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Pathways to Urban Sustainability A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region: Summary of a Workshop (2012) / Chapter Skim
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... Learning to Live showed that the region has become very inwardly focused, emphasizing quality-of-life issues. Playing to Win showed a vastly increased population, a booming economy, and an increased global presence.
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... Incentives and Challenges to Pathways to Sustainability Participants discussed barriers to collaboration in moving sustainability initiatives forward, focusing on external stakeholder collaboration and inter-organizational collaborative models. One of the challenges identified during the discussion was a general lack of awareness about sustainability efforts in the region and about the existence of other potential collaborators.
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... Major Themes for Moving Forward Jim Lester, president of the Houston Advanced Research Center, summarized what he saw as some of the major themes voiced by many participants in the workshop: • The poverty rate, underdeveloped areas, substandard housing, and health issues are all linked, and a more sustainable Houston will address all of these elements, resulting in a happier, healthier, and more prosperous population. • Houston's political and regulatory legacy may be problematic in moving forward.
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... • A common language is needed for more effective communication around sustainability, so that the social, economic, and environmental conditions are all addressed • The components for making the region sustainable already exist, but need to be brought together and integrated at all scales -- from larger neighborhood projects down to backyard projects. • Implicit in collaborations are networks, and multiple collaborations mean multiple networks, but the challenge is connecting all of those networks.
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