Sustainability report

Cover

Visually attractive, color. 1/3 text, 1/3 figures, 1/3 background space

[INSERT NEIGHBORHOOD NAME] Sustainability Assessment

Insert graphics in your cover showing sustainability in your neighborhood if possible.

My Full Name

Urban Studies 310: #XXXXX Sustainable Cities

California State University Northridge

Date

Date

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The introduction is just that. It should briefly introduce your report (your neighborhood, explain what sustainability is, explain that you will be performing a sustainability assessment The intended audience is the City Council and local residents and businesses.) Do not present your findings or conclusions in the Introduction.

Executive Summary (or Abstract)

The Executive Summary should briefly summarize the entire assessment (every section in a short phrases or bullets) . This is not an introduction to the report. Do not introduce anything that is not contained in the rest of the paper. A busy person should be able to read only the Executive Summary and the Recommendations sections without reading the entire presentation.

Recommendations

In a concise manner list your recommendations for the City Council and residents for improving the sustainability of your neighborhood. This can be numbered recommendations or bullets with brief text.

Built Environment (example)

· Do this

· Do this

· Do this

Climate and Energy (example

· Do this

· Do this

· Do this

(…. Etc Repeat for each column heading)

Neighborhood Description

Describe the neighborhood. Provide a map showing boundaries of the neighborhood. Describe the various characteristics of the neighborhood. Include photos tables, etc. Include at least one photo of yourself in the neighborhood. Do not provide sustainability analysis here.

Methodology

Concisely describe your approach and what you did. This report provides a Sustainability Analysis for __________ using the STAR Community Rating System. Insert the entire STAR matrix image, circle the cells you will use (at least one in each column) and explain how you will use it. Be sure to insert the citation reference and list the STAR Community Rating System in your references section at the end of the report.

Example: The STAR rating system consist of seven sustainability rating areas. Within each area, applicable sustainability criteria were selected and used to rate the existing neighborhood. Recommendations for increasing sustainability are then provided.

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. [Note: All the sections below must be supported with research, field visits, photos, facts, and citations.These must be placed in the text – not at the end of the paper. ]

Sustainability Assessment

Introduce your sustainability indicators and how you use them. Then provide the sustainability assessment and scorecard (High / Medium / low) for each column heading in the STAR Matrix. Select at least one cell(s) under each column. Provide facts, figures, photos, graphs, etc. Within each indicator provide your recommendations for improving sustainability for the indicator. Be sure to use additional sub-headings for your selected cells. Example:

Built Environment Low

[Purpose statement] Provide . . . ..

BE-1 Ambient Noise and Light

Existing Neighborhood

· Facts Figures citations

· Facts Figures citations

· Facts Figures citations

Recommendations (or Local Actions)

· Recommendation

· Recommendation

· Etc

Repeat for each column and cell(s) under each column

References

Use APA or MLA citations throughout the paper and include “References” as your last heading.

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