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What is a Sustainable City?
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A sustainable city integrates environmental dimensions into
the social and economic sectors in order to meet the needs of current
generations without compromising those of the future.
In order to achieve this, government structures need to work horizontally in order to implement the interdisciplinary nature of sustainable development. Governance is of core importance in implementing decisions towards sustainability and in effectively managing public interests in a politically organized community. Public participation, different from the one existing in traditional representative democracies, must be present. Thus, a sustainable city requires institutions and systems that can facilitate public participation in decision-making regarding environmental use and management. Further definitions from South America: "No city can sustain itself by drawing only on resources within its boundaries. What is sought in sustainable development is not cities that sustain themselves but cities (and rural areas) where the inhabitants' development needs are met without imposing unsustainable demands on local or global natural resources and systems."
"The project must guarantee that the municipal planning process include effective methods oriented in the following themes that are a priority of sustainability:
"A Sustainable City is a city where achievements in social, economic, and physical development are made to last. A Sustainable City has a lasting supply of the natural resources on which its development depends (us at a sustainable yield) and a lasting security from environmental hazards which may threaten development achievements (allowing for acceptable risk). The planning and management for sustainable city development requires agreements and coordinated actions by a variety of public, private, and popular sector actors at the individual, community, city, and national levels. "
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