Writing assignment
Notes 9/3/19
When did we start talking about sustainable development and urban settings
Precursors early 19th century concerns about industrial cities
-living conditions of the working class
-human –nature separation
-industrial impacts on the environment
-suburban encroachment on natural areas
-1975- united nations habitat and human settlements foundation is established
- 1976 united nations conference on human settlements Vancouver Ca Habitat
-1977 United nations commission of human settlements is established united nations Centre for human settlements Habitat is established
- Tangible yet timid
-Responsibility for sustainable urban development scales down, from UN & national governments to local governments
-1990 International council on local environmental initiatives (now called ICLEI- local governments for sustainability is established
-1992 United Nations conference on environment and development, Rio de Janeiro (Earth Summit
-Agenda 21, chapter 7 agenda 21 aka Los Angeles
--1996 united nations conference in human settlements, Istanbul (Habit II City Summit
-The Habitat Agenda
-2002 Habitat is elevated to program status united nations human settlements programmed UN- Habitat
-2015 UN sustainable development conference, New York
- Sustainable development goals for 2030 are approved including SDG11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive safe, resilient and sustainable.
- 2016 United Nations conference on housing and Sustainable Urban development, Quito Habitat III
- New Urban Agenda
Why plan for sustainable development at the local scale in cities?
-Global sustainability is the end goal
-A sustainable city is essentially one that contributes effectively to the global aims of sustainable development
On planning for SD at the local scale
- The subsidiarity principle
-An organizing principle of decentralization l
-democracy
-Local governments and citizens have the strongest potential to do sustainable development well
- knowledge of local citizens, organizations
-Judgement of local authorities
-local human environment relations, responsiveness of local authorities.
-Are there other reasons why it may be more effective for local authorities, rather than national or international authorities, to guide local/unban sustainability planning?
Having someone from the local area will have more idea of the place be involved more.
Sustainability Goals
Planning sustainable development: the “three Est”
Environment
· What is it?
· What should we do to it?
Equity
-equity justice
>Equity- the notion of sharing burdens and benefits equally
> Justice – the notion of righting a wrong
- Intergenerational equity
- Intergenerational equity
-Social equity/ distributive justice
- Geographic equity
- procedural equity/ corrective or commutative justice
- Interspecies equity
Economy
-what should we do to it?
- Measures of success
-scale
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· A social dimension or livability
- Livability operates at level off the everyday physical environment and focuses on place making.
- Place- a geographic setting that is meaningful to you, because of your experiences, interactions, and memories there
-the importance of an expanded conceptualization of livability to sustainable development
· What are the qualities, attributes of a livable city?
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the property conflict
-Economic growth can create new inequalities or exacerbate existing inequalities between social groups
· Remedying an inequitable situation can impede economic growth
Economy v Equity
Example 1: Proposal to raise the city of loss angels minimum wage by $5
· What does equity mean in the context of wages?
· (wages Increases = better access to basic resources
-what does economic growth mean in the context of wages? Wage stability = attractive to industry
How might enhancing equity negatively impact economic growth in this scenario?
· How might economic growth negatively I’m pact in this scenario
The gentrification conflict
-Gods chalk 2004 specifics that this conflicts are in the context of older, lower- income urban neighborhoods that demonstrate livable design principles
- Livability improvements can result in lower-income social groups being displaced
· Prioritizing equity may mean avoiding livability improvements
· Can be extrapolated to new communities too
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Environmental gentrification
· The general process: Environmental improvements make a neighborhood more attractive
Conflict Minimization
· Conflict management/ minimization/ mitigation is a critical part of planning for urban sustainability
· Today – managing environmental