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6 Addressing Key Intersecting Issues in Urban Sustainability
Pages 45-50

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... The discussion below summarizes some main points from each of the breakout groups. CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE Participants in this breakout session discussed challenges and opportunities for a circular economy transition in cities with the support of energy innovation and green infrastructure, including those related to critical water and waste issues.
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From page 46...
... Participants discussed m ­ ethods for simplifying complex information on urban sustain ability issues into ways to communicate with urban planners. PEOPLE-CENTRIC DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES Participants in this breakout session discussed various issues related to moving toward people-centric design for sustainable cities.
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From page 47...
... . Urban sustainability efforts cannot focus on GHG emissions solely, they must also examine, for example, adaptation to climate change impacts, vul nerability of front-line communities, and densification of urban cities that can create heat islands, when a metropolitan area is warmer than the surrounding rural areas.
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... Moderator Chengri Ding, professor in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at University of Maryland, summarized key topics discussed during the session: • Benefits of cross-sectoral approaches. Regarding benefits of cross-­ sectoral approaches for urban sustainability, the group discussed the need to: o  researchers to examine urban areas as a whole, including Allow water-food-health-transportation issues; o  researchers to identify areas they are struggling with, Allow research gaps, and contexts affecting process and outcomes for urban sustainability, such as geographic scales, role of the local context, and cultural content; o  Enable several scientific disciplines to communicate with each other; o  Understand differences and similarities, including how to translate one solution into other places and build up urban science; o  Conduct a systematic review on what works, what does not work, and over what scale, including issues related to trans portation (actual vehicles)
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... There is also a need for basic research in order to solve problems with a full understanding of urban systems and communities.
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