SUSTAINABLE CITY = CURITIBA SUSTAINABLE URBAN Social Sustainability LIVING/COMMUNITY = BEDZED 26 parks for recreation and Social sustainability exercise. They are also sued as 100 homes so people know each natural flood defences other Pedestrianised areas The houses are affordable 700 people moved out of the slums housing. This means you only pay into good quality housing what you can afford to pay for Recycling 5kg of rubbish for 1kg them, based on your wage of fruit and veg and bus tickets – Roof top gardens to grown organic The Green Swap Programme. 70% fruit and veg with no chemicals of households do this. Economic sustainability Economic Sustainability 500m from the nearest train is an Industrial City 10 km station so people can access their West of the city, to provide jobs jobs for its citizens. 81% less heating so the bills are 200,000 new homes were built in cheaper the industrial zone so people could A rated appliance so they used cycle to work less electricity meaning cheaper 550 factories built to provide a bills range of jobs e.g. Volvo Environmental sustainability buses circulate the city and Z Car Share Scheme. The cars run arrive every 60 seconds on electricity South facing homes so no need for Environmental Sustainability heating Sheep mow the 27 parks so petrol 777m2 of solar panels lawn mowers are not used Recycle rainwater for toilet water Triple articulated come every 60 seconds which are used heavily in the city. They hold more passengers 1.5 million trees planted How transport strategies are used to reduce traffic congestion Traffic congestion is when there is a huge amount of cars on the road. It has increased because more people have more disposable income to afford cars and there are on average 2 cars per family. ISSUES WITH CONGESTION: Environmental problems = air pollution, release of co2 = global warming
SUSTAINABLE CITY = CURITIBA Social Sustainability 26 parks for recreation and exercise. They are also sued as natural flood defences Pedestrianised areas 700 people moved out of the slums into good quality housing Recycling 5kg of rubbish for 1kg of fruit and veg and bus tickets – The Green Swap Programme. 70% of households do this. Economic Sustainability is an Industrial City 10 km West of the city, to provide jobs for its citizens. 200,000 new homes were built in the industrial zone so people could cycle to work 550 factories built to provide a range of jobs e.g. Volvo buses circulate the city and arrive every 60 seconds Environmental Sustainability Sheep mow the 27 parks so petrol lawn mowers are not used Triple articulated come every 60 seconds which are used heavily in the city. They hold more passengers 1.5 million trees planted SUSTAINABLE URBAN LIVING/COMMUNITY = BEDZED Social sustainability 100 homes so people know each other The houses are affordable housing. This means you only pay what you can afford to pay for them, based on your wage Roof top gardens to grown organic fruit and veg with no chemicals Economic sustainability 500m from the nearest train station so people can access their jobs 81% less heating so the bills are cheaper A rated appliance so they used less electricity meaning cheaper bills Environmental sustainability Z Car Share Scheme. The cars run on electricity South facing homes so no need for heating 777m2 of solar panels Recycle rainwater for toilet water How transport strategies are used to reduce traffic congestion Traffic congestion is when there is a huge amount of cars on the road. It has increased because more people have more disposable income to afford cars and there are on average 2 cars per family. ISSUES WITH CONGESTION: Environmental problems = air pollution, release of co2 = global warming
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