Sustainable cities reduce urban impacts, export ideas of sustainability worldwide, and improve quality of life. BEC focuses on cities for three reasons: Reduce environmental footprints of cities - Inflow of resources, outflow of impacts (waste, pollution etc.) from an urban area, including urban expansion, can affect much of the countryside. Reducing negative outflows could reduce […]...
Sustainability is the Environment with People Sustainability addresses the environment and people together, with a goal of achieving harmony. We care about the environment, and we can respect the Deep Ecologists (read Arne Naess). But we want benefits for people too. Every BEC Theme has a human element. This includes even the Theme of Habitat, […]