Patrick Condon’s Rule 5 for sustainable communities: Provide a diversity of housing types
Sixth of Eight Excerpts
“In both the United States and Canada, buildings generate a larger share of GHG consequences than any other sector — larger than the transportation sector, larger than the industrial sector,” writes Patrick Condon in his latest book, Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities: Design Strategies for the Post Carbon World.
“Residential land uses typically consume between 70 and 85 per cent of all developed North American metropolitan lands. How these lands are utilized and configured is likely the most crucial physical factor for determining the social, economic and social sustainability of the region. Current policies have worked at cross purposes with basic social, economic and ecological sustainability goals.”
To Learn More:
This is the fifth of eight excerpts published by The Tyee in September/October 2010. To read the complete excerpt, click on Why ‘Illegal’ Suites Are Good for the Planet or on Patrick Condon’s Rule 5
Acknowledgment:
The Tyee is an independent publication that is found at http://www.thetyee.ca/ It went online in November 2003. According to David Beers, Editor, “We’re dedicated to publishing lively, informative news and views, not dumbed down fluff. We, like the tyee salmon for which we are named, roam free and go where we wish.” Since then, The Tyee has attracted some of the best journalists in B.C. who have broken many important stories.
Posted October 2010