The Livable City - University of Washington

Lesson 21: Livable Cities February 24, 2006

ENVIR 202: Population & Health 1

ENVIR 202: Lesson 21 1

ENVIR 202: Lesson No. 21

The LivableCity

Gail SandlinGail SandlinUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonProgram on the EnvironmentProgram on the Environment

February 24, 2006February 24, 2006


What is the Livable CityQuality of life

Urban as nature

Promote healthy & viable communitiesTransportation

Energy

Envisioning alternatives

Housing

Food security

Water resource management


Transportation




Curitiba


Smart Car


Solar Shuttle




http://soundtransitadverseweather.org/ani/WestlakeStation.mov

Seattle Light Rail


Renewable Energy


SolarStillwell AveTerminal, ConeyIsland

1st NYC transitsubway terminal touse solar power




SolarSeattle FederalCourthouse, 2004

Seattle City Light;U.S. Dept of Energy;GSA; and WashingtonState UniversityEnergy Program

First project on a highrise building in thisregion.

Oriented flat tominimize shadingfrom other buildings


Wind Power


Green roofsGarden on a roof

Building insulators

Reduce water runoff

Lengthen roof life

Reduce heat islandeffect

Habitat for local birds

More aestheticallypleasing

Reduce ecologicalfootprint




Greenroofs


Housing


Cabrini Green




Urban Slums837 million peoplelive in urban slums

Is there a solution?


South Africa


Food Security




COMMUNITY SUPPORTEDAGRICULTURE (CSA)

Do YOU know where your produce comesfrom and who grows it?

Supports local farmers/local economy

Often organic

Less energy/resource costs in transport

Nationally, more than 400 CSAs, locally,30.

Less focus on monocropping,pesticide use, and massproduction.

Often more “sustainable”


Conventional and localfood production and marketing:

A grocery store in Albany The Pike St. Market


Pros and ConsCONVENTIONAL

More processed food

More imported food

Less ripe, importedproduce

Many things lessexpensive

Seasonal itemsavailable all year‘round.

FARMER’S MARKET

Less processed food

More local food

More emphasis onorganic and“heirloom” varieties

Can be moreexpensive

Seasonal produce notavailable all year.




Pike Market HistoryEstablished 1907

Eliminate the “middleman” between farmersand consumers.

Cheap food through the1930’s

Declined in popularity inthe 1940’s and 50’s withthe growth of car traveland supermarkets

Revived in the 1970’s


Seattle’s P-PatchesP-Patch Trust

Cared for bycommunitymembers—producemay be shared orgiven to food banks,but not sold.

$30-60/year fee,plus labor


Sustainable Housing




Sustainable Housing in the NWHealthy houses promote physical, mental,and social well-being.

“Green” buildings promote health throughlow VOC’s, low energy costs, resourceconservation, light, air flow, and buildingto the specific needs of the occupants

NW sustainable housing communities:Breitenbush, Stewart Island, “ecovillages”


LEED

Portland, ORPortland, OR——Green Building centerGreen Building centerof the NWof the NW

The US Green Building CouncilThe US Green Building Council

LEEDSLEEDS

Merrill Hall at the UW UrbanMerrill Hall at the UW UrbanHorticulture Center, etc.Horticulture Center, etc.

Merrill hall is LEED Merrill hall is LEED ““silver certifiedsilver certified””,,the first LEED building on the UWthe first LEED building on the UWcampus.campus.


Northwest Sustainability Conference

A symposium of healthy, low-energy,resource-conservation livingoptions—transportation, housing,food, water quality, city design

March 10th and 11th, Seattle




Envisioning Change


UW Tacoma


The Livable Community




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