Living sustainably in urban environments
I can evaluate different strategies for making urban spaces more sustainable and less congested.
Living sustainably in urban environments
I can evaluate different strategies for making urban spaces more sustainable and less congested.
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Key learning points
- Urban sustainability requires management of resources and transport.
- The features of sustainable living include energy and water conservation, waste recycling and creating green spaces.
- Urban transport strategies can be used to reduce traffic congestion.
Keywords
Sustainable - a state of being able to be maintained at a certain level economically, socially and environmentally without compromising any future ability to achieve the same level
Congestion - an overcrowding of traffic in a particular space
Park and ride - a system where people can park their cars just outside the CBD and then take public transport into the centre
Common misconception
Reducing speed limits can increase traffic congestion.
Reducing speed limits is more likely to keep traffic flowing through a space rather than have prolonged congestion.
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