SUSTAINBLE PLANNING AND

ARCHITECTURE
9TH SEMSTER
 CHAPTER 01
•CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY
• CARRYING CAPACITY
•SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
•BRUNTLAND REPORT
•ETHICS AND VISIONS OF
SUSTAINABILITY
AN INTRODUCTION - SUSTAINABILITY
AN INTRODUCTION - SUSTAINABILITY
AN INTRODUCTION - SUSTAINABILITY
AN INTRODUCTION - SUSTAINABILITY
 AN INTRODUCTION - SUSTAINABILITY
According to the World Commission on the Environment and Development (WCED)
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

• The Practice Of Maintaining Processes Of Productivity Indefinitely—natural Or Human Made.

• The Practice Of Making Use Of Resources And Technology That Is Eco Friendly And Does
Not Impart Degradation Or Endanger The Natural Biotic Systems.

• Focus To Regenerate, Maintain And Improve Planetary Resources For Use By Future Generations.

• Sustainable Development Ties Together Concern For The Carrying Capacity Of Natural
Systems With The Social, Political, And Economic Challenges Faced By Humanity.

CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY

1. Poverty Focus – Priority For Poor's Needs

2. Future Focus - limits imposed by technology and social organizations on the
environment to meet the present and future needs
 PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY
• It Is Achieved When An Effective And Eco Conscious Interdependence Is Achieved Between

RESOURCES – PRODUCTION – LIFESTYLE

What We Have –How We Make – How We Use
PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY
ELEMENTS OF SUSTAINABILITY
 ELEMENTS OF SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENT

ECONOMY EQUITY (Society)

Sustainability as 3 E’s

THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRIANGLE

 ELEMENTS OF SUSTAINABILITY
1. Environment sustainability - ecosystem integrity
- carrying capacity
- resources
- biodiversity

2. Benefits of environmental sustainability.

• Improved environmental performance

• Reduction in calamities like flooding, global warming, green house effect, etc
• Improved efficiency of energy and resources.
• Development of international and national sustainable strategies.
• Development of environmental conscious technology and innovations.
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1. Economic sustainability - money and capital
- employment
- technological growth
- investment
- market forces

2. Benefits of Economic sustainability.

• Improved economical status by generating incomes.

• Creating new markets and opportunities in sales growth
• Exercising energy efficient technology, resources helps in
cost/investment reduction .
• Stimulates local economies and local business support
• Supports the transfer of skills and technology.
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1. Equity sustainability - cultural identity
- empowerment
- accessibility
- stability human diversity
- quality of life
- Institutional, organization & political structures

2. Benefits of Equity sustainability.

• Poverty reduction.
• Increase in equity and socio - cultural integrity
• Healthy life style – enhances physical and psychological aspects.
• Neighborhood Vitality
• Self governance and ethical way of living.
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An Example : THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSIT.
Benefits :

• Environmental Sustainability: Through increased efficiency, mass transit lowers

the per-capita carbon emissions.

• Economic Sustainability : Proximity and access to public transit

a. raising property values.
b. reduces annual transportation costs to
individual households.

• Equity Sustainability : enhances individual empowerment within

a community.
CARRYING CAPACITY
 CARRYING CAPACITY
The Carrying Capacity of an environment is the Maximum
population size of the species that the environment can sustain
indefinitely by providing its required resources without extinct.

The Carrying Capacity Is The Number Of Individuals An Environment Can Support Without
Significant Negative Impacts To The Given Organism And Its Environment.

Since the ecosystem is finite in its size and resource, each has the upper limit to the population it
can support while continuing to provide food, resources, withstand damage & impacts, tolerate
waste & exploitation, maintain , perpetuate and repair itself and also provide assorted ecological
services that allow a given population to exist

Eg. 1. The break of plague in European countries during industrial revolution led to economic,
Environmental and social depression.

Eg.2. The Neolithic revolution increased the carrying capacity of the world relative to humans
Through the invention of agriculture
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FACTORS GOVERNING CARRY CAPACITY OF SYSTEM:

1. Human beings, their life style and resources used for their living.
2. Other species and their usage of resources for living.
3. Ever-accumulating levels of wastes, damage, and/or eradication of essential
components of any complex functioning system.
4. Technologies and innovations adopted for the improvement and growth of the
society.

On a global scale, food & similar resources may affect planetary carrying capacity to
some extent so long as earth's human do not eradicate, critical biospheric life-
support capacities for essential processes of self-maintenance, and self repair.
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TYPES OF CARRYING CAPACITY

1. Physical Carrying Capacity : The Maximum Load That The System Can Take Up Without Any
Degradation To The System.

2. Economic Carrying Capacity : It Is The Maximum Extent To Which The System can Operate
Without Degrading its Local Activities, Available Revenue And Resources.

3. Social carrying capacity : It Is The Maximum Extent To Which The System Is Able To Retain
Its Ethical Value, Socio Cultural Value, Equity And Its Individual Empowerment .

4. Bio – physical carrying capacity : It Is The Maximum Extent To Which The Habitat Can
Tolerate And Regenerate Its Exploited Resources.
CARRYING CAPACITY
 ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
The ecological footprint is defined as the biologically productive area needed to
provide everything for the life of humans.

The ecological footprint measures human demand on nature

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
ETHICS AND VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY
 ETHICS AND VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development is a set of 17 "Global Goals" with 169 targets between them. Spearheaded by
the United Nations through a deliberative process involving its 193 Member States, as well as global civil society,
the goals are contained in paragraph 54 United Nations Resolution A/RES/70/1 of 25 September 2015.
The Resolution is a broader intergovernmental agreement that acts as the Post 2015 Development Agenda
(successor to the Millennium Development goals). The SDGs build on the Principles agreed upon under
Resolution A/RES/66/288, popularly known as The Future We Want.
 BRUNDTLAND REPORT

• Formally known as the World Commission on Environment and

Development (WCED),

• The mission of Brundtland Commission is to unite countries to

pursue sustainable development together.

• The Chairperson of the Commission, Gro Harlem Brundtland

• In December 1983, the UN General Assembly realized that there was a

heavy deterioration of the human environment and natural resources.

• To rally countries to work and pursue sustainable development

together, the UN decided to establish the Brundtland Commission.

• The Brundtland Commission officially dissolved in December 1987

after releasing OUR COMMON FUTURE, also known as the
Brundtland report, in October 1987, a document which coined, and defined the meaning
of the term “Sustainable development".
 BRUNDTLAND REPORT
Part I. COMMON CONCERNS

• A Threatened Future
Symptoms and Causes
New Approaches to Environment and Development

•Towards Sustainable Development

The Concept of Sustainable Development
Equity and the Common Interest
Strategic Imperatives
Conclusion

•The Role of the International Economy

The International Economy, the Environment, and Development
Decline in the 1980s
Enabling Sustainable Development
A Sustainable World Economy
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Part II. Common Challenges
• Population and Human Resources
The Links with Environment and Development
The Population Perspective
A Policy Framework
• Food Security: Sustaining the Potential
Achievements
Signs of Crisis
The Challenge
Strategies for Sustainable Food Security
Food for the Future
• Species and Ecosystems: Resources for Development
The Problem: Character and Extent
Extinction Patterns and Trends
Some Causes of Extinction
Economic Values at Stake
New Approach: Anticipate and Prevent
International Action for National Species
Scope for National Action
The Need for Action
• Energy: Choices for Environment and Development
Energy, Economy, and Environment
Fossil Fuels: The Continuing Dilemma
Nuclear Energy: Unsolved Problems
Wood Fuels: The Vanishing Resource
Renewable Energy: The Untapped Potential
Energy Efficiency: Maintaining the Momentum
Energy Conservation Measures
Conclusion
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Part II. Common Challenges

• Industry: Producing More With Less

Industrial Growth and its Impact

Sustainable Industrial Development in a Global Context
Strategies for Sustainable Industrial Development

•The Urban Challenge

The Growth of Cities

The Urban Challenge in Developing Countries
International Cooperation
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Part III. Common Endeavors

• Managing The Commons

Oceans: The Balance of Life
Space: A Key to Planetary Management
Antarctica: Towards Global Cooperation

•Peace, Security, Development, and the Environment

Environmental Stress as a Source of Conflict
Conflict as a Cause of Unsustainable Development
Towards Security and Sustainable Development

•Towards Common Action: Proposals For Institutional

and Legal Change
The Challenge for Institutional and Legal Change
Proposals for Institutional and Legal Change
A Call for Action
OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

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