SUSTAINABILITY

1. Origin

1.1. Sustainability has a history of broad early roots, like that of forestry expert, Evelyn Carlowitz of the 17th and 18th century who introduced sustainability to Europe due to its dwindling forest resources.

1.2. It emerged globally in the late 20th century through Grober in the Club of Romeo's Limits to Growth, which argued for a world system that is sustainable.

1.3. In 1972, the UN marked the first global summit to consider human impacts on the environment and first major attempt to reconcile economic development with environmental integrity. Further, sustainable development was introduced by the Brudtland Commission in 1980, which made it the dominant paradigm of environmental movement.

2. Methods of application

2.1. Three pillar paradigm

2.1.1. It is made up of the environmental, economic and social categories. It is the balancing of trade-offs between seemingly desirable goals. It was integrated by the United Nations.

2.1.1.1. Environmental

2.1.1.2. Economic

2.1.1.3. Social

3. Built Environment

3.1. Definition

3.1.1. It is everything humanly created, modified, or constructed, humanly made, arranged, or maintained, to serve human needs, wants, and values, and change this environment for our comfort and well-being.

3.2. Components

3.2.1. Products, interiors, structures, landscapes, cities, regions, earth.

4. Goals

4.1. Increased quality of life, satisfaction of basic human needs, achievement of equity, reducing traffic congestion and making streets safer for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users and motorists.

4.2. Ecological sustainability, integration of conservation and development, reducing impacts of air and water pollution, afforestation, reversing the green house effect, preserving wild life.

4.3. Economic prosperity, conserving fuel and cutting fuel costs, reduced cost of living.

5. Challenges

5.1. Intensifying household consumption, rising commodification of household activities, continued reliance on unsustainable energy sources, low levels of sustainability education, high costs of sustainable lifestyles.