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The Economics of Sustainable Cities: Four Key Components

Posted by: xamboli, 27. January 2012 - 11:35
Source: http://sustainablecitiescollective.com

Richard Palmer raised the point that existing cities can be designed to encourage more sustainable behaviour, saying ‘creatively dealing with existing urban spaces is critical – we must not just rely on new areas to get it ‘right”.

Rory Williams was happy to place blame: ‘bad design that has led to the mess we are in, encouraging irresponsible behaviour’, adding ‘designed well, we don’t have to teach how to use the city sustainably’.

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