Sustainability

Question 1

• USA population:
  1. Now
  2. 2050
  3. 2099

Answer 1

** Now** = 310 million

2050: + 110 million more = 420 million

2099: + 300 million more = 610 million

Question 2

- By 2050…

1. Will have to build (?) new residential units
2. More new non-residential development than (?)
3. What fraction of all buildings in USA in the year 2050 will have been built since 2000?
4. How many million additional automobiles will we need?

Answer 2

• By 2050…
  1) Will have to build 100 million new residential units
  2) More new non-residential development than all that now exists
  3) 2/3 of all buildings in USA in 2050 will have been built since 2000
  4) Over 100 million additional automobiles

Question 3

What is the current national infrastructure deficit?

How much does it increase every year?

Answer 3

Deficit is currently 2 Trillion Dollars

Increases 100 Billion Dollars a fucking year.

Question 4

What percent of USA energy is Solar energy?

Answer 4

2.5%

Question 5

What percentage of US oil supply is going towards transportation?

Answer 5

80%

Question 6

What types of areas are the highest price per square footage for housing and why?

Answer 6

Houses in new urbanism neighborhoods

More pedestrian/bicycle friendly

Mixed use

Question 7

How do we fix our shitty statistics?

Answer 7

Through land use planning!

New Urbanism Efforts

High density living

Transit friendly neighborhoods

Question 8

Which is the most sustainable method of transportation?

A. Air Planes

B. Extended Passenger Buses

C. Interregional Light Rail

D. Underground Subway Systems

Answer 8

C. Interregional Light Rail

China is following the European model in this regards

Question 9

European Light Rail has how much more density than Denver’s light rail?

Answer 9

10 TIMES denser.

Question 10

Barcelona is how big compared to Denver?

How much land does it use compared to Denver?

Answer 10

Barcelona is the SAME size as denver

Denver uses 20 TIMES the land area as Barcelona.

How do they do it?

Sustainable Development and Land Use Planning!

Question 11

Pirates Landing Case Study

What did they do to identify where eggs would be?

How did they try and get higher taxes and how?

What did they make the property look like and for what purpose?

Answer 11

• Loggerhead turtles nesting area – put red flags to identify where eggs were so people wouldn’t disturb
• Dune walk over – so people wouldn’t step on and erode the dunes
• Bend in the road – to get higher tax rate for beach property; made it more dangerous
• Long lines of identical looking development – will make people think it is a prison, mental facility, military base, or some other non-residential negative use

Question 12

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