1. 1 Sustainable Cities: An Oxymoron? Mr.B – SS10 Mr.B – SS10

2. 2 Sustainable City: An Oxymoron?

3. 3 Sustainability What is Sustainability? Latin sustinere. being to “maintain", "support", or "endure”. Since 1980s sustainability is used more in the sense of human sustainability on planet Earth Concept of ‘Sustainable Development’ developed from the United Nation Brundtland Commission of 1987

4. 4 Sustainability

5. 5 First Peoples & Sustainability Seven Generations Concept - to live sustainably and work for the benefit of the seventh generation into the future. - From Iroquois & their Great Law -Would the decisions made today benefit their children seven generations into the future.

6. 6 What does Sustainability look like?

7. 7 Sustainable Cities

8. 8 Urban Agriculture

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10. 10 Urban Agriculture Local Food - Less Carbon produced Absorbs heat from sun – city is cooler Lowers AC cost & energy use (carbon) Produces Oxygen Food!

11. 11 Sustainable Technology Sustainable technologies use less energy, fewer limited resources, do not deplete natural resources, do not directly or indirectly pollute the environment, and can be reused or recycled at the end of their useful life.

12. 12 Sustainable technologies Energy – least is best Water – just enough Waste – reduction In homes & industry

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14. 14 Renewable Energy What are renewable energy sources? Solar Wave Power Wind Geothermal

15. 15 Wave Power NATURE INSPIRING DESIGN

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17. 17 Geothermal Energy VIDEO LINK

18. 18 Wind Power

19. 19 ATTAINING SUSTAINABILITY Big city x Small town Solutions for 1.000.000 people are different than solution for 10.000 people Large area might apply a combination of energy sources

20. 20 Small town solutions are green

21. 21 Corporate Green Leadership TECHNOLOGY PREVENTING POLLUTION Communication availability Internet access Zero Waste Cradle to Grave Mentality & Life Cycle Assessment Life Cycle AssessmentLife Cycle Assessment

22. 22 Sharing Decision Making Arnstein ’ s Ladder of Citizen Participation DEGREE OF CITIIZEN PARTICIPATION 8. Citizen control 7. Delegated power 6. Partnership DEGREES OF TOKENISM 5. Placation 4. Consultation 3. Informing NON-PARTICIPATION 2. Therapy 1. Manipulation

23. 23 URBAN PLANNING: SURBURBIA Mass private suburbia This housed a widening middle class in a more individualized sprawl landscape, lacking in spatial coherence or community life It met private needs but created public problems for environment and social development

24. 24 Communal Design The New Urbanism movement returns to many aspects of a ‘garden city’ as a more ordered, communal and sustainable alternative to mass suburbia

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30. 30 Get Creative! LILLY-PAD FLOATING CITY Palm Jumeirah – Dubai