelshaus, "Toward a
Sustainable World," Scientific American,
September 1989.
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Just a Thought
The depreciation of education, health care,
environmental protection and other services
diminish the well-being and resilience of human
communities. The fear of job loss is
destabilizing and unemployment leads to a wide
range of social ills.
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Selling Sustainability
This location is a town of over 6,000 people. It
was first called Poplar Grove, later InnisVail,
then Innisfail. The town's name comes from the
Gaelic to mean "Isle of Destiny". Its people are
hard workers with a positive attitude. Today,
Innisfail, is one of the most desirable places in
the wild rose province of Alberta, if not all of
great Canada, to live, love and linger.
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Selling Environment
Mayor Pat Newman beamed with pride as she
uttered, "the facilities we have in Innisfail for
recreation and leisure enjoyment make us an
attractive place for people to live." People
moving to Innisfail are very impressed with the
recreation facilities available.
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Selling Location
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Local Balance?
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SUSTAINABLE IMAGERY
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Of Remote Places
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And Small Places
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Or Open Spaces
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And Panoramas
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And Idyllic Lives
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Sometimes a Place Under Assault
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A Place of Poverty of the Spirit
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Incomes Age Structure Land Use
Decline Tourism Resources
CONDTIONS
TRENDS
KEY ISSUES
Health Care Elderly Green Cities
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World Metro Engine
100
80
60
40
20
0
More Developed Regions
Less Developed Regions
1950
2040
1950
2040
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Sustainable Metros?
1970
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1985
2000
20
15
10
5
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5 - 10 Million Persons
10 - 15 Million Persons
15 Million Or More
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The Real Story
The real story of the rural area is the elderly.
In U.S. communities under 5,000 one in three
persons will be aged 65 by 2020.
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Growth in Elderly
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Growth Has Limits
Growth Occurs within some limits the ultimate
limit is the carrying capacity of the environment
THERE IS A COMFORT ZONE IN ALL GROWTH PLANNING
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Values Cultural Diversity
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS ECLECTIC IN APPROACH.
IT PLACES AN EXTRAORDINARY VALUE ON THE
MAINTENACE AND CREATION OF REAL AUTHENTIC
CULTURAL VALUES AND ICONS
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Respect For Other Life
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OD SHARED SPACE
IS AN OVERARCHING CONCEPT
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Adherence to Historic Features
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The Planning Form
ALL PLANNING SHOULD BE A COMPLETE INTEGRATION OF
COMMUNITY CONTAINING HOUSING, SHOPS, WORK PLACES,
SERVICES AND CIVIC LIFE.
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Neighborhoods

Scale
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Communities Must Have A Center Focus
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Pedestrians Must Be Part of the Center System
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Maintain The Green
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Well Defined Edge
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Local Focus
THE MOST VALUABLE ASSETS OF A COMMUNITY ARE THE
ONES THEY ALREADY HAVE
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HUMAN INVESTMENT