Sustainable City
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A sustainable city refers to a city designed and/or shaped with considerations for social, natural economic, environmental sustainability; also called eco-city, or green city, especially one assessed to score high on associated measures as those roughly described here
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Transport infrastructure[edit]
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London car cumulative CO2eq emissions and energy demand under different policies
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Large bike-lines throughout the city
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Absence of curbsides in the bike lanes
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Concept of Modal share could be applied to cities
Car-free zones and days[edit]
Buildings[edit]
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Required weatherproof bicycle storage in or near apartment buildings
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Radiative cooling, for example via very white roofs
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Solar panels on buildings like apartment complexes, especially on top of them
Other infrastructure & services[edit]
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Especially important in coastal areas where these are often missing
Air quality[edit]
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An outdated non-live map of one type of air pollution in Europe in 2005
Water quality[edit]
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PFAS in U.S. waters
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Pharmaceutical pollution concentrations in the world's rivers
Other technology[edit]
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Bike hiring
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Bike vending
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Smart grid tech
Green spaces[edit]
Concepts, ideas, movements and art[edit]
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solarpunk genre; here showing high-speed public transport and close clean lakes
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Concept of minimal buildings and roads (making use of things like online shopping, rail transport, and vertical construction) combined with maximal integrated nature and solar microgeneration
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Bike-to-school day