Pathways to Urban Sustainability The Atlanta Metropolitan Region: Summary of a Workshop (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Moreover, the institutions that have developed over time to manage the urban environment are not typically accustomed to cooperating on cross-cutting issues, though there are encouraging signs that cities are recognizing this and identifying more integrated approaches to the challenges they face. The federal government has also recently enhanced efforts to support metropolitan regions in becoming more sustainable.
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The metropolitan Atlanta region provided a compelling example for exploring urban sustainability issues because the region faces rapid growth and has experienced well-documented challenges related to water, land use, and transportation. As of 2009, approximately 515,000 people resided in the city of Atlanta; about 43 percent of the population were white and 50 percent were African American.
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The workshop was designed to allow discussion of challenges faced by the Atlanta metropolitan region regarding sustainability efforts and to explore innovative approaches to addressing these complex challenges, performance measures to gauge success, and opportunities to link knowledge with on-the-ground action. It should be noted that many of the sustainability efforts described in the report focus on the city of Atlanta, which represents about 20 percent of the population of the Atlanta metropolitan region.
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The workshop discussion would also examine the challenges faced by the Atlanta region and would engage local, state, and federal agencies in exploring how their resources could best support sustainable improvements in the Atlanta metropolitan region. Chapters 2–6 of the report summarize the individual presentations and panel and breakout group discussions.
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Chapter 4 summarizes panelists' and participants' comments on sustainability indicators for the region and how competitiveness among metropolitan areas may influence this field. Institutionalizing Sustainability, the title of Chapter 5, refers to the efforts occurring in the region and at a federal level to use sustainability as an organizing principle and to move from ad hoc approaches to a more coordinated response.
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