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Introduction-
About 50% of the entire population lives in cities and urban areas. Currently, these cities tend to be a challenge for the improvement of climate change. However, in the other side many solutions can be applied in order to create sustainable cities that will improve climate change. Eco-cities are cities than when planned take into consideration energy, water consumption, food, waste, air pollution, water pollution, etc. Generally, eco-cities have the goal of achieving the city’s needs without sacrificing future generations to also have their needs. To do such, the goal is to have a city with the least ecological footprint, to produce the lowest amount of pollution, to use land effectively, to recycle and with all of these measures make sure that the city´s overall contribution to climate change will be minimal.

Key Terms-

 * Economy
 * Economic activity should serve the common good

Ecology

 * Human are part of nature, nature has limits, and communities are responsible for protecting and building natural assets.

Equity

 * The opportunity of full participation in all activities, benefits, and decision-making of a society

Geothermal

 * Electricity generated from thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth

Biomass

 * Biological material used to create energy

Hydroelectric

 * check this out: Hydroelectricity

What is considered a sustainable city?
> - Governor's Commission for a Sustainable South Florida
 * 1) "A sustainable community uses its resources to meet current needs while ensuring that adequate resources are available for future generations. It seeks improved public health and a better quality of life for all its residents by limiting waste, preventing pollution, maximizing conservation and promoting efficiency, and developing local resources to revitalize the local economy."-Concern, Inc
 * 2) "A sustainable community is one in which improvement in the quality of human life is achieved in harmony with improving and maintaining the health of ecological systems; and where a healthy economy's industrial base supports the quality of both human and ecological systems." - Indigo Development
 * 3) "A community that believes today's growth must not be achieved at tomorrow's expense."

About Richar Register
Richard Register is one of the world’s great theorists and authors in ecological city design and planning. He is also well known for his four decades of experience in creating local projects and working with environmentalists and developers to get a better city built and running. He has brought together the first of the Ecocity International Conference Series in Berkeley, he was the founding president of Urban Ecology (1975) and the founder and current president of Ecocity Builders (1992).

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