GGRA03H3 Chapter : Important Terms.doc
Document Summary
Modern cities ideal: concrete built form conflicts with ideals of nature. Linear metabolism: traditional metabolism of cities where resources move through urban systems without concern about the origin or destination of their wastes. Circular metabolism: every output from a city becomes an input which renews the living environment (resources are recycled). Urban planning: future ideas and implementable practices for shaping land use and social processes in cities. Sustainable urban planning: future ideas and implementable practices for shaping and mitigating human impacts on the natural environment in cities. Institutional: government and other public sector organizations. Socio-nature: intertwining of social and natural processes in the transformation of nature. Cyborg urbanization: mechanical insertions into natural urban spaces. citizens planning. Private sector: business, planning and design firms, developers. Policy: document outlining visions for method of sustainable urban planning. Can be a legislative policy enforceable by government. Plan: document outlining objectives and strategies for sustainable urban.
