Stieninger Hurtado, Petra (2018) From Sustainable Cities to Sustainable People – Making Behaviour Change towards Sustainability a Priority in Urban Planning Processes. REAL CORP 2018 – EXPANDING CITIES – DIMINISHING SPACE. Are “Smart Cities” the solution or part of the problem of continuous urbanisation around the globe? Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Information. pp. 583-588. ISSN 2521-3938
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Abstract
For many years, cities across the globe have developed sustainability strategies, trying to combat environmental pollution and its effects on climate change, health, and quality of life. Even though most of them are following similar strategies, not every city is successful. The discussion about urban sustainability mainly focuses on technical solutions such as public transportation systems, green buildings, and the use of renewable energy. However, most cities don’t take into consideration that the main factors that make a city sustainable are the people who live in it. Sustainability is not just about using new technologies to make cities and their systems more sustainable by addressing the technical causes of inefficiencies. Sustainability is about changing behavior of people by addressing the root causes of unsustainable behavior. Building public transportation systems and bike lanes doesn’t guarantee that people will use them and drive less. To create a sustainable city, planners have to address the factors that encourage people to choose the sustainable option over the unsustainable one. Hence, urban planning must be about creating an environment that allows and motivates sustainable behavior. The main findings of this work are five factors that can make a change towards sustainable behavior possible when incorporated into the planning process: availability, accessibility, affordability, attractiveness, and awareness of sustainable options (the five A Planning Approach). This paper outlines these five factors and explain how they can be integrated in urban planning processes in order to enable long-term behavior change towards sustainability.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sustainable urban planning, environmental psychology, sustainable cities, behaviour change, urban sustainability |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Depositing User: | REAL CORP Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Apr 2018 13:43 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Apr 2018 13:43 |
| URI: | http://repository.corp.at/id/eprint/465 |
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