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The main advantage of a sustainable city is
that it provides a living environment that that does not degrade
the natural environment as well as does not achieve its
current progress by the expense of future generations
In addition to these, it also offers:
- More effective economy, less external/social
costs.
- Increased quality of life. (E.g. improved human health, nicer natural &
built environment, less stress in traffic jams, less commuting/more
free time, more cooperative community etc.)
- Positive feedback loops may start. (E.g. cleaner environment => improved human health
=> increased productivity => more tax money for the environment)
- More efficient transportation and
compact land use patterns.
- Minimal urban sprawl that does not eat
up green spaces, trigger more traffic, or demand new and
expensive infrastructural developments.
- Social progress.
(E.g. stronger civil society, improved aesthetic value of the
natural/built environment, better health => more funds available
for social welfare, more eco-taxes => less employment taxes
=> more jobs => less poverty & conflicts etc.)
- Less air polution/solid waste/sewage/noise.
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Central
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Sweden
Argentina
Advantages noted by other
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