Pathways to Urban Sustainability The Atlanta Metropolitan Region: Summary of a Workshop (2011) / Chapter Skim
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3 KNOWLEDGE GAPS, NEW MARKETS, AND POLITICAL WILL
3 KNOWLEDGE GAPS, NEW MARKETS, AND POLITICAL WILL
Pages 13-22
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Discussions also centered around the role that residents' values play as a driver in transitioning to sustainability and the opportunities for community-led groups to help educate and engage the citizenry. THE REGION'S NATURAL CAPITAL Though it is not always apparent amid the skyscrapers and paved roadways that characterize Atlanta's built environment, there is a vast amount of natural capital in the region in the form of trees and forested land, biodiverse waterways, and open space.
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Dr. Carol Couch, Senior Public Service Associate, College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia, stated that the eutrophication of northern Georgia waterways is an environmental concern for the Atlanta region, but it is difficult to remedy because roughly 80 percent of water pollutants are released from unregulated sources, particularly nonpoint sources.
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. Through the San Antonio experience, SAWS staff have learned that it is possible to grow and thrive economically while meeting water management challenges, and that drastic lifestyle changes are not required to make dramatic changes in gallons per capita.
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But San Antonio has demonstrated that it is possible to grow and thrive while meeting water management challenges. This does not require residents to make drastic lifestyle changes in order to make dramatic savings in water usage per capita.
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He described a number of benefits of solar energy in metropolitan Atlanta, including reduced lifecycle energy costs, CO2, SOx, NOx, and mercury emissions compared to the coal-fired power stations that provide most of the regional power supply.
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He added that there are numerous opportunities for integrating solar energy into metropolitan Atlanta's current infrastructure, ranging from commercial roof installations like the downtown aquatic center (currently the largest installation in the region) to solar shade ports over surface parking lots, providing some shade to vehicles while also producing power.
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that is designed to connect the public through its planning process and also in its end result. Vicki Coleman, business relations manager in the Fulton County government, stated that public and political consensus is needed to achieve sustainable development goals.
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Forest Service's Southern Research Station, reminded participants that there is a moral and ethical dimension to sustainability. This was an important motivating factor in the early environmental movements of the 1970s.
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as a model for evaluating sustainability in decision making.
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