Writing assignment

-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