GGRB05H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ecological Footprint, Organic Food
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Discuss, giving one specific example to illustrate each answer to a) b) and c). Part b urban sustainability is the idea that a city can be organized without excessive reliance on the surrounding countryside and be able to power itself with renewable sources of energy. The aim of this is to create the smallest possible ecological footprint and to produce the lowest quantity of pollution possible, to. Efficiently use land, compost used materials, recycle it or convert waste-to energy, and to make the city"s overall contribution to climate change minimal. An example of how urban inequalities make sustainability difficult can be seen in our ecological footprint. However this is not something that can be done everywhere for the simple fact that the people living there cannot afford it. Urban inequalities such as socio economic status and gender pose challenges for urban economies. An urban economy is an economy based on capitalism.
