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Post-Sprawl Metropolis: Planning for the Transition to Sustainability

Post-Sprawl Metropolis: Planning for the Transition to Sustainability. Jennifer Wolch Department of Geography USC Sustainable Cities Program. Building the sustainable metropolis: Key challenge of post-sprawl era. What is sustainability? The four E’s.

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Post-Sprawl Metropolis: Planning for the Transition to Sustainability

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  1. Post-Sprawl Metropolis: Planning for the Transition to Sustainability Jennifer Wolch Department of Geography USC Sustainable Cities Program

  2. Building the sustainable metropolis: Key challenge of post-sprawl era

  3. What is sustainability? The four E’s • Environment: insure long-term viability of ecosystem and continued provision of “nature’s services” • Economy: secure high quality of life for current and future generations • Equity: promote social justice for people as well as nature • Engagement: involve full spectrum of stakeholder groups and residents in planning and policy

  4. Why ‘sprawl’ may be less sustainable than other forms of urbanization • Environment • Resource intensive • Land/habitat consumptive • Economy • May not reflect consumer preferences • Can limit regional development • Equity • Reinforces social polarization • Exacerbates fiscal inequities • Engagement • Fragments regional identity and dialogue

  5. The way from here to there • Using life-cycle & cross-cutting indicators • Rethinking ‘non-urban’ policy arenas • Collaborating across race, class, nation & species • Building cross-stakeholder coalitions • Constructing bold demonstration projects

  6. Ideas from Harmony, Florida • Academic-developer collaboration • Building green & clean • Mixed use, mixed densities, mixed incomes • Education for coexistence • Understanding cats & dogs (and ‘gators too)

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