Sustainable Cities Planning Quiz

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What is the purpose of retrofitting in environmental planning?

To preserve open space within the city

To reuse old materials and spaces to save biodiversity outside cities (correct)

To build fresh developments that promote economic opportunities

To create futuristic urban designs that address climate change

What is the role of cooperatives in creating sustainable cities?

To ensure social equity and use natural resources responsibly

To promote economic opportunities and environmental justice

To collectively manage a resource, such as housing or agricultural production (correct)

To create relationships within the city that preserve and use open space

What is the tension between sustainable development and the economy?

Sustainable development is not important for the economy

Sustainable development and the economy always align

What is good for the environment and what is good for the economy do not always match up (correct)

The economy is more important than sustainable development

What is community planning?

The process of designing cities and neighborhoods Signup and view all the answers

What is the benefit of community planning?

Creating a place that community members want to live in Signup and view all the answers

What is a cooperative?

A business owned and operated by its members Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of cooperatives?

To leverage the purchasing power of members Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a cooperative?

A grocery store in Detroit Signup and view all the answers

What is the benefit of cooperatives?

Allowing for secure, healthy lives with a smaller footprint Signup and view all the answers

What are public planning meetings?

Meetings where people can learn about how their leaders are designing for the future Signup and view all the answers

What is the benefit of attending public planning meetings?

Learning about how leaders are designing for the future and speaking up for places and spaces Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of community planning?

To create the type of place community members want their location and future to be Signup and view all the answers

Which field involves urban planning, geography, economics, and agriculture, and focuses on building sustainable communities?

Environmental planning Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of sustainable development?

Using natural resources responsibly, promoting economic opportunities and environmental justice, and ensuring social equity. Signup and view all the answers

What is smart growth planning?

A tool to control and direct the movement of sprawl or places on the outskirts of cities Signup and view all the answers

What is ecological design?

An effort to build buildings and even whole cities to mimic nature Signup and view all the answers

What is new urbanism?

An approach to sustainable neighborhoods Signup and view all the answers

What is retrofitting in the context of creating sustainable cities?

Thinking about effective ways to address climate change and atmospheric warming Signup and view all the answers

What is the labora coop in Barcelona building?

Collaborative housing model Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of a climatopia?

Addressing climate change through urban design Signup and view all the answers

Why is creating sustainable cities a community effort?

Because it involves planning our cities and neighborhoods Signup and view all the answers

Smart growth planning can be used to create sustainable neighborhoods.

True Signup and view all the answers

New urbanism always leads to inequitable access to economic opportunities and housing.

False Signup and view all the answers

Sustainable cities must prioritize the needs of all citizens, including vulnerable groups.

True Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Creating Sustainable Cities: Planning for Climate Change and Environmental Justice

Climatopias are utopian urban designs that attempt to address climate change, created by architects and designers around the world.
Environmental planning is an interdisciplinary field involving urban planning, geography, economics, and agriculture, which focuses on building sustainable communities.
Sustainable development means using natural resources responsibly, promoting economic opportunities and environmental justice, and ensuring social equity.
Zoning and other tools are often part of smart growth planning, which tries to control and direct the movement of sprawl or places on the outskirts of cities.
Ecological design is an effort to build buildings and even whole cities to mimic nature.
Urban planning is about relationships, so it's rarely a neutral act, and one approach to sustainable neighborhoods includes new urbanism.
Sustainable cities are about planning for the future and reconciling the past, and retrofitting is just one tool we have as we think about effective ways to address climate change and atmospheric warming.
Creating sustainable cities can't just be a part of our future. It also has to be part of our present, and that means citizens can get involved.
Barcelona's labora coop is building off a collaborative housing model used in Denmark, Germany, and Uruguay that provides non-speculative housing.
Groups of people are banding together to leverage their numbers and purchasing power to envision new ways to exchange goods and services that will allow for secure, healthy lives but with a smaller footprint.
Planning our cities and neighborhoods, including our communities in rural spaces, is a community effort.
As communities come together and define their neighborhood, they create the type of place they want their location and their future to be.

Sustainable Cities: Planning for the Future

Climatopias are futuristic urban designs that address climate change.
Environmental planning is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on building sustainable communities.
Sustainable development involves using natural resources responsibly and promoting economic opportunities, environmental justice, and social equity.
Sustainable neighborhoods can be created through smart growth planning, zoning, and ecological design.
Planning for the future involves reconciling the past and creating tension between retrofits and fresh development.
Retrofitting existing buildings and infrastructure can have a significant global impact and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Sustainable cities must prioritize the needs of all citizens, including vulnerable groups, and address issues such as pollution, water quality, and environmental justice.
Citizens can get involved in creating sustainable communities through cooperatives and attending public planning meetings.
Urban planning can create tension between what is good for the environment and what is good for the economy.
New urbanism and gentrification can lead to inequitable access to economic opportunities and housing.
Urban areas offer efficient access to services but create pressure and strain on resources.
Sustainable cities must prioritize strong communities and consider what makes a city sustainable beyond just infrastructure.

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Test your knowledge on planning for climate change, environmental justice, and sustainable development in urban areas. Explore concepts such as smart growth planning, zoning, ecological design, and citizen involvement in creating sustainable communities.