Week 6 1. There are key components to a sustainable city. Please complete the ch

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Week 6 1. There are key components to a sustainable city. Please complete the chart below and add details describing each of the components listed below. Be sure to include why they are important in creating a sustainable city. Additionally, consider how they influence the safety, convenience, and livability of the city. (25 points) Description Importance Influence safety Influence convenience Influence livability of the city Public transportation Waste handling Clean Energy / Green Buildings Infrastructure Green Space 2. Clean Energy is a key component of a sustainable city listed above. There are several types of renewable energy sources that provide clean energy compared to fossil fuels. Please complete the following table. (15pts) Type of Energy Source How Energy is Produced Advantages Disadvantages Wind Solar Hydropower Geothermal Bioenergy 3. You have the opportunity to move with a new job to a city center, nice suburb, or rural community. You strive to be sustainable and environmentally friendly in all you do. Please complete the chart below by listing 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages, from a sustainable standpoint, of each living condition, to help you make your decision: (12 points) a. City Center: b. Suburb: c. Rural Community: 1 Advantage 1 Advantage 1 Disadvantages 1 Disadvantages City Center Suburb Rural Community Finally, which one would you choose and why? Please write 2-4 sentences.(8pts)

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1.They influence the safety, convenience, and livability of the city Description Importance Influence safety Influence convenience Influence livability of the city Public transportation Waste handling Clean Energy / Green Buildings Infrastructure Green Space.

A well-designed and reliable public transportation system, along with a well-designed and very “livable” city center — one where walking is an enjoyable thing to do and not just an exercise in avoiding being run over. In particular, it seems that a truly sustainable city should find a way to cut down on the unnecessary use of personal automobiles — not only is such ubiquitous use incredibly energy intensive, but it also produces significant amounts of harmful air pollution.

A general moving away from automobile-centered city design — towards walkability and good public transportation — would likely go a long ways in decreasing per-capita energy use and increasing the resiliency of the city in the face of volatile gasoline prices.

2. Clean Energy is a key component of a sustainable city listed above. There are several types of renewable energy sources that provide clean energy compared to fossil fuels. Please complete the following table. (15pts) Type of Energy Source How Energy is Produced Advantages Disadvantages Wind Solar Hydropower Geothermal Bioenergy

Local energy: community energy and district heating schemes, combined heat and power, heat pumps (whether ground or water source), should all be encouraged.

Solar energy:

Advantages-

Disadvantages-

Wind Energy:

Advantages

Disadvantages

3. You have the opportunity to move with a new job to a city center, nice suburb, or rural community. You strive to be sustainable and environmentally friendly in all you do. Please complete the chart below by listing 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages, from a sustainable standpoint, of each living condition, to help you make your decision: (12 points)

City Center:

Advantages

1. The prevailing advantage of moving into a city-center is an easy access to all the business, business, and educational agencies. City centers are planned in that manner that they end up being the hub of everything associated with commercial, established or educational job areas.

2. The majority universities and colleges can be found in the city-center and students from suburbs ought to commute long distances to attain their alma maters.

Disadvantages of living in a city-center.

Suburb:

Advantages

1. Lots of houses
2. Lots of job opportunities

Disadvantages

Rural Community:

Advantages

1.     Rural people live in beautiful natural surroundings

2.     The air that rural people breathe is pure.

Disadvantages

1.     In distant rural areas the roads are extremely bad and transport difficulties are great.

2.     Rural peoples are generally poor and ignorant of health and hygiene

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