Challenging policy barriers in sustainable urban design
In built environment design, codes set minimum health and safety requirements, policies set aspirational targets, and incentives such as green building rating schemes set design standards. These approaches have failed to provide universal well-being and environmental justice (i.e. intra-generational...
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
2018-06-01
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| description | In built environment design, codes set minimum health and safety requirements, policies set aspirational targets, and incentives such as green building rating schemes set design standards. These approaches have failed to provide universal well-being and environmental justice (i.e. intra-generational equity), or increases in the natural life-support system that exceed depletion rates (i.e. inter- generational equity). Governments that do not ensure all citizens can obtain basic needs, life quality and resource security fail to meet their basic responsibilities. Two recent documents, one representing sustainable urban policy and principles, the other representing urban biodiversity standards, are examined against the Positive Development Test (whether the development increases the public estate, ecological base and future public options). The discussion suggests that contemporary policies and incentive schemes, as presently conceived, cannot provide the basic physical preconditions for sustainability, let alone address socio-economic inequities. An alternative design-based approach is presented to address the issues the paper identified. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b0c04caefafe41e185aa0bbcd8b887f12025-08-20T03:36:01ZengNicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series2083-82982018-06-014040415610.2478/bog-2018-0013bog-2018-0013Challenging policy barriers in sustainable urban designBirkeland Janis0University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, VIC 3010, Melbourne, AustraliaIn built environment design, codes set minimum health and safety requirements, policies set aspirational targets, and incentives such as green building rating schemes set design standards. These approaches have failed to provide universal well-being and environmental justice (i.e. intra-generational equity), or increases in the natural life-support system that exceed depletion rates (i.e. inter- generational equity). Governments that do not ensure all citizens can obtain basic needs, life quality and resource security fail to meet their basic responsibilities. Two recent documents, one representing sustainable urban policy and principles, the other representing urban biodiversity standards, are examined against the Positive Development Test (whether the development increases the public estate, ecological base and future public options). The discussion suggests that contemporary policies and incentive schemes, as presently conceived, cannot provide the basic physical preconditions for sustainability, let alone address socio-economic inequities. An alternative design-based approach is presented to address the issues the paper identified.https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2018-0013urban designpositive developmentgreen building rating toolsnet-positive designurban biodiversitynew urban agenda |
| spellingShingle | Birkeland Janis Challenging policy barriers in sustainable urban design Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series urban design positive development green building rating tools net-positive design urban biodiversity new urban agenda |
| title | Challenging policy barriers in sustainable urban design |
| title_full | Challenging policy barriers in sustainable urban design |
| title_fullStr | Challenging policy barriers in sustainable urban design |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenging policy barriers in sustainable urban design |
| title_short | Challenging policy barriers in sustainable urban design |
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| topic | urban design positive development green building rating tools net-positive design urban biodiversity new urban agenda |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2018-0013 |
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