Rapid Urbanization of natural landscapes

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Cities and urban planners are faced with many different challenges that are often exacerbated by increasing rural to urban migration and rapid urbanization of natural landscapes. As a result, planners are faced with the challenge to find sustainable solutions in different sectors, including housing and transportation. However, when it comes to sustainable urban development, often the focus is on environmental and economic sustainability with social dimensions receiving less attention.

  • Acknowledging the importance of the social dimensions of sustainable neighborhood design, what do you see as the most pressing challenges in the transportation and housing sector to not only creating sustainable, but also socially just neighborhoods?
  • What is one potential unintended negative consequence, if sustainable design and policy strategies are not implemented with foresight and consideration for the social dimensions of neighborhood design?