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BCN1582 Module 3 Exam StudySet @ 2024- 2025
What do sustainable communities do? - Answer Considers future generations
Retains diversity (creativity, skills)
Balanced development
Considers wider interdependencies
Community-owned, participatory
What makes cities unsustainable? - Answer Population density in an area: stress and
differences are exacerbated
Lower percentage of the people making decisions: less control Lack of communication
Poor planning: impacts of decisions are increased over time and area
What makes cities sustainable? - Answer More compact: proximity to different needs
Diversity
Reuse of resources more efficient
Visioning in a community
Environmental impacts are more directly identified w/
interrelated systems
What do community capabilities and assets include? - Answer Financial and physical
capital
Human Capital
Social/CulturalCapital
NaturalCapital
What questions are asked in community sustainable development planning? - Answer
Where are we?
Where we are going?
How we get there?
,What is the Community's Journey to Sustainability & Well-being ? - Answer Identifying
Needs and Concerns
Gathering Community Information
Visioning and Identifying Outcomes
Community Sustainable Development (SD) Planning
Community SD Actions
Community Well Being Outcomes
What are sustainable community enablers? - Answer Access to Resources
Access to Information
Shared Values
Skilled leaders, capable organizations
Brokering Partnerships
Strong Social Capital
What is sustainable Seattle? - Answer - A regional sustainability indicator organization
(1991)
- Works with the community to measure and make progress towards sustainability
- Developed regional sustainability indicators based on citizens' values and goals for
their communities
What are the overall sustainable Seattle goals? - Answer Natural Environment Goals
Built Environment Goals
Social Environment Goals
Personal Environment Goals
Sustainable Seattle Natural Environment goals - Answer Preservation of habitat &
biodiversity
Clean and sufficient wate
Sustainable Seattle Built Environment goals - Answer Livable neighborhoods
Responsible land use
Sustainable transportation
Climate protection
, Sustainable Seattle Social Environment goals - Answer Income equity
Food security
Health equity
Affordable quality housing for all
Sustainable Seattle Personal Environment goals - Answer Healthy living choices
Happy, safe and satisfied citizens
Quality educational opportunities
What are some sustainable Seattle programs? - Answer Sustainable Neighborhoods
- Showcase innovative projects
- Document best practices
- Workshops
Rain Gardens
- Workshops - how residents can install their own rain garden
- Rain garden scholarship project
Sustainable Business
- Facilitates alliances between experts and businesses
- Incorporation of sustainable business practices into the community enterprises
- Sustainability awards
What are two things community planning, design, and construction can affect? - Answer
Air quality and physical activity
What are the Five Steps in Sustainable Development Planning? - Answer 1. Partnerships
2. Community-Based Issue Analysis
3. Action Planning
4. Implementation & Monitoring
5. Evaluation &Feedback
What happens in the partnership step in sustainable development planning? - Answer -
Establish an organizational structure for planning by service providers and users
- Establish a shared community vision
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