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Pre-class activity: Individually, write a response (~100 words total) to video 1.3, addressing the following questions. 

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Pre-class activity: Individually, write a response (~100 words total) to video 1.3, addressing the following questions. 

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In your opinion:

Q1. what would a ‘sustainable urban community’ look like?
Q2. how might we measure if it was sustainable or not?

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2. Your answer will be released before workshop on Wednesday.

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CCHU9001 1.3 A Brief History of Some Futures

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Q1. I think it would look similar to the visions that have been proposed in the past. That is, to live in accordance with nature. But I would see it to be balanced with a sense of relativity (Some things may have more and other things may have less but it should be based on need and not on feelings, etc.)as well and the judgment made for that is to be determined by rationality.

Q2. Other than comparing with the UN's goals of sustainability, I suppose by looking at the average quality of an individual's life within that region.

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1. A sustainable urban community is a green community where the supply of energy should be more than the demand. That means the community has more green transport, buildings, etc to carefully manage natural resources.

2. As mentioned, the community should be green in order to maintain its sustainability, carbon emissions, waste production, and air quality should be managed. Therefore, we may set up a world standard scale to measure these aspects and check whether this community is sustainable or not.

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A ‘sustainable urban community’ would be a balanced society where human survives, develops and reproduces. Here, key resources (including water, food, energy and raw materials) are generated and reused to meet the demands of the people from within. It is expected that this community would be sustained in harmony with the environments and external counterparts.

Social, economic and environmental aspects are some important indicators for the sustainability of a community. Social sustainability is achieved when the needs of people are satisfied in a fairly and justiciable manner; economic sustainability is achieved when there is a growth in GDP; and environmental aspects is achieved when the community and environment do not cause harm to each other.

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Sustainable means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. A sustainable urban community would be achieving a sustainable community that is driven by citizens' behavior. It is in terms of transport behavior, food choices, economic activities, waste management, nature conservation, etc. We might determine whether it is sustainable by assessing the actions, decisions and innovations taken by citizens and the government. Certain indexes might be helpful to evaluate sustainability, such as water sustainability index, ecological footprint, or SDG index score.

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A sustainable urban community where the infrastructures should constantly encourage an eco-friendly lifestyle within the members. For example, the community could actively reduce carbon emission by choosing cycling as the main transport method, so more cycle routes instead of highways for motor vehicles. To encourage zero waste, compost facilities will handle 100% of all waste generated both industrial or residential, making landfills and incinerators obsolete.

To measure sustainability, the target 6 of the eleventh sustainable development goal should be used. By 2030, environmental impact of the community should be thoroughly evaluated, criteria including air quality and waste management. These indicators are to be weighted with the growth of the community, ensuring a sustainable development with balancing the environmental impact and the economic growth.

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Q1. what would a ‘sustainable urban community’ look like?
The video mentions one example of a high-rise green city based on low-carbon green environment ideals. For example, reducing waste, recycling responsibly and driving less are also included. A ‘sustainable urban community’ criteria might be based on health and environment, political justice or security, social equity, and ease and convenience.

Q2. how might we measure if it was sustainable or not?
According to the video, it might be based on people trying to imagine a better future and how making an ideal community is also discussed. Also, we need to consider how systems work and what systems are required based on social, environmental, and economic principles.

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A sustainable urban community would be a place where people lives in harmonic with the surrounding. In the community,the extents of urban developments should be balanced with the preservation of the organic natural environment. Resources should be acquired through a recyclable manner so that the community sustain within a independent system.

Standards should be defined to assure the sustainability of both the construction and maintenance of the community. First, complete replacement of the nature with inorganic infrastructure should be minimized. Artificial designs are only used to enhance the original environment for better living experiences. Second, the major resources should be extracted from renewable source, allowing the city to form a (mostly) independent internal energy system. Resources support from the external environment(outside of the sustainable urban community) should only be used cautiously.

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Q1: A ‘sustainable urban community’ implies that the city works to improve its economic prosperity while improving its environmental impact through urban planning and management. There are three aspects to achieving a sustainable city. Renewable energy (eg. solar energy) should be developed and minimize the depletion of non-renewable energy, thus significantly lowering carbon emissions. The social group regularly organize promotional activities (eg. Training workshop and Tree-planting) to inform sustainability goals to the public. The city should advocate organic farming to reduce the usage of chemical pesticides and GM materials, therefore maximizing the conservation of biodiversity on agricultural land and in its surroundings.

Q2: Firstly, the carbon footprint of a city can be measured and compared with the average carbon footprint globally or we can determine if the city achieves carbon neutrality which is a state with zero net emissions of carbon dioxide. Also, we can measure the scores towards each of the 17 SDGs.

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Q1: The 'sustainable urban community' is like an eco-logical future which follows the eco-logical features, including raising a green city of 350 thousand people based on low carbon green environment ideal. For example, to reduce carbon release, the city should support food, water, power and transportation. Building the infrastructure based on eco architecture, green building and zero waste, etc. solution a clear proposition to achieve a sustainable urban community.

Q2. If we would like to measure sustainability, the goals of achieving sustainability should be used. Apart from the 11 sustainability goals that should be followed, the environmental impact and the financial growth should be balanced during the actions.

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Q1. I believe “sustainable urban community” would adapt more green methods. For instance, using electricity-powered vehicles as public transports and eliminating diesel-powered public transport. The community would rely more on renewable energy than non-renewable energy as major source of electricity. Additionally, “sustainable urban community” would have sufficient infrastructure and facilities, like, hospital, communal space, etc, for public use.

Q2. Sustainability could be measure through constant monitoring on whether the city has achieve those small and long-term goals, related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, set by the environmental department. For example, for Goal 13 on climate action, the city could set a goal on limiting their carbon emission and gradually decreasing the maximum carbon emission by year. If the city achieved the goals, then sustainability of the community could be regarded as “improving”, vice versa.

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A sustainable urban community is somewhat like a tree on its own. It utilises the energy and water collected for people to consume. There is food made within the body, like photosynthesis, which continuously creates food to supply the growth of the body. The body must make the best use of all its resources and control the balance of supply and demand. For a sustainable urban community, it would generate energy through a zero-carbon medium like wind or solar, and use energy efficiently so that there is enough electricity. Or like reduce water use and treat sewage, to control demand and increase supply.

It would be best to use multiple indexes to measure sustainability like the 2nd, 6th and 7th targets of the SDGs (focusing on food, water and energy). As these measure the basic supply for people to live. Every city requires infrastructure that makes these three items in order to sustain its operation. We can measure what proportion of making a supply comes within the community, and the number of outputs that are wasted. An ideal sustainable urban community would have a full proportion of supply sourced within the community and no waste.

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Q1. A sustainable urban community is one that would continually improve and develop itself while addressing the social, economical, and environmental aspects. This means that the community is able to find a compromise between meeting the needs of the people and making the community prosper as a whole while sustaining the environment and resources. One general example of a development in a sustainable urban community would be the innovation of "green" infrastructures that would improve the efficiency of the economy as well as benefit society.

Q2. We can use the sustainable development framework consisting of three aspects: social, economic, and environmental.
For the social aspect, we can determine the impacts of the project/community development on the people such as living conditions, safety, health, and more. For the economic aspect, the sustainability could be measured by seeing how it would foster job creation or the ROI of the project. Lastly, for the environmental aspect, the carbon footprints can be projected as well as the impacts on the air and water quality.

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There are many interpretations of what a sustainable urban community would look like although the visions of ideal settlements presented in the video are all green and isolated societies through island types of settlements. The goal would be to reach a balance between urban life and environmental protection with the idea of ecological urbanism. For example, a sustainable community would encourage the use of green transportation such as public transport and bicycles mirroring the concept of the 15min city and the bicycle city such as Amsterdam. Furthermore, locals for recycling and composting would flourish leading to increased employment rates and reaching a zero-waste society. Indeed, a sustainable urban community would have to balance environmental preservation, social development, and economic progress.

The sustainability of a community relies on the harmony and prosperity of three main sectors: society, environment, and economy. Therefore, in order to measure the sustainability, an analysis of the three factors must be done to observe if the three are equally being taken into account: the people’s needs are not affecting the environment, the economy supports the people and the community’s social development, the development of the community economic system is not affecting the environment and its protection. One example of measurement would be the GINI index for the societal part which would measure inequality. Furthermore, calculating the CO2 emissions of the community would also give an insight into the ecological impact and efficiency.

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Q1. A sustainable urban community should have equal education, freedom, and no carbon. For example, the school can provide students including males and females library, a dancing club, and the right to attend lessons.

Q2. Examining the sustainability of energy should be one of the measures if a community is sustainable. To the best of our knowledge, many countries have relied on non-renewable energy. For instance, coal, natural gas, and oil. Thus, it is necessary to develop skills in using renewable energy when a community becomes a sustainable urban community. In other words, a sustainable urban community should rely on clear and renewable energy.

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1. I believe that there are several aspects to consider when it comes to the discussion of a sustainable urban community. For example, the more prominent one "environmental sustainability" refers to the conservation of natural resources, and how we can strike a balance between fulfilling our current energy demand and our future needs. However, human, social and economic sustainabilities should not be neglected and undermined as well.

2. Personally, I think sustainabilities means the ability to continuously drive and run a specific system (ecosystem, society, financial system) in long run.

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A sustainable city should be environmentally friendly and should not focus on urban development without efficient energy use. For example, in terms of energy supply, renewable energy will be used to supply electricity to different buildings. For water resources, the wastewater is recycled and used for greening and farming. In the age of intelligent technology, we should also use various monitors to real-time monitor all kinds of data so that the use of resources can be maximized.

To measure sustainability, we can use the sustainability indicator, which is a metric that measures an organization's ability to deliver long-term stakeholder value. We can measure sustainability based on seven dimensions: Energy, Emissions, Water, Materials, Waste, Injuries and Pay equity.

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1. A sustainable urban community should have special inventions belong to them such as the native language by Thomas More. These native characteristics help to build up and maintain the sense of belonging so that the community could be sustainable.

2. Personally, a sustainable community have to have a good environment that people can be surrounded by trees and breathing clean air. To identify if the community meet the mentioned, we can measure it by looking at the carbon footprint such as the percentage of electrical car in the community and how recycle work are done.

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A sustainable urban community may be full of greenery and eco-friendly facilities. For example, things used can be recycled and reused in order to reduce waste and maintain further production. The walls and surroundings of buildings and facilities may be full of plants to reduce carbon emission and sunlight is used for illumination. This can maintain the energy supply and the environment will be more sustainable.

We may measure sustainability using indicators from different aspects. For economics, we can measure the GDP of the community to find out the economic growth. For the environment, the amount of wastes produced and carbon emission, maybe carbon footprint, can be calculated. The level of satisfaction of citizens can be also measured so we can measure sustainability from these aspects.

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Q1. A sustainable urban community is the community where people could access to safe and affordable housing, at the same time the infrastructures where they live is continuously upgrading with urban planning. The community should also be environmentally friendly, including the materials used, the energy used. It should not be exploiting energy resources for the future, over combustion of coal, fossil fuels, these kinds of non-renewable energy. Instead, renewable energy like, solar power, wind power should be actively developed in order to improve and also sustain the environment that we are living in.

Q2. We can measure the sustainability with respect to the sustainable development goals. There are 17 goals, for instance, affordable and clean energy. People in a sustainable community should be able to access to clean and affordable energy like renewable energy.

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Sustainable communities all strive to be locations where people may prosper, have excellent health, and improve their quality of life. A sustainable community recognizes the need for regions, cities, and rural areas to endure into the future without depleting the land, water, air, natural resources, and cultural resources that support them. This acknowledgement illustrates the interdependence of environmental and social issues. The management of housing, transportation, and resource conservation preserves the aesthetic, ecological, and economic worth of the environment. And these are places where the usage of fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, water resource utilization, and pollution are all kept to a minimum. And ideally, the community able to supply its own food and clean water for citizens continuously.

In order to determine the sustainability, we can measure its carbon and green house gases emissions, air and water quality, and whether the food supply is stable.