Your goal is to describe an ideal but realistic sustainable neighborhood or city that you would like to see in the fu

This paper combines many things you have learned throughout this course. Your goal is to describe an ideal but realistic sustainable neighborhood or city that you would like to see in the future. This paper is a chance to voice your personal opinion about what a truly sustainable city should look like; however, your opinion must be supported by reputable evidence and should include concepts discussed in class.

Note: No development worksheet is provided for this paper. If you found the Micro Essay worksheets helpful, please follow the same process for analyzing the goals of each section of the paper, or create your own table to organize your findings.

Instructions

Write a paper of 1750 to 2000 words in which you describe your ideal sustainable city.This is unrelated to your assigned city from your group discussions. You can pick any region and/or climate type you want. Follow the structure and details listed below, and use headers to identify each of the 4 sections.

Section 1: Introduction

In one paragraph, explain your overall philosophy or vision for your city. Make sure to specify the geographic region/climate conditions for your ideal community – a place you would especially like to live in, and that is sustainable (in whatever way you want to define the term).

Your introduction should be approximately 150 words.

Section 2: Sustainable Development Goals

Write 5 paragraphs in which you discuss which SDGs will guide your city plan, features, and development.

Pick 5 Sustainable Development Goals
your ideal city is working towards to.
At least two choses SDGs should be related to the social aspects of sustainability (i.e. no poverty, quality education, gender equality…)
Explain why the 5 SDGs you selected are important in order for a city to be sustainable
How can these SGDs guide the development and growth of your ideal city?

Each paragraph should be approximately 150 words.

Section 3: Urban Fabric

Write as many well-organized paragraphs as appropriate to describe some of the features or answer some of the questions below.

How is this place laid out in terms of streets, buildings, public spaces, parks, homes, workplaces, and shopping areas?
What planning strategies influenced your vision of a sustainable urban fabric (Buildings, Transportation, Green Infrastructure). How do the chosen strategies support your vision?
How does your city reduce social and environmental equity issues?
How does your vision work towards the chosen SDGs and to overall sustainability of your city/neighborhood?

This section should be approximately 750 words.

Section 4: Conclusion

Write one paragraph in which you explain how your envisioned city/neighborhood can be achieved in the near future. Is this actually realistic? If so, what would be required to achieve it? If not, why not?

Your conclusion should be approximately 150 words.

Feel free to use GIS, photos, maps, or other creative visual images or techniques to illustrate your point.

Support your paper with at least four reputable sources, but only one can be the textbook.

Writing Guidelines
Canvas will only accept the following file types: doc, docx, pdf

This is a formal paper, so you need a cover page with the essay title, class name/number, your full name, and the date. You do not need to create an abstract. You must adhere to APA guidelines for academic language, grammar, and citations. Include a separate APA-formatted reference page for all sources.

Use Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12.
Double space your document.
Submit a single document which includes the title page, body of paper, and reference page.
Name your document using this format: SOS 111_Lastname_Final Essay

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this is an outline about the paper. which was due before the paper. you can change the sources but not the five SDGs. you should use some of the information here in the paper the five SDGs (number 2) are the most important.

Envisioning the Sustainable City: outline

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– Dry to humid climate. a lot of green land.

– The food is almost all local, day-to-day transportation is done by walking. Most houses and apartments are powered by solar power. Etc.

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– Sustainable Development Goal 1- No Poverty.

– Sustainable Development Goal 4- Quality of Education.

– Sustainable Development Goal 6- Clean Water and Sanitation.

– Sustainable Development Goal 9- Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure.

– Sustainable Development Goal 11- Sustainable Cities and Communities.

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Build Environment – maybe a circular shape city or an idea with space filling.

Transportation – all day-to-day transportation is done by walking or biking. Cars are prohibited inside neighborhoods or unappealing.

Green infrastructure and green spaces – all land is green and full of tress. People should be engaged in the process.

Social dimensions of sustainability – hospitals for the people who suffer from mental health problems and don’t have a place to stay, programs for the people who cannot afford to enhance their financial situations.

Social and environmental equity concerns – no discrimination in every single way to do it, There is a limit to production in every kind to make sure that the environment is safe and clean.

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– https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/immersive-story/2018/01/31/3-big-ideas-to-achieve-sustainable-cities-and-communities

– https://www.nationalgeographic.org/sustainability-policy/

– https://transportgeography.org/?page_id=5711

– https://ecowarriorprincess.net/2019/07/future-design-building-sustainable-cities/