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Neighbourhood Facilities for Sustainability: Short Cuts to Sustainable Settlements?
The document discusses the importance of neighborhood facilities for achieving sustainability by addressing climate change and carbon emissions. It critiques current carbon mitigation approaches for lacking focus on local needs and not adequately supporting human development and ecological targets. The proposed neighborhood facilities concept aims to improve local communities' sustainability through interventions that promote health, education, and resource accessibility.
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- 1. Neighbourhood Facilities forSustainability Jeremy Gibberd
- 2. Structure • Climate change •Carbon emission mitigation • Sustainability and sustainability assessment • Built environment interventions to support sustainability • Neighborhood Facilities for Sustainability
- 3. The Year ofClimate Departure for World Cities Mora et al 2013
- 4. Low carbon reindustrialisation ClimateSolutions 2: Low Carbon Reindustrialisation , Climate Risk 2009
- 5. World’s slum populationexpected to be 889 million by 2020. HABITAT) Global Urban Observatory, UNHABITAT 2005
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- 7. Limitations of carbonmitigation approaches • Focus on technologies such as solar water heaters, efficient lighting • Expensive, benefits companies and countries who have this manufacturing and capacity expertise – not developing countries • Does not address urgent local needs ie health, education and employment • Does not draw on local resources and capacity • Limited influence on day-to-day living patterns and behaviours • Focus on carbon - does not address sustainability
- 8. What is sustainability? • theachievement of above 0.8 on the Human Development Index (HDI) • and • the achievement of an Ecological Footprint (EF) below 1.8 global hectares per person World Wild Life Fund, 2006
- 9. Development of theSBAT WWF
- 10. Built Environment Sustainability Capability •Human Development Capability (HDC): Is a measure of the extent to which the built environment is configured for and includes the characteristics required to support the achievement of Human Development targets • Ecological Footprint Capability (EFC): Is a measure of the extent to which the built environment is configured for and includes the characteristics required to support the achievement of Ecological Footprint targets. • Built Environment Sustainability Capability (BESC): (EFC + HDC) / 2
- 15. HDI-EF Definition ofSustainability 1. Sustainability in human populations has been defined as the achievement of above 0.8 on the Human Development Index (HDI) and the achievement of an Ecological Footprint (EF) below 1.8 global hectares per person.Applying the HDI-EF Definition of Sustainability to the Built Environment
- 16. HDI-EF Definition ofSustainability 1. Sustainability in human populations has been defined as the achievement of above 0.8 on the Human Development Index (HDI) and the achievement of an Ecological Footprint (EF) below 1.8 global hectares per person.Applying the HDI-EF Definition of Sustainability to the Built Environment
- 17. Built environment interventionsto support sustainability • Solar water heaters • Building envelope upgrades • Energy Business Learning (ENBULE) Facility • Water Food Mobility (WAFOMO) Facility
- 18. Solar water heaters Capabilityimprovement 0.16 Employment Knowledge Shelter 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.00 Health Mobility Food Existing Proposed Goods Biocapacity Services Waste www.builtenvironmentsustainabilitytool.com
- 19. Building envelope upgrades Capabilityimprovement 0.26 Employment Knowledge Shelter 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.00 Health Mobility Food Existing Proposed Goods Biocapacity Services Waste www.builtenvironmentsustainabilitytool.com
- 20. WAFOMO: Water, Foodand Mobility • Community gardens / allotments • Local fresh produce market • Non-motorised transport Built environment capability to support EF targets: • Locally available affordable low EF food • Locally available affordable mobility Built environment capability to support HD targets: • Locally available affordable healthy food • Locally available affordable mobility
- 21. Energy Business LearningFacility Capability improvement 1.12 www.builtenvironmentsustainabilitytool.com
- 22. ENBULE: Energy, Businessand Learning • Business and learning centre • Renewable energy • Access to ICT Built environment capability to support EF targets: • Low EF energy • Access to ICT (avoid req for travel) Built environment capability to support HD targets: • Access to ongoing learning • Access to self employment support
- 23. Water Food MobilityFacility Capability improvement 1.00 www.builtenvironmentsustainabilitytool.com
- 25. ENBULE & WAFOMO Capabilityimprovement 3.11
- 26. Conclusions • Current conventionalcarbon emission mitigation programmes not sufficient for sustainability. • The Neighborhood Facilities (NFS) concept offers potential to make substantial improvements in ecological and human development impact in a local community in a responsive and cost effective way. • Contact: J Gibberd at itshose@gmail.com