PLANNING 3 NOTES PRE decrease climate change,

including a global shift to a low

FINALS
carbon economy.
Social Inclusion
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Supporting strong, vibrant and
healthy communities by providing
The Brundtland Commission defines the supply of housing required to
sustainable development as: meet the needs of present and
future generations and by
- Development that meets the creating a high-quality of
needs of the present without development, with accessible
compromising the ability of future local services that reflect the
generations to meet their own community’s needs and support
needs. its health, social and cultural
- It is a careful strategy to embrace well-being.
growth while using resources
more efficiently, with utmost
consideration of immediate and
long term benefits of our planet
and the humans who live on it.

3 PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Economic Growth
- Building a strong, competitive
economy, by ensuring that
sufficient land of the right type is
available in the right places and
at the right time to support growth Four Dimension of Sustainable
and innovation and identifying Development
then coordinating development - There are four dimensions to
requirements. sustainable development -
Environmental Protection society, environment, culture and
- Contributing to protecting and economy, these are intertwined,
enhancing our natural and not separate.
developed environment, while
helping to improve biodiversity, Sustainability is a paradigm for thinking
use natural resources wisely, about the future in which environmental,
minimizing waste and pollution societal and economic considerations
and adapting to and helping to
are balanced in the pursuit of an
improved quality of life.

Circles of Sustainability These are applied across all sectors of

development, including:
Economics - Agriculture
- Production & Resourcing - Infrastructure
- Exchange & Transfer - Energy use
- Accounting & Regulation - Urbanization
- Consumption & Use - Water availability
- Labour & Welfare - Transportation
- Technology & Infrastructure
- Wealth & Distribution History of Sustainable Development
Ecology
- Materials & Energy The concept of sustainable
- Water & Air development, although had appeared in
- Flora & Fauna 1970’s, was widely disseminated in the
- Habitat & Food early 1980’s by the World Conservation
- Place & Space Strategy, which called for the
- Constructions & Settlements maintenance of essential ecological
- Emission & Waste processes, the preservation of
Politics biodiversity and sustainable use of
- Organization & Governance species and ecosystems.
- Law & Justice
- Communication & Movement The Brundtland Report, Our Common
- Representation & Negotiation Future (World Commission on
- Security & Accord Environment and Development, 1987),
- Dialogue & Reconciliation placed it on the world’s political agenda
- Ethics & Accountability and helped rekindle public interests in
Culture the environment. It also spread the
- Engagement & Identity message that global environmental
- Recreation & Creativity management was needed, and that
- Memory & Protection without a reduction of poverty,
- Belief & Meaning ecosystem damage would be difficult to
- Gender & Generations counter. 20 years after the World
- Enquiry & Learning Conservation Strategy the same three
- Health & Well-being bodies published “Caring for the Earth”
which proposed principles intended to
help move from theory to practice.
Concept of Sustainable Development

It was introduced in the early 1980’s (in

particular through the publication of the
World’s Conservation Strategy, by
IUCN, UNEP and WWF, 1980), in order
to reconcile conservation and
development objectives. Since then, it
has evoked much discussion.

Objective of Sustainable Sustainable Development Practices

Development
Wind Energy
The aim of sustainable development is
to balance our economic, environmental People have utilized the power of the
and social needs, allowing prosperity for wind for millennia, dating back to the
now and future generations. Sustainable first recorded windmill in Persia between
development consists of a long-term, 500 and 900 AD. Fast forward to the
integrated approach to developing and 21st Century and in many localities,
achieving a healthy community by jointly energy generated by wind power has
addressing economic, environmental become either competitive with or less
and social issues, whilst avoiding the expensive than coal-generated
over consumption of key natural electricity.
resources.
Wind turbines are a great solution for
power generation due to their cost and
the fact that they require a very small
land footprint. Other land uses such as
farming, conservation and recreation
can happen simultaneously with wind
power generation. As the price of wind
power technology drops and energy
storage and transmission infrastructure
improves, wind energy could
significantly supplement or replace
entire grid systems.
Solar Energy

From roof-top solar panels to massive

solar farms that can attain the same
generating capacity as a conventional
power plant, it is clear that there is a
renewable energy revolution happening
in the world, and it is powered by the
sun.

A solar farm can reduce 94% of the

emissions that a coal power plant emits.
It also eliminates noxious pollutants like
sulfur nitrous oxides and mercury which
are major contributors to the air pollution
responsible for millions of premature
deaths every year. Solar technology is
getting cheaper and is now cost
competitive or less costly than
conventional power generation in many
parts of the world.

According to the International

Renewable Energy Agency, currently
220 million to 330 million tons of annual
carbon dioxide are saved due to solar
photovoltaics. With solar still making up
less than 2% of the global energy mix,
this shows the great potential for the
growth of solar in the future.
 rotation systems can outperform
conventional monoculture in both yield
and profitability. It is also a practice that
produces a diverse range of foods, can
be adapted to different local conditions,
causes less erosion and stores more
carbon in soils assisting with carbon
sequestration.

Crop Rotation

Currently we produce the bulk of our

food through industrial agriculture. A
system which relies on large farms that
monocrop and use enormous amounts
of fertilizer and chemical pesticides.
Industrial agriculture is immensely
damaging to soils, water, air, and the
climate.

Crop rotation is the practice of planting

different crops sequentially on the same
plot of land to improve soil health,
optimize nutrients in the soil and combat
pest and weed pressure.

Crop rotation, in contrast, is defined as

the successive planting of different
crops on the same land to improve soil
fertility and help control insects and
diseases. This way of framing is not a
new practice, but rather a more ancient
way of farming chemical-free, whilst
maximizing the long term growth
potential of land.

An ongoing study at Iowa State

University Marsden Farm research
center has shown that complex crop
Water Efficient Fixtures Green Spaces

Many countries in the world are Green spaces such as parks, wetlands,
becoming water stressed and we are lakes, forests or other ecosystems are
beginning to understand that water is fundamental to sustainably developed
not as unlimited as we once believed in urban areas. These areas are essential
most buildings around the world, for cooling cities while trees produce
essential water usage such as oxygen and filter out air pollution.
showering, washing hands and sewage Well-designed green spaces also play a
conveyance is unavailable. critical role in providing safer routes for
those commuting by foot or bicycle and
However, the amount of water used for providing safer spaces for physical
these essential services can be activity and recreation.
drastically reduced by more than 50%
with the use of water-saving fittings and According to the World Health
fixtures. Some examples of Organization, recent estimates show
water-efficient fixtures include: low-flow that physical inactivity, linked to poor
taps and shower heads, dual flush walkability and lack of access to
toilets and toilet stops. These fixtures recreational areas, accounts for 3.3% of
can be retrofitted easily and affordably global deaths. Thus having access to
into existing buildings or specified for green spaces can improve health and
new building projects. well-being and even aid in the treatment
of mental illness.

These examples are only a few of the

many types of sustainable development
that have the potential to perpetuate
positive global change. The world is
faced with a crossroad whereby we
have the power now to shift global
development to be more sustainable
before it's too late. As such, changes to
regulations and incentives that govern
development need to happen. This will
make sustainable development, not only
the best and most affordable option, but
also the most obvious one to choose.