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Advantages to Sustainable Cities
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Smart Communities Network Sustainable urban development can:
"These communities and others demonstrate
the multiple goals of sustainable development. Sustainable development
can enhance a sense of place, reduce crime, mitigate natural
hazards, conserve energy and resources, preserve culture and
heritage, improve traffic circulation, and reduce waste. It can
attract more viable economic development as competition among
communities for high-quality businesses becomes more intense.
Perhaps most important, it can help relate and integrate the
many components of a community to achieve a synergistic whole."
"The benefits would be reduced energy
budgets, reduced material consumption, and a smaller, more compact
urban pattern interspersed with productive areas to collect energy,
grow crops, and recycle wastes…. Cities with low automobile
dependence are more centralized; have more intense land use (more
people and jobs per unit area); are more oriented to non auto
modes (more public transit, foot traffic and bicycle usage);
place more restraints on high-speed traffic; and offer better
public transit…. The ideal urban form for a particular locale
will depend on the nature of the energy-supply options: for example,
higher densities make most efficient use of district heating
and public transport networks, while lower densities make solar
energy more viable." "In the climatically optimum city, the
thermal comfort and even the health of some city-dwellers improves.
Less energy is needed for indoor temperature control. Peak power
demand and peak stormwater run-off are reduced, saving on the
cost of city infrastructure." |
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