Sustainable development: looking through different lenses
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HKIA journal: the official journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (香港建築師學報), no.19, 1999, pp. 83-88
Abstract
This paper begins by demystifying the meaning of sustainable development, then attempts to explore the theoretical constructs of different sustainable models in the main. The second part of the paper argues that, in the case of an ultra compact environment like Hong Kong, the key to achieving sustainability lies in
(i) radical measures-however unpopular-to solve the ecological problems associated with fast population growth and
(ii) effective governance to facilitate the participation of informed citizenry in decision-making. While the development profession may help put in place physical measures to make our city more energy efficient and less wasteful in resource consumption by influencing individual behaviour, true sustainability in the long term requires abandoning our long-unquestioned values and practices of the consumer society, and a sense of collective responsibility for the future.
(1) A time of contradictions
(2) From theory to praxis
(a) Self-reliant city
(b) Redesigned city
(c) Conventional economic approach
(d) Fair shares city
(e) Anti-compact city
(3) Epilogue
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1999
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en