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David Dewar. 1. Urban development accounts for 75% of carbon emissions. 2. Carbon and climate changes cannot be seen in isolation from other developmental.

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1 David Dewar

2 1. Urban development accounts for 75% of carbon emissions. 2. Carbon and climate changes cannot be seen in isolation from other developmental issues. 3. Cannot be seen in isolation from other international issues. 4. Urban decision-makers must take a resilient position.

3 1. Economic globalization and increasing structural unemployment. 2. Food security. 3. Water scarcity. 4. Improved liveable and enabling environments in the face of the increasing poverty. 5. Global warming and climate change.

4  Threatens food supply and extends range;  Generates massive amounts of movement;  Fails to deliver benefits of ‘city’;  Cannot develop public transport;  Poor trapped in space;  Destroys sense of place.

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6  Define edges  intensify

7  Increase densities : changes space economy

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14  No building on fault lines or other unstable geological conditions  No building on swelling clays or other unstable soil conditions  No building on slopes steeper than 1:4  No building in 100 year flood plains  No building in areas prone to flooding  No building below the 5 metre contour in coastal zones  No building on good agricultural soils.


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